NAS North Island (KNZY) 2023

[CVW19752015]

Hi Woody - NA-613 was 167883 last year but was recorded as 168559 during CVW-17's recent cruise in Nimitz; can you confirm please?

Thanks

Mike

[747woody]

Hi Woody - NA-613 was 167883 last year but was recorded as 168559 during CVW-17's recent cruise in Nimitz; can you confirm please?

Thanks

Mike

Hi Mike,

have trawled through them all again, and you could be right, the one that looks to be (NA)613 looks like 1685** (the last two digits are in the shadow of a rotor blade). There appears to be a fourth 613, which I think is 167883, but it has no other markings and was parked away from the others. Unfortunately some of the HSC-3, -4 and -14 aircraft only seem to carry BuNos, so tricky working out which squadrons they are from! (as I'm sure you know!)

[CVW19752015]

Indeed - nothing is easy! 168559 was recorded in both January and April this year during the cruise, so 99.9% your NA-613 as they only returned just over a week ago. On that same basis, NA-610 was 168571 (l/n 6.23) and NA-612 was l/n as 167900 in 2.23.

Cheers

Mike

[SBGrad]

Curated* Logs
all planes landing on 29 except as noted

6 July

USN Fleet Logistics Office 'Convoy'
Boeing C-40 Clipper
169793 //Convoy 793

USN FRCSW 'Depot'
Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
BUNO 168597 //Depot 11

USAF 436AW 'Reach'
Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy
5007/85-0007 //numbers on tail + 'Dover' fin flash; 2nd C-5 landed after I got home

Nordluft LLC
DHC-4
N238PT

7 July

USN Fleet Logistics Office 'Convoy'
Boeing C-40 Clipper
BUNO 169793

USN VAQ-129 Vikings
Boeing EA-18G Growler
510/BUNO 168258 //plus 1 more Growler nn observed

10 July

the ones that got away-- 7xEA-18G Growler NE tail code (VAQ-136 Gauntlets) landing on 29 as I was walking home from brunch

USN Fleet Logistics Office 'Convoy'
Boeing C-40 Clipper
169036 //Convoy 4722
166695 //Convoy 4736
166696 //Convoy 4340

Nordluft LLC
DHC-4
N238PT

USN VAW-113 Black Eagles
Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
NE 602/BUNO 169865 //they left from RWY 18 after an hour or so on the ground

Rampart Aviation 'Kahuna'
DHC-6 Twin Otter
N344CS //Kahuna 44
N368ss //Kahuna 68

USN VRM-50 Sunhawks 'Scorch'
Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey
52/BUNO 169449 //Scorch 52

USN VRC-30 Providers 'Password'
Grumman C-2 Greyhound
36/BUNO 162178 //Password 36, straight in for touch and go, then once around to land


*countless H-60s and half a dozen T-34s excluded

[SBGrad]

14 July

USAF 86 FTS
Beech T-1A Jayhawk
XL 93-0637 //Rio Lobos fin flash

USN VRM-30 Titans 'Rudy'
Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey
71/BUNO 169456
70/BUNO 169450

USAF 82d ATRS
General Dynamics QF-16C
QF-098/85-1490 //additional marking AAFG-0659

...maybe somebody from CVW-2 gets to take pot shots at a QF-16? VERY distinctive a/c with orange empennage, ventral fins and wing tips.

[raameagle]

*countless H-60s and half a dozen T-34s excluded

Do please include H-60 tie ups if you can?

Regards

Mark

Curated* Logs
all planes landing on 29 except as noted

6 July

USN Fleet Logistics Office 'Convoy'
Boeing C-40 Clipper
169793 //Convoy 793

USN FRCSW 'Depot'
Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
BUNO 168597 //Depot 11

USAF 436AW 'Reach'
Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy
5007/85-0007 //numbers on tail + 'Dover' fin flash; 2nd C-5 landed after I got home

Nordluft LLC
DHC-4
N238PT

7 July

USN Fleet Logistics Office 'Convoy'
Boeing C-40 Clipper
BUNO 169793

USN VAQ-129 Vikings
Boeing EA-18G Growler
510/BUNO 168258 //plus 1 more Growler nn observed

10 July

the ones that got away-- 7xEA-18G Growler NE tail code (VAQ-136 Gauntlets) landing on 29 as I was walking home from brunch

USN Fleet Logistics Office 'Convoy'
Boeing C-40 Clipper
169036 //Convoy 4722
166695 //Convoy 4736
166696 //Convoy 4340

Nordluft LLC
DHC-4
N238PT

USN VAW-113 Black Eagles
Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
NE 602/BUNO 169865 //they left from RWY 18 after an hour or so on the ground

Rampart Aviation 'Kahuna'
DHC-6 Twin Otter
N344CS //Kahuna 44
N368ss //Kahuna 68

USN VRM-50 Sunhawks 'Scorch'
Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey
52/BUNO 169449 //Scorch 52

USN VRC-30 Providers 'Password'
Grumman C-2 Greyhound
36/BUNO 162178 //Password 36, straight in for touch and go, then once around to land


*countless H-60s and half a dozen T-34s excluded

[SBGrad]

Do please include H-60 tie ups if you can?

Regards

Mark

Can't-- no pix, therefore nn. Too much like work on the beach. Even at Ream trying to get numbers is a big pain. YMMV.

[SBGrad]

Front door spotting-- half a dozen F-22s landed yesterday morning. Mk 1 eyeball only, couldn't even read 2 letter tail code. Photo of them on ramp from unrelated Twitter (xitter?!) acct...https://twitter.com/WarshipCam/status/1 ... WcwJQ&s=19 look in background of CVN-71 photo

We also had a KC-130J from Moffitt land last night after a possible rescue mission far offshore. -60G also from Moffitt and another super Herc from DM involved.

