Wunstorf 2019

[Maurice]

Tomorrow Wunstorf should see delivery of the 54+24, at about 15:30h LT as GAF016

[Herby]

54+24 arrived at 15.36h on 24.01. as the 25th German A.400M. The next two will handed over to the Luftwaffe in February but will get the special armouring kit for operations in the Middle East and will therefore not be delivered to LTG 62 before March.

Also on the ramp were 54+07, 54+20 and 54+25 plus three more while 54+03 was towed out of the dock, 54+11 (without AAR-probes!) into the dock and 54+13 from one hangar to another.

Flying where 54+18 (to the Baltic), 54+17 (Line Training), 54+15 (from Jordan) and 54+04 refuelled 54+22 in two missions in the morning and the afternooen above the North Sea. So 15 different A.400M were seen.

LTG 62 activated 3./LTG 62 on January 9th as a special forces squadron, also responsible for military evacuation. Now three flying squadrons are based at Wunstorf (1 to 3./LTG 62) plus a fourth in Bremen for training.

[Maurice]

Nice log Herby!

also responsible for military evacuation.

I think you are refering to medical evacuation?

[Herby]

Luftwaffe.de says:

"Einsatz und Einsatzunterstützung

Die neue Staffel wird zukünftig einen besonderen Auftrag übernehmen. Sie wird an Einsätzen, Übungen und Verlegungen von Spezialkräften teilnehmen. Bei militärischen Evakuierungsmissionen wird sie bei der Planung, Vorbereitung und Durchführung unterstützen. Mit den zunehmenden Fähigkeiten des A400M werden somit in den nächsten Jahren auch die Aufgaben und die Bedeutung der 3. Fliegenden Staffel steigen. So sind zunächst die Schaffung von Grundlagen, die Ausbildung der Soldatinnen und Soldaten und die Herstellung der Einsatzbereitschaft die Kernaufgaben."

[Maurice]

I see...

[Herby]

On 7.3. new A.400M 54+27 arrived for LTG 62.

[Bennie]

March 18th visitors: CTM1303 (ADS-B: 123, CN235) & CTM2046 (ADS-B: R214, C160).

[Bennie]

More French visiting on March 26th: CTM2058.

[Bennie]

More French visiting on March 26th: CTM2058.

Just departed to Evreux. ADS-B says R206 C160.

[Herby]

Presumably R206/64-GF was technical support for R214/64-GN, which arrived on 18.3. for MAG and departed at least on 28.3.

[Maurice]

Presumably R206/64-GF was technical support for R214/64-GN, which arrived on 18.3. for MAG and departed at least on 28.3.

That is correct Herby

[Herby]

Noted today (10.4.) on the ramp were the following A.400M of LTG 62:

54+15, 54+18 and 54+27 plus seven more unidentfied.

Flying were 54+07 (local training), 54+16 (local training), 54+19 (from Burgas), 54+23 (international training) and 54+24 (to Al Azraq).

Learjet 35 D-CGFF, D-CGFO and D-CGFB of GFD did some 40 calibration overshoots!

On 09.04. an Eurofighter (presumably TLwG 71) visited again (now regularly) for fireservice training. In the last weeks the first Belgium Air Component 15.Wing A.400M crews were trained.

[Boswell]

At 1600 we logged 5407,5408,5414,5415,5417, 5418,5419,5421,5422,5423(landed),5425
Rgds

[Herby]

Thanks, the seven unidentified were among them.

[Herby]

Arriving at 13.30 hrs en route from Wattisham to Estonia via Nörvenich were 3.Regiment (662./663.Sqn.) Apache AH.1 ZJ179, ZJ190, ZJ192, ZJ199 and ZJ230.