NAF Atsugi (RJTA/NJA) 2013 MIL

[Le Addeur noir]

Noted here on Friday 12th April,


164996 BD-996 C-130T VR-64 currently on TDY here(also on TDY currently are C-40As 166695 VR-58 and 166696 VR-57).

Based CVW-5 assets seen flying this day include,

166915 NF-100 F/A-18F VFA-102

166901 NF-400 F/A-18E VFA-195
166913 NF-412 F/A-18F VFA-195

166928 NF-500 EF/18G VFA-141
166938 NF-501 EF-18G VFA-141

167034 NF-706 MH-60R HSM-77

168533 NF-02 MH-60S HSC-12

162152 NF-32 C-2A VRC-30 Det 5

Noted flying the previous day was one of the newly delivered P-1s of JMSDF,51 Kokutai,5504.

[Le Addeur noir]

By the 1st May both the detached C-40As had changed and the new ones are,

165836 VR-57
166693 VR-57

HSL-51 ' Warlords' has been re-designated HSM-51 and has received MH-60Rs.The first example in full colours is 167036 coded TA-51.

[Le Addeur noir]

Sunday 01st December,

Transiting here en route to Kadena were the first 2 P-8As to arrive on detachment,

Sunday 01st December visitors,

168429 LF-429 P-8A VP-16
168438 LF-435 P-8A VP-16

[Le Addeur noir]

...followed by the second pair on the 4th,

168433 LF-433 P-8A VP-16
168439 LF-439 P-8A VP-16