I assume 9210 is next to it? Thanks for posting the photo; looks great! From what I understood; the first 4 jets for the UAE were to come out; then 9211 and...
A couple questions: Wasn't the UAE order upped to 6 frames? Has the Indian order been finalized/formalized? What is/are the serials for the follow-on RAF...
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The Indians are quibbling about the price......
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=14577
*2011-04-01* The biggest-ever Indo-US defence...
Both 00-0177 and 00-0 178 are on loan from McChord; they have been for nealy 8 months now, so them painting the markings doesn't surprise me. But for whatever ...
Yes, the UAE has 6 on order; the first 4 were FY10 orders, and the follow on order were 2 for FY11. Someone else posted about the indian fiasco. which RAF...
Silas, Thanks! ZZ177 was indeed the one I was talking about. Did the RAF only order one more? I know there was talk about maybe two more. The Australians...
Mike, Yeah, The RAAF are in negoatiations with boeing for a 5th airplane; and rumors ares till floating around about the RAF getting an 8th jet. Cheers, Silas ...
There is talk of ZZ178 but depends if it was included in the UK's Strategic Defense Review or not Cheers Eccie 3 miles south of MAM-GITUS-MAM 20 miles south of...
Thanks for the info on the first UAE bird Mark. I wondered where she was. Guess she was in the paint shop when I visited on 1st April as only 99210 was outside...
Can someone tell me the tail numbers on the first three 445th AW C-17 arrivals and what the timetable is for the other five to arrive ? Â Thanks ! Â Roger ...
Michael/All, Departed Long Beach at 09:30 Mark _____ From: BoeingC17A@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BoeingC17A@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael C Sent: 08 April...
Thanks for the update. Â In general, how is it determined which aircraft get transferred to the USAF Reserves? In my 20 years(68-88) in the 93BW, 307Strat Wg,...
There really is no way to determine which jets go to the reserve; but usually higher houred aircraft get the reserve treatment to keep them in the air ...
I also run a scanner on my desk and have a good idea which of the 68, 69, and 70 model C-5's are reliable and which are genuine hogs.....ground aborts, air...
0446, 0447, 0466 and 9003 have been retired into storage...0459, 0453, 9017 and 9027 have all been retired to AMARG. WP only has 0457 and 9013 left to fly. ...
Yarding so many decent airframes. I was okay with 22...but now they jacked it up to 32...There are at least 12 jets that shouldn't be scrapped (C-5s). ...
Why are they keeping two versus none at all? 445th C-5-specific missions still going? 8215 and 9013 seemed good; a loadmaster I know spoke of 4sick1, not 461....
0458 was boneyarded back in 2003; I think you are referring to 0448, which has been in PDM for over a year now. 0448 was the lightning bird. 04sick1 was...
The B models were hammered in the early 2000s with the begining of the wars. They just never got the maintenance they needed; and we always had parts ...
Thanks for all of the info; you're up on the C-5s like I always tried to be on the 135s and B-52s. As for canning the wrong birds, more proof that the...
