3rd CAB taking over from 1st AD CAB (10th AB rotation Atlantic Resolve)

[Sjoerd]

After a thorough search, I could not find any dedicated topic yet, so let's start this one now things are starting to kick-off!

Official news releases:
https://www.army.mil/article/261698/arm ... t_rotation
https://www.army.mil/article/265184/3rd ... e_rotation
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7648493/ ... operations

As per latest link, the helicopters were already in Jacksonville port from Feb-14th! 27th of March saw the ceremonial "goodbye" and it is noted that vessel Endurance left the port of Jacksonville yesterday. This is the same vessel that took 3rd CAB over to Europe in 2018, and many other CAB's as well.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/nl/ais/de ... :ENDURANCE

The vessel is expected to arrive in Riga the 25th of April.

The big question now is, are the helos onboard, and if so...where will it drop them off?

[Jan-Pieter Bergmans]

For moving the 3 CAB into Europe the ports of Riga, Esbjerg and Thessaloniki will be used according the official press release on the website from USARMY Europe and Africa.

https://www.europeafrica.army.mil/Artic ... orts-in-d/

Nothing is said about the unit that will return to the USA and which ports will be used for that.

[Sjoerd]

Thanks Pieter! No doubt some serials will surface and hopefully the outbound will be closer to us wester europeans.

[Jan-Pieter Bergmans]

As expected another ship went to Thessaloniki in Greece and arrived already on 12 April.
See below press release for details.

https://www.army.mil/article/265779/3rd ... _in_europe

[Sjoerd]

Alle serials have been confirmed, so thanks a lot for sharing you sightings! Below is the run-down;

Overview
UH-60L A/2-3rd Avn: (8/8)
92-26445
93-26482 - showes incorrectly on ADS-B as UH-72 "09-72125"
93-26519
95-26596 -
98-26812
99-26830
99-26841
05-27055

UH-60M 4-3rd Avn: (28/28)
11-20356
11-20357
11-20358
11-20360
11-20361
11-20364
11-20365
11-20366
11-20369
11-20370
11-20386
11-20387
11-20388
11-20389
11-20392
11-20395
11-20396
11-20416
11-20417
11-20422
11-20428
11-20431
12-20450 - airlifted to/from Turkey? https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae ... 2023-08-08
12-20455
12-20457
12-20458 - airlifted to/from Turkey? https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/12-20458
12-20460
12-20461

HH-60M C/2-3rd Avn: (15/15)
08-20172
10-20310
11-20332 - FY unconfirmed
11-20351 - showing under civil filter as N960FG
11-20353
11-20354
11-20402
11-20409
11-20434
12-20506
13-20601
13-20615
13-20616
14-20679
18-21016

CH-47F B/2-3rd Avn: (12/12)
14-08171
13-08146
14-08453
14-08454
14-08455
14-08456
14-08457
14-08458
14-08459
14-08460
14-08461
15-08173

AH-64E 3/17th CAV: (24/24)
20-03325
20-03327* - either this one or 20-03331 misplots as 20-3349
20-03331* - either this one or 20-03327 misplots as 20-3349
20-03334*
20-03335
20-03336
20-03337*
20-03338*
20-03339
20-03340
20-03341
20-03342*
20-03343* - showing incorrectly as 20-03336/ hex AE6CB0
20-03344
20-03345
20-03346
20-03347* - showing incorrectly as 20-03346/ hex AE6CBA
20-03348
20-03349*
20-03350*
20-03351
20-03352*
20-03353
20-03355

*= Longbow equiped

MQ-1C ??/3 CAB: (1/2?)
19?-02249 - eyeball PL 12-5-2023

Routings noted thusfar:
1) Thessaloniki port>Thessaloniki airport>Burgas>Mihail Kohälniceanu
2) Riga port>Lielvarde
3) Esbjerg port>Esbjerg airport>Bremen airport>Kassel airport>Illesheim AHP
4) Esbjerg port>Lübeck airport>Sceczin airport>Powidz

Additional serials sources;
1)https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/fl ... pw.102108/
2) https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/fl ... 29/page-10
3)https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/fl ... st-3025437
4) https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/fl ... 353/page-7
https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/fl ... 353/page-9
5) https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/fl ... 48&slide=0
6) https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/gr ... st-3026131
7) https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/gr ... 47/page-21
https://www.skybird-ev.de/skybird/SKYBI ... 470052ECB9

[wamovements]

ADSB: 11-20353, 11-20354 and 13-20601 also on the ground at Sofia airport. 20457 already in Romania

[wamovements]

ADSB: 11-20361 today from Sofia to Romania

[AK01]

20361 was a formation of four, 20361/****6?/***55/ 20369
Also via Sofia (among others?) Covet01/06 6x AH64 and Blood?01/08 8x AH64s including 95589 and 77045.
Pieter,

[AndyMarden]

The Apaches you have mentioned are Ansbach-based...

[AndyMarden]

3rd CAB (3-17th CAV) operates AH-64Ev6, so 20-033__ serials.

[AK01]

I should have known once i heard the Covet callsign I was mislead as they arrived at the same moment as the 4 UH60's.

[Sjoerd]

20361 as a formation of four, 20361/****6?/***55/ 20369
Pieter,

Hey Pieter,

Nice addition. Did you see these arrive or have you seen actual footage? If so, where these HH or UH ones? *55 could be UH-60L 27055, HH-60M 20355 or, and my best guess UH-60M 20455.

[AK01]

20361 as a formation of four, 20361/****6?/***55/ 20369
Pieter,

Hey Pieter,

Nice addition. Did you see these arrive or have you seen actual footage? If so, where these HH or UH ones? *55 could be UH-60L 27055, HH-60M 20355 or, and my best guess UH-60M 20455.

Hi Sjoerd, radio/ ADSB is my source, should have mentioned that, never been in Bulgaria

Others heard while listening back from yesterday are :
R20601, 5x : 20601/20353/20354/08460/08461, last ones CH47F's off course.
R20457, 5x : 20457/20395/20428/20386/20396.
R03335, 5x : 03335/03325/03337/03338/08455, last one CH47F again.

[AK01]

ATC asked R20361 who was missing, as they filed for a flight of 5. R20361 leader advised 20431 as the missing one, guess that one was left behind in Greece.

[AK01]

Sjoerd,
See you have 20817 in your list, i noticed this one on FR24 on the 21st doing a return flight from Volos to the port of Thessaloniki and back. Acc to the Scramble dbase this one should belong to 3-501st AVN. All the other army's are flying from the port of Thessaloniki to the airport, coincidence?

One more to add, R20360 did about 4 or 5 flights from the Port to the Airport yesterday the 21st acc to FR24 playback.