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AH64E at Middle Wallop

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TommyC
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AH64E at Middle Wallop

Post by TommyC » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:06 pm

Twitter link to the first two AH64E arriving. :clap:

https://twitter.com/armyflying/status/1 ... HLNhg&s=19

GVLCN
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Re: AH64E at Middle Wallop

Post by GVLCN » Tue Aug 02, 2022 4:12 pm

Could anyone please tell me if they fly regularly? Was planning a trip soon

Kevin Brewer
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Re: AH64E at Middle Wallop

Post by Kevin Brewer » Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:00 pm

I live in Basingstoke and keep an eye on their movements - or lack -of - via ADS-B. I think 5 AH-64Es have been delivered to 673 Sqn date which I believe, courtesy of Tom's excellent Apache Resource Centre, are ZM702, ZM708, ZM714, ZM716 and either ZM717 or ZM701 (TBC, pending confirmation of hex code tie-ups).

I've noticed the occasional but infrequent ping from 708 and 716, mainly to the south and west of Middle Wallop but yet to see or even hear an E model venture this far east.

I'm not sure if there's an example based there, but I often see one on ADS-B up from Boscombe Down using a BDN callsign.

HTH.

Kevin Brewer
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Re: AH64E at Middle Wallop

Post by Kevin Brewer » Wed Aug 03, 2022 4:50 pm

As an update to my last, an AH-64E has just passed me several times on a sortie from Wallop, showing on ADS-B as ZM714 / PNTHR 83. Now heading north abeam Thatcham.

GVLCN
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Re: AH64E at Middle Wallop

Post by GVLCN » Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:03 pm

Thanks for the info, I was hoping to visit the museum & catch some at same time

JLewis_Aviation
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Re: AH64E at Middle Wallop

Post by JLewis_Aviation » Sun Aug 21, 2022 4:33 pm

They’re up pretty regularly using the usual PANTHER callsigns, unsure if they’ve used AWARD since being back, sometimes use the GAUNTLET (BDN on ADSB etc) and use CARNAGE for pairs. ZM708 seems to be out the most.

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