AAC Middle Wallop (EGVP/...) 2022 MIL

[Le Addeur noir]

EGVP 01.09.2022 Delivery,

ZM718 (Hex code 43C940) AH-64E AAC606 arr c15:10 from EGUW

[Le Addeur noir]

EGVP 05.09.2022 visitors,

ZM704 ( Hex code 43C932) AH-64E 662 Sqn GUNSHIP1 arr c11:20 from EGUW
ZM706 ( Hex Code 43C934) AH-64E 662 Sqn HANGMAN1 arr c14:15 from EGUB
(ZM711) (Hex code 43C939) AH-64E 663 Sqn UGLY1 arr c15:30 from EGBJ

Serials for both Middle Wallop entries from ADS-B.

[Le Addeur noir]

A detachment of Junos from 1 FTS at Shawbury appear to be operatinh out of here this week. From ADS-B, the following have been noted,

EGVP Monday 03rd October visitors,

ZM529 29 Juno HT.1 1 FTS IRNMN1
ZM504 04 Juno HT.1 1 FTS SYS670
ZM506 06 Juno HT.1 1 FTS SNTCH1
ZM509 09 Juno HT.1 1 FTS SNTCH2
ZM507 07 Juno HT.1 1 FTS IRNMN2

[Le Addeur noir]

EGVP Tuesday 04th October visitor,

ZM527 27 Juno HT.1 1 FTS SPECTRE1

Again, from ADS-B.

673 Sqn appear to be operating 7 AH-64Es at the present time. They use PANTHER callsigns.

[Le Addeur noir]

AAC Middle Wallop (EGVP/...) Tuesday 11th October

ZH898 Chinook HC.5
ZM505 05 Juno HT.1 1 FTS
ZM513 13 Juno HT.1 1 FTS
ZM515 15 Juno HT.1 1 FTS
ZM521 21 Juno HT.1 1 FTS
ZM523 23 Juno HT.1 1 FTS
XW847 Gazelle AH.1 7 Regt AAC757

Up to 13:00 there were no AH-64Es out (Grrrr)

[Le Addeur noir]

A second strike here yeilded the following,

AAC Middle Wallop (EGVP/...) Wednesday 09th November

ZM702 AH-64E 673 Sqn PANTHER82
ZM708 AH-64E 673 Sqn
ZM714 AH-64E 673 Sqn
ZM717 AH-64E 673 Sqn PANTHER83
ZB671 Gazelle AH.1 7 Regt

AH-64E ZM717 was read (as were all but ZM702), and the hex.code is confirmed as 43C93F. It is possible to read the serials (just) from about a mile away when parked on the flight line in the mornings. If on westerlies, they land in front of you if you're on the road east of the base. There serials are easy, and photography will yield good results. It seems 4 AH-64Es outside on any given day is standard proceedure.

The Apache cafe at the museum offers a view onto the base, but not the 673 Sqn area. Wi-Fi is available in the cafe, so you can monitor ADS-B whilst taking a break. The cafe closes at 16:00.

[Le Addeur noir]

Seeing the then needable AH-64E ZM718 launch around 11:11 whilst at Stokes Bay induced another visit last week,

AAC Middle Wallop (EGVP/...) Thursday 17th November

ZM716 AH-64E 673 Sqn
ZM718 AH-64E 673 Sqn
ZM722 AH-64E 673 Sqn
XZ334 Gazelle AH.1 7 Regt AAC744
ZB679 Gazelle AH.1 7 Regt AAC739

So 7 out of 8 of the based 673 Sqn AH-64Es seen in little over a week. The elusive one is ZM715.

[Le Addeur noir]

A further AH-64E was flown from Wattisham to here on Thursday 01st December in the shape of ZM721 using callsign AAC313.

This gives the resident 673 Sqn a total of 9 airframes, but AH-64E ZM715 has not been recorded as flying since the 15th September. This according to ADS-B.