During the harbor tour last September I saw this instructional F/A-18 on the USS Ronal Reagan (CVN-76) with another instructional F/A-18 on the USS John C. Stennis (background) which both were in dock.
Anyone with more info on any of these two?
Many thanks in advance.
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The F-18 with the black / red fins was still on board the Reagan in late January. All I noted was the code 76 on the fin . Regarding the other F-18's on base in September, my listing posted in early Feb may help ?
During a few hours at Coronado Beach the following passed by my camera:
...350/.. KC-130 (arrived when I was driving in, USN or USMC) +1
164242/AA-307 F/A-18C VFA-113 (arr NADEP or testflight, all clean)
N6637G Ce550 (radar nose etc)
N26959 SA.226
N789C SA.226
N27442 SA.226
153994/YT-55 CH-46E HMMT-164
....../25 C-2A VRC-30 (bk/yw tailfins)
162169/27 C-2A VRC-30 +1
160051 C-9B +1
165756/SA-01 MH-60S HSC-3
164073?/17 SH-60F HS-10 (spcl clrs)
91-1652 C-130H 180 AS
Rwy 18/helispot "rwy 12" was used for most take offs and all rotary wing recoveries (a lot of them!) were on (or near) 18/36, except the 2 Seahawks above and the SeaKnight which made a practice IFR approach on 29, lucky me! The Missouri ANG Herc was smoking around a bit with its cargo ramp down, funny. Also seen (taking off 18) were among others a 89AW Gulfstream and USN P-3. And the local USCG HH-60 flying around the bay.
During May me and my wife had a great time at Coronado Beach, staying in the Coronado Hotel.
During this period I logged the following: Visit 19-May-11
05-5147 HH C-17A 15th Wing R5147H
69-0007 C-5A 433rd AW/68th AS RCH9007
6032 MH-60T USCG San Diego CG6032
165415 CE-06 F/A-18D VMFA(AW)-225 Viking03
165093 C-20G VR-48 CNV2951 20-May-11
165645 B-291 T-45C TAW-2
162419 SH-214 F/A-18B VMFAT-101
163776 NK-310 F/A-18C VFA-146 test flt
162854 AF-413 F/A-18A VFA-204 blue/blue c/s
162859 AF-414 F/A-18A VFA-204 blue/blue c/s
162866 01 F/A-18A VFA-204 CoNA c/s
162905 AF-405 F/A-18A VFA-204 blue/blue c/s
163113 AF-406 F/A-18A VFA-204 blue/blue c/s 21-May-11
06-6165 C-17A 60th AMW R6165H
1712 HC-130H USCG CG1712/Rescue1712 23-May-11
06-6158 C-17A 60th AMW
16…. H-53 NADEP nmks
161937 47 F/A-18A NSAWC
164996 BD-996 C-130T VR-64 25-May-11
6041 MH-60R USCG San Diego
165901 NE-202 F/A-18E VFA-137 Falcon01 "XO"
166962 NJ-154 F/A-18F VFA-122 Expert55/AX61
165159 CW-5159 C-130T VR-54 CNV3086
165349 RU-5349 C-130T VR-55 CNV3358
161502 1502 UC-12B Yuma H&HS Yuma635 26-May-11
166962 NJ-154 F/A-18F VFA-122 Expert55
160633 G-770 T-34C TAW-4 NavyG765
160934 G-855 T-34C TAW-4 NavyG765
161818 G-765 T-34C TAW-4 NavyG765
161827 G-820 T-34C TAW-4 NavyG820
162298 G-767 T-34C TAW-4 NavyG767
164170 G-721 T-34C TAW-4 NavyG721
At North Island a permanent detachement of four P-3C's is present. Only the dates an aircraft actually flew are mentioned, while most of the P-3C's below were present whole period.
P-3C Det. North Island
19-May-11 161594 RD-594 P-3C VP-47 RD55/RD19
23-May-11 161767 RD-747 P-3C VP-47
23-May-11 161001 001 P-3C VP-69 nmks
25-May-11 161001 001 P-3C VP-69 nmks/PT833
21-May-11 161412 PJ-412 P-3C VP-69 PJ693
20-May-11 163004 004 P-3C VP-69 nmks
21-May-11 163004 004 P-3C VP-69 PT812
22-May-11 163004 004 P-3C VP-69 PT812
23-May-11 163004 004 P-3C VP-69 nmks
25-May-11 163004 004 P-3C VP-69 PT812
21-May-11 162778 PD-778 P-3C VP-9 Eagle11
23-May-11 162778 PD-778 P-3C VP-9 PT812
24-May-11 162778 PD-778 P-3C VP-9
Based
On the 23rd of May I have a visit to HSL-43, "the Battlecats", what resulted in catching many based aircraft. Again, only the aircraft that flew are written down, except for the 23rd, which present a full log of every aircraft noted.
23-May-11 149022 TF-31 SH-2F Preserved
23-May-11 149915 727 SH-3G Preserved
23-May-11 150951 VR-46 HH-46D Preserved
23-May-11 152795 RW-30 C-2A Preserved
23-May-11 159412 700 S-3A Preserved
23-May-11 162983 SH-60B Preserved
During this holiday, many more Hornets were seeb but not read off (this holiday was not only about aircraft), while also some Colorado ANG F-16's missed identification on the 23rd, while filling in some paperwork for my basevisit. If anyone has a BuNo for Wildcat52 (WC-52), I am happy to receive that one
