CVW-5 EA-18Gs delivered to Atsugi

[Le Addeur noir]

These airplanes are either due immintently or have just landed in the last few hours.

They shound be 5 EA-18G of VAQ-141 Bu numbers,

166929 NF-500
166930 NF-501
199931 NF-502
166932 NF-503
166933 NF-504

Details of tanker support,etc to follow...........

[Fiddler]

How long will the Prowlers stay at the station?

We depart next week to Japan for a spotting trip and that probably will be the last chance of seeing an active Prowler...

Thanks

[CBR]

How long will the Prowlers stay at the station?

They are already gone (left Febr 14th, 2012.), these Growlers are their replacements see : http://www.cnic.navy.mil/navycni/groups ... 284683.pdf

More info here http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?p=553568

[raameagle]

I think they are more likely:

166928 NF500
166938 NF501
166930 NF502
166931 NF503
166932 NF504
166933 NF505

Can anone confirm when they arrive please?

Regards

Mark

[Melchior Timmers]

They did arrive at 24mar12 in two waves of three aircraft.

Cheers,

[Le Addeur noir]

They did arrive at 24mar12 in two waves of three aircraft.

Cheers,

3 airplanes on the 24th(including NF-500) and the other 2 the next day.

I've seen reference on a Japanese website to NF-500 being Bu number 168271.Hopefully more to follow on this.

[Melchior Timmers]

They did arrive at 24mar12 in two waves of three aircraft.

Cheers,

3 airplanes on the 24th(including NF-500) and the other 2 the next day.

I've seen reference on a Japanese website to NF-500 being Bu number 168271.Hopefully more to follow on this.

Doesn't look like it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yinming/6864616176/

Cheers,

[Le Addeur noir]

From Japanese sources and HF reports,the arrival data for these jets should be as follows,

24th March

166928 NF-500 EA-18G VAQ-141 Dolly? 51 Flt with 166938 NF-501 and 166930 NF-502.Tanker support KC-135R 60-0349 Fist 04 AFRC,77 ARS 916 ARW to Yokota.Atsugi arrival around 16.45 LT.

25th March

166931 NF-503 EA-18G VAQ-141 with 166932 NF-504 166933 NF-505.Tanker support KC-135R 57-1439 (Fist 02)? AFRC,77 ARS 916 ARW to Yokota.

Point of departure for all these was Wake Island(PWAK).