Djerba, Tunisia - IADE 2020

[simongrigor]

Noted on 4 March:

Static:

L81520/TS-VTR OH-58D, Tunisian AF (ex US Army 10-01331)
Z21122/TS-MTL C-130J, Tunisian AF
8821 Hawk Mk.65A, Saudi AF ‘Saudi Hawks’
58-0736, 61-2634 C-130Bs, Turkish AF
90-0828/SP r, 91-0344/SP r F-16Cs, 52 FW
58-0036 KC-135R, 100 ARW
08-8602/RS ’86 OG’ C-130J, 86 AW
169426/YD P-8A, VP-4

Flight Line:

G81103/TS-QGC Bell 429, Tunisian National Guard (was moved from Flight Line to the static on 5 March)
8806, 8807, 8808, 8816, 8817, 8818, 8820 Hawk Mk.65As, Saudi AF ‘Saudi Hawks’
88-0029, 88-0033 F-16Cs, Turkish AF ‘SoloTurk’

Visitors:

L81705 Bell 205, Tunisian AF
L82604 AB.412, Tunisian AF
L82304/TS-SRT/27363, L82308/TS-SRX/27367 UH-60Ms, Tunisian AF
Z21012/TS-MTB C-130H, Tunisian AF
Z21121/TS-MTK C-130J, Tunisian AF
Z94047/TS-OTG, Z94049/TS-OTI LET-410UVPs, Tunisian AF

Flypast:

Y92504/IB F-5F, Tunisian AF
Y95065/JH, Y95067/JI L-59Ts, Tunisian AF

Regards

Simon

[patrick dirksen]

I spent 6-8 March here, some additional info:

The OH-58 is former 69-16379, which was produced as OH-58A with c/n 40600 and was converted to OH-58D with c/n 97499 (no typo). At Corpus Christi it was rebuilt to OH-58D(R) with serial 10-01331.

Not surprising, but the c/n of Herc Z21122 has been checked and confirmed as 5758. C/n of the Bell 429 is confirmed as 57295.

Visiting 6-3:
C-130s Z21122 (put on static) and Z21121, both of 11 sq (not 21).
L-410 Z94049 of 12 sq
All three left again end of the day, as did the Kiowa (that went to Sfax at the end of every day, to return again every following morning).

Visiting 7-3:
C-130J-30 Z21122 (again put on static, and going home in the afternoon)
L-410 Z94049

Visiting 8-3:
C-130H Z21012
UH-60M L82304 (doing a para drop)
F-5F Y92504/IB
L-59 Y95059/JE and Y95095/JH (doing a flyby with the F-5)
C-130B 61-0963 (222 filo) and 61-2634 (no mks, ECM equipped apparently)
C-130 HZ-129 (1 sq)
The last three were support obviously.

[AndyMarden]

Patrick,
97499 is not the c/n of the OH-58D, but the CAGE code for Bell Helicopter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercia ... ntity_code
Andy

[patrick dirksen]

Ah, ok, woops.
In that case I'll ask Jurgen, I only wrote the data down but he made a photo of the plate as well.
To be continued....

[CJ]

On Wednesday, March 11 Saudi L100-30 HZ-128 was also noticed on the ramp. Possibly the same one which I saw on long finals from my hotel on March 9.

[AndyMarden]

Solo Turks were 88-0029 and 88-0032

[patrick dirksen]

One thing I forgot to ask. I landed at the airport on the 5th of March, around 18:30 hrs. There was one L-410 parked at the platform, but I was unable to read it off. I know during the day Z94049/TS-OTI was present, at least until around 16:00, but I understand another one came in shortly after that. Anybody who was still present to see the other one arrive and know which one had left again by 18:30 (or better, which one was still present around 18:30 )?

And I can also add that I read off the c/n of the P-8A as 63759 by the way.

[CJ]

Patrick,
TS-OTG left at 16:34....

[patrick dirksen]

OK, thanks. In that case it must have been TS-OTI that was still on the platform when I landed. Unfortunately
Thanks for the info!