Lajes June 2022 (CIV/MIL)

[MikeRomeo]

Hi everyone. Here's a small selection of photos of last month traffic. The white CRJ (ex South African Express) was a ferry flight back to North America, TUI dreamliner was a medical emergency from Gatwick to St. Lucia and the EuroAtlantic B767 is operating for Azores Airlines on the Oakland service.

[seahawk12]

Nice pictures Rui! Thanks for sharing!

[frank kramer]

Nice selection of interesting aircraft! Regarding the picture of the VMFA-312 Hornet (211): on what date was that please? On 2 june, 5 of them were dragged from Poland (via The Netherlands) to Lajes by KC-46 16-46018, and one day later, 5 more followed with KC-46 15-46009. Do you happen to know which 5 arrived on the 2nd of june, and which on the 3rd? I would love to find out which 5 I saw on 2 june...

[frank kramer]

Ah, never mind, I see that you have already answered that question in your post about may. Great, thanks! Do you happen to have the codes for 164884-164902-165399?

[MikeRomeo]

Ah, never mind, I see that you have already answered that question in your post about may. Great, thanks! Do you happen to have the codes for 164884-164902-165399?

I do!
164884 - WK-05; "VMFA(AW)-224" "Bengals"
165399 - No titles, just "200"

164902 is a tricky one and I admit I could have made a mistake here. This hornet that I photographed has DR-201 code and VMFA-312 titles. As well as "checkerboards". On the photos I can't read the serial but I found the info on scramble database.

"164902 F/A-18C 1234/C361 to ? Active Apr 2020 May 2020 ex DR-201/VFMA-312"

Hope this helps and if 164902 is the wrong serial let me know.

[frank kramer]

Thanks!

[frank kramer]

According to the Scramble database, DR-201 is 164897:

https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/usn#results

[MikeRomeo]

So 164897 it is! Thanks for the update! Maybe the database was not updated at the start of the month and I dound the old DR-201.
But all is good, thank you.

[frank kramer]

No problem, your photo's and info from Lajes are appreciated!

[MikeRomeo]

I need to give one step back and recap all the info on the F-18 that passed on the 2nd and 3rd. I've double checked with a friend and this is the list:
2JUN
164884/WK05 F/A-18D
165399/ - 200 F/A-18C
164659/DR211 F/A-18D
164897/DR201 F/A-18C
164892/DR207 F/A-18C

3JUN
164653/ VE-25 F/A-18D
164627/ - 312 F/A-18C
165687/DR217 F/A-18D
164970/DR204 F/A-18C
165225/WK14 F/A-18C

[ptspotter]

Grande Rui Miguel, é bom ver-te de volta e as tuas fotos também. E que bom é ver que já fotografas com mau tempo Regards, LG

[jreijmer]

I need to give one step back and recap all the info on the F-18 that passed on the 2nd and 3rd. I've double checked with a friend and this is the list:
2JUN
164884/WK05 F/A-18D Mazda81
165399/ - 200 F/A-18C Mazda82
164659/DR211 F/A-18D Mazda83
164897/DR201 F/A-18C Mazda84
164892/DR207 F/A-18C Mazda85

3JUN
164653/ VE-25 F/A-18D Mazda91
164627/ - 312 F/A-18C Mazda92
165687/DR217 F/A-18D Mazda93
164970/DR204 F/A-18C Mazda94
165225/WK14 F/A-18C Mazda95

Also added the c/s for both flights

[The DJ]

3JUN
164627/ - 312 F/A-18C

Can you check this Buno too please?

[patrick dirksen]

I need to give one step back and recap all the info on the F-18 that passed on the 2nd and 3rd. I've double checked with a friend and this is the list:
2JUN
164884/WK05 F/A-18D
165399/ - 200 F/A-18C
164659/DR211 F/A-18D
164897/DR201 F/A-18C
164892/DR207 F/A-18C

3JUN
164653/ VE-25 F/A-18D
164627/ - 312 F/A-18C
165687/DR217 F/A-18D
164970/DR204 F/A-18C
165225/WK14 F/A-18C

Great, many thanks!! Muito obrigado!

[patrick dirksen]

3JUN
164627/ - 312 F/A-18C

Can you check this Buno too please?

Hi DJ,

I found a picture of this one online last month, with this code indeed, when I was trying to figure out which ones had been deployed, so this seems to be correct. Don't remember where unfortunately. Do you have a reason to doubt it?