[raaver]

Last week Friday one FF F-22 was seen here….

Robert

[SBGrad]

Was out of town last week, so I never saw their initial arrival. Yesterday they were all on the ground by 1030am, so they caught me by surprise.

So when I heard the 'burner take offs between 8-830am this morning I immediately went to the beach, even though the sun would be really bad for recoveries.

EDIT

Dumped the card, here we go...
All a/c arrving on 29 except as noted*

1 Aug

US Marine Corps VMX-1
Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey
MV-02/BUNO 165948 //probably here for OBSIDIAN ICEBERG

Dept Homeland Security 'Troy'
Beech Super King Air
N541G

USAF 1st Fighter Wing //recently arrived from their limited engagement at RF 23-3
Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor
192D WG
08-4170
05-4091
149th FS
04-4076
09-4178
09-4180
09-4184

*CMV-22B Bison 40 (by scanner call only) departed 29, nn observed
* 2xLear 35 departed rwy 18

[SBGrad]

2 Aug

Rampart Aviation 'Kahuna'
DHC-6 Twin Otter
N344CS //Kahuna 44
N368SS //Kahuna 68

US Navy VRC-30 Providers 'Password' //best radio call of the day was a T-34, when informed he was #2 for departure behind the Grumman, acknowledged "#2 behind the mighty war COD!"
Grumman C-2 Greyhound
20/BUNO 162147 //Password 20

US Navy Fleet Logistics Office
Boeing C-40 Clipper
5836/BUNO 165836 //Convoy 836

US Navy VRM-30 Titans 'Rudy'
Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey
35/BUNO 169442 //Rudy 35, color tail

USAF FF tail code
Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor
08-4170
09-4178
04-4076
09-4180
08-4161
192D WG //VIRGINIA on top of fin
149th FS //approach looked like Cougar trying to get aboard Enterprise in Top Gun; at one point on final, less than 1/4 mile from the runway, Island Tower came up and actually asked pilot for intentions, 'are you landing this pass or going around?' Pilot corrected and came in no problem

[blazesixate]

“Limited engagement” ? Lol

[SBGrad]

4 August

USAF 64th Aggressors
Lockheed Martin F-16C
2 flights of 4 a/c departing rwy 18
- at distance approximately 1 mi, only markings visible with extreme cropping was WA on tail. Some recognizable paint schemes: Wraith, Arctic Splinter, Shark

USAF 1FW + 192D FW tail code FF
Lockheed Martin F-22A
05-4091, 09-4178, 09-4180, 08-4170, 08-4161, 149 FS, 192D WG, XX-X078

USAF DC ANG Capital Guardians
Lockheed Martin F-16C
DC 86-383, DC 87-292, DC 86-342
4 th jet bare HAVE GLASS V 87-262

Rampart Aviation 'Kahuna'
DHC-6 Twin Otter
N344CS //Kahuna 44

[SBGrad]

Back to School at the Beach

1-6 September

USN Fleet Logistics Office 'Convoy'
Boeing C-40 Clipper
BUNO 166695 //Convoy 4241
BUNO 169793

USN VRM-30 Titans 'Rudy'
Boeing Vertol CMV-22b CODsprey
34/169441 //Rudy 34 color tail
35/169442 //Rudy 35 color tail

USAF 79th Rescue Squadron
Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II
DM 12-5769 //King 81, pretty sure dropping parachutists at sea, they told Island Tower as they were landing 'drop zone still active'

USN VRC-30 Providers 'Password'
Grumman C-2 Greyhound
37/162141 //Password 37

USN VRM-50 Sunhawks 'Scorch'
Boeing Vertol CMV-22B CODsprey
SB-50/169447

NORDLUFT LLC
DEHAVILLAND CARIBOU DHC-4A
N238PT

Federal Aviation Administration
Beech Super King Air
N76 //Check 76

USAF
Gulfstream C-37A // G-V
01-0065

USN NAWDC 'Strike' and 'Topgun' call signs used
Boeing F-18E/F Super Hornet
no tail codes, but all a/c have NAWDC fin flash and lightning bolt with either Strike or Topgun decals
120,131,132,105, 130-- standard Navy grey paint above/below
101/BUNO 16579?-- 3 tone brown/yellow camo over grey undersides

USN VFC-13 Fighting Saints
F-16C Viper
AF-307/86-0238 //SAINTS on ventral fin; serial number on fuselage, forward of horiz stab, not on tail

(AZ ANG 195th FS) //in parentheses because they also have Navy-style BORTs, they were flying with VFC-13, and I have no idea if these are truly AZ ANG or Navy birds that haven't been repainted yet--I just get photos, somebody else can interpret
F-16C Viper
86-0296 //color AZ flag fin flash, BORT 306 on inlet, serial on tail
86-0214 //greyed out AZ flag fin flash, '195th' on fin flash, WARHAWKS on base of tail, BORT 326 on inlet, serial on tail

There are any number of planes that have come in this week that I have no pix of: several F-35s (might have been fleet or NAWDC), a P-8, KC-135, and 3 AG tail code Supers* that just came screaming in as I type this, they were so loud my wife even commented, 'sounds like somebody got too close'

*probably VFA-136, one bird was a CAG with red and white horizontal stripes on the rudder

[skippyscage]

Back to School at the Beach

1-6 September

USAF
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II //USAF C-37A
01-0065

there's wishing - it's a Gulfstream V