NAS Fort Worth JRB, 2018

[tally]

For President George H.W. Bush's funeral the following Super Hornets are in town at Navy Fort Worth, JRB. They will perform a 21 ship missing man formation on Thursday Dec 6, 2018 at College Station, TX where he will be buried at his Presidential Library.

Arrived Dec 4, 2018.
"Victory 11-4"
F/A-18F , VFA-103 168889/AG-201
Marked as: "President George HW Bush" "41" / "Barbara" "First Lady" below front and rear cockpit resp
F/A-18E, VFA-143 168922/AG-102
F/A-18E, VFA-131 169123/AC-314
F/A-18E, VFA-105 166650/AC-400 (cag)

Arrived Dec 5, 2018 in order (from Taproom on they arrived in low light so difficult to make out).
"Victory 13-4"
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168485/AG-212, 168891/AG-206

"Gipsy 11-2"
F/A-18F, VFA-32 166454/AC-113, 166618/AC-103

"Victory 11-2"
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168887/AG-204, 168490/AG-202

"Felix 11-4"
F/A-18E, VFA-31 166785/NH-211, 166778/AJ-102, 166776/NH-200, 166782/NH-206

"Party 11-4"
F/A-18E, VFA-87 168910/AJ-300, 169397/NH-403, 168911/NH-401 "CO", 169398/NH-404

"Taproom 41-4"
F/A-18E, VFA-143 168913/AG-111, 168924/AG-104, 168923/AG-143 "Barbara III", 168906/AG-106

"Wildcat 11-4"
F/A-18E, VFA-131/VFA-105* 168918/AC-301, 168909/AC-300 (cag), 166655/AC-405*, 166647/AC-411*

"Ram 11-4"
F/A-18E, VFA-(83)/VFA-131* 166423/AC-201, 166602/AC-205, 166775/AC-207, 169121/AC-311*

[Bennie]

For President George H.W. Bush's funeral the following Super Hornets are in town at Navy Fort Worth, JRB. They will perform a 21 ship missing man formation on Thursday Dec 6, 2018 at College Station, TX where he will be buried at his Presidential Library.

Any idea where the number 21 is coming from? Or is it a random number? Bush was president #41.........

[Chrissly69]

21 guns is the highest national honour so I guess 21 f-18's is similar to that....

[Bennie]

21 guns is the highest national honour so I guess 21 f-18's is similar to that....

In that case, I would have chosen a single engine aircraft instead!

[Chrissly69]

Good point but I rather die on 21 F-18's then 21 F-35.....

[Bennie]

Good point but I rather die on 21 F-18's then 21 F-35.....

[Melchior Timmers]

Thanks for the log!

"Party 11-4"
F/A-18E, VFA-87 168910/AJ-300, 169397/NH-403, 168911/NH-401 "CO", 169398/NH-404

Interesting to see VFA-87 is changing to NH-4xx.
Now where does that take VFA-147..?

[tally]

Noted today at NAS Fort Worth is absolutely dreadful weather (300 ft ceiling, 1.5 visibility, drizzle) in order of take off. There was a 21 aircraft flyover after they played the national anthem followed by a four ship missing man formation. I imagine flight 8 were the air spares. They all flew under "Drago" callsign.

1st
F/A-18E, VFA-131 168918/AC-301

2nd
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168889/AG-201
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168923/AG-143 "Barbara III"
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168922/AG-102
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168913/AG-111

3rd
F/A-18E, VFA-143 168924/AG-104
F/A-18E, VFA-131 169123/AC-314
F/A-18E, VFA-131 168909/AC-300 (cag)
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168891/AG-206

4th
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168490/AG-202
F/A-18E, VFA-83 166423/AC-201
F/A-18E, VFA-83 166602/AC-205
F/A-18F, VFA-32 166618/AC-103

5th
F/A-18E, VFA-83 166775/AC-207
F/A-18E, VFA-87 168910/AJ-300
F/A-18E, VFA-105 166655/AC-405
F/A-18E, VFA-105 166650/AC-400 (cag)

6th
F/A-18F, VFA-32 166454/AC-113
F/A-18E, VFA-31 166785/NH-211
F/A-18E, VFA-31 166776/NH-200
F/A-18E, VFA-31 166778/AJ-102

7TH
F/A-18E, VFA-87 169398/NH-404
F/A-18E, VFA-87 168911/NH-401 "CO”
F/A-18E, VFA-131 169121/AC-311
F/A-18E, VFA-105 166647/AC-411

8TH
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168887/AG-204


The following left later in the afternoon to find their way home before the weather really turns sour.
F/A-18F, VFA-103 168485/AG-212
F/A-18E, VFA-87 169397/NH-403
F/A-18E, VFA-143 168906/AG-106
F/A-18E, VFA-31 166782/NH-206


Tally.

[davechng]

Can the VFA-147 be taking over VFA213 Black Lions for CVW-8??

Looks like CVN-77 George Bush may transfer over to the Pacific since the NH tail code??



DaveC

Thanks for the log!

"Party 11-4"
F/A-18E, VFA-87 168910/AJ-300, 169397/NH-403, 168911/NH-401 "CO", 169398/NH-404

Interesting to see VFA-87 is changing to NH-4xx.
Now where does that take VFA-147..?

[tally]

Can the VFA-147 be taking over VFA213 Black Lions for CVW-8??

Looks like CVN-77 George Bush may transfer over to the Pacific since the NH tail code??



DaveC

Hi Dave,

Can you help fill in the blanks in the log? I know you stayed longer so you may have some of them. I threw in the wet towel once Drago 99 came back. The rain was just awful.


Tally.

[sdamico]

Thanks for the log!

"Party 11-4"
F/A-18E, VFA-87 168910/AJ-300, 169397/NH-403, 168911/NH-401 "CO", 169398/NH-404

Interesting to see VFA-87 is changing to NH-4xx.
Now where does that take VFA-147..?

VFA-147 will transfer to Vinson's airwing (currently CVW-2 'NE'), so one possibility is that they will replace VFA-34 in the 'NE-4xx' slot while VFA-34 transitions to the F/A-18E beginning in January 2019.

SD

[tally]

Updated both logs after some work on my photos. Not great and hope to get more confirmed with logs from others. Stay tuned.

Tally.

[tally]

The entire list has now been confirmed by reliable sources.

The few in question were:
VFA-131: AC-300, AC-301, AC-311
VFA-105: AC-201, AC-205, AC-207
VFA-83: AC-405, AC-411