Nellis AFB (KLSV/LSV) MIL - Red Flag 24-2 overview

[Piet Luijken]

Overview Red Flag 24-2

Date: 11-22 March 2024

Participants:

308th FS 56th FW F-35A
L-002, L-004, L-005, L-006 Royal Danish Air Force
F-003, F-004, F-006, F-007 F-008 Royal Netherlands Air Force

56th FW "LF" F-35A
12-5057, 13-5061, 13-5069, 13-5075
308th FS 56th FW
13-5066, 13-5077, 13-5081, 15-5175

389th FS 366th FW rd/ye “MO” F-15E arr 01mar
87-0173, 87-0183, 87-0198, 87-0201, 87-0207, 87-0209, 87-0210, 88-1699
88-1705 "389FS", 88-1707, 90-0227
366th FW wh “MO” F-15E
87-0204 "366OG"

69th BS 5th BW ye “MT” B-52H arr 06mar
60-0009 “69 BS”, 61-0001, 61-0003 nm, 61-0005

964th ARS 552nd ACW rd “OK” E-3G
79-0002, 82-0006

KC-135R
58-0106 wh/rd 106th ARS
57-1493 bl/wh 6th ARW
61-0321 bl/wh 6th ARW
63-8887 nm 6th ARW

VMFA-323 F/A-18C/D* arr 06mar
164881/WS-01 dep 20mar
165196/WS-06, 165406/WS-08, 164967/WS-20*
165413/WS-21*, 164961/WS-22*, 165208/WS-401 special c/s, 164908/WS-408
165216/WA-05 arr 20mar

VMFA-242 F-35B
169624/DT-02, 169625/DT-03, 169626/DT-04, 169627/DT-05,
169695/DT-12, 169787/DT-13, 169917/DT-15, 169918/DT-16

VAQ-135 EA-18G
168937/NL-520 special c/s, 166934/NL-521, 168262/NL-522, 168265/NL-525

VX-9 EA-18G dep19mar
169213/XE-501, 169214/XE-503, 168771/XE-555

322sq F-35A arr 05mar
F-011, F-013, F-019, F-020, F-022, F-023

313sq F-35A arr 05mar
F-031 (special c/s), F-033

Top Aces F-16A
N856TA/233, N858TA, N861TA/219, N862TA

Support:
A330MRTT T-056 MMF arr 29feb dep 1mar
A330MRTT T-057 MMF arr 05mar dep 06mar
A330MRTT T-059 MMF arr05mar

Also present:
WIC support:
492nd FS 48th FW bl/wh "LN" F-15E
91-0315, 91-0316 (494th FS badge), 91-0327, 91-0331
96-0205, 97-0219, 97-0221 “492FS”, 98-0135
494th FS 48th FW rd/wh
91-0603, 91-0605, 00-3001
48th FW multi
91-0312 “48OG”

[Piet Luijken]

Updated 28/2

[wamovements]

LN is Green flag (almost same period as Red Flag).

14x LF F-35A 62/308th FS(incl KLU? 2x 313Sq, 6x 322Sq)
14x 179th FS F-16 MN ANG
14x MO F-15E 389th FS
4x MT B-52H
8x LF F-16 (operating out of Luke?)
4x Mirage F1’s (operating out of Luke?)
8 x F-35B MCAS Iwakuni
4/5x VAQ-135 EA-18G
6x VFA-146 Hornets
8x VMFA-323 hornets

[idrivethechoochoo]

Word from the 179th in Duluth says they’re not going to Nellis anymore.

[Piet Luijken]

Updated 3mar

[wamovements]

Dutch F-35s just left Lajes for Burlington.

[blazesixate]

Both -323 & -242 flying outta Japan? Hmmmm

[hjgmil]

Are you saying that the Death Rattlers VMFA-323 are deployed to Japan now??

[blazesixate]

Nope

Read that too fast
-232 deployed

[hjgmil]

That is better. And 323 are at Miramar.

[SBGrad]

Overview Red Flag 24-2

Date: 11-22 March

313sq F-35A
( F-031, F-033 )

F-031 sporting special 70Anniv/Tiger Meet paint on tail

[Piet Luijken]

Updated 7mar

[foc1]

VMFA-323 Hornets were
WS-01
WS-06
WS-08
WS-20
WS-21
WS-22
165208/WS-401 special marks
WS-408

[foc1]

VMFA-242 F35s
DT-04 = 169626
DT-15 = 169917

[foc1]

Here is what I have noted so far, got a few to confirm.

60-0009 yl B52H MT 5BW "69BS"
61-0001 yl B52H MT 5BW
61-0003 - B52H - 5BW
61-0005 yl B52H MT 5BW
(57-1493) bl/wt KC135R 6ARW Serial from ADSB
58-0106 wt/rd KC135R 106ARS
61-0321 bl/wt KC135R 6ARW
63-8887 - KC135R (6ARW)
79-0002 rd E3B OK 552ACW
82-0006 rd E3C OK 552ACW
87-0173 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
87-0183 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
87-0198 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
87-0201 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
87-0204 wt F15E MO 366FW "366OG"
87-0207 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
87-0209 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
87-0210 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
88-1699 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
88-1705 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW "389FS"
88-1707 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
90-0227 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
??-???? F35A LF 56FW
??-???? F35A LF 56FW
??-???? F35A LF 56FW
??-???? F35A LF 56FW
??-???? F35A LF 56FW
15-5175 F35A LF 56FW
16???? F/A18C WS-01 VMFA-323
165196 F/A18C WS-06 VMFA-323
16???? F/A18C WS-08 VMFA-323
16???? F/A18D WS-20 VMFA-323
165413 F/A18D WS-21 VMFA-323
164961 F/A18D WS-22 VMFA-323
165208 F/A18C WS-401 VMFA-323
16???? F/A18C WS-408 VMFA-323
16???? EA18G NL-520 VAQ-135
16???? EA18G NL-521 VAQ-135
16???? EA18G NL-522 VAQ-135
16???? EA18G NL-525 VAQ-135
169213 EA18G XE-501 VX-9
169214 EA18G XE-503 VX-9
168771 EA18G XE-555 VX-9
16???? F35B DT-02 VMFA-242
16???? F35B DT-03 VMFA-242
169626 F35B DT-04 VMFA-242
16???? F35B DT-05 VMFA-242
16???? F35B DT-12 VMFA-242
16???? F35B DT-13 VMFA-242
169917 F35B DT-15 VMFA-242
16???? F35B DT-16 VMFA-242
L-002 F35A RDAF
L-004 F35A RDAF
L-005 F35A RDAF
L-006 F35A RDAF
T-059 A330MRTT MMF
F-003 F35A RNlAF
F-004 F35A RNlAF
F-006 F35A RNlAF
F-007 F35A RNlAF
F-008 F35A RNlAF
F-011 F35A 322Sqdn
F-013 F35A 322Sqdn
F-019 F35A 322Sqdn
F-020 F35A 322Sqdn
F-022 F35A 322Sqdn
F-023 F35A 322Sqdn
F-031 F35A 313Sqdn Tiger/70 Years
F-033 F35A 313Sqdn
N856TA F16A Top Aces
N858TA F16A Top Aces
N861TA F16A Top Aces
N862TA F16A Top Aces

The Growlers are parking in the shelters