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Just for you all. It is incomplete, missing only a couple though.

Typhoons - UK
T.3: DY/ZJ815 - 11(F) Marks (Arrived Monday*) - (Thanks Niall)
FGR.4: BV/ZJ910 - 29(R) Marks
FGR.4: QO-C/ZJ922 - 3(F) Marks
FGR.4: DL/ZJ929 - 11(F) Marks
FGR.4: DF/ZJ933 - 11(F) Marks
FGR.4: DJ/ZJ935 - 11(F) Marks
FGR.4: DH/ZJ943 - 11(F) Marks
*Perhaps replaced a Typhoon so one of the above might have gone home..

Typhoons - IT
FGR.4: 4-1/M.M.7294 - 4° Stormo Marks
FGR.4: 4-11/M.M.7291 - 4° Stormo Marks

Harriers
GR.9: 13/ZD346 - 4(AC) Marks
GR.9: 28A/ZD380 - No Marks
GR.9: 31/ZD402 - No Marks
GR.9: 32/ZD403 - 4(AC) Marks
GR.9: 50/ZD438 - 4(AC) Marks
GR.9: 62/ZG473 - 4(AC) Marks
GR.9: 70/ZG480 - 4(AC) Marks
GR.9: 77/ZG506 - 20(R) Marks

Hawks
T1: 181/XX181 - 19(R) Marks
T1: CG/XX198 - 100 Marks
T1: 200/XX200 - 19(R) Marks (Arrived Tuesday 17 1230L - Just dropping off a visitor thanks Thainoodle)
T1: 204/XX204 - 19(R) Marks
T1: CA/XX246 - 100 Marks
T1: 256/XX256 - 19(R) Marks
T1: CE/XX258 - 100 Marks
T1: 286/X286 - 19(R) Marks
T1: 287/XX287 - 19(R) Marks
T1: CN/XX318 - 100 Marks

VC-10s
K3?: ZA148/G - 101 Marks (Departed home.. Friday?)
K3?: ZA109/T - 101 Marks? (Arrived Monday?) - Thanks Niall

C-130s
C130J: 884/ZH884 - No Marks (Arrived Tuesday 17 1130L)
C130J: 885/ZH885 - No Marks

Sentinel R1s
R1: ZJ692 - No Marks (Left Monday 16 or Tuesday 17 ????L)
R1: ZJ694 - No Marks (Arrived Tuesday 17 or Wednesday 18 ????L)
R1: ZJ692 - No Marks (Reappeared Thursday 19 ????L)
Falcon 20s
Da20: G-FRAH - Cobham Marks
Da20: G-FRAJ - Cobham Marks
Da20: G-FRAS - Cobham Marks
Da20: G-FRAW - Cobham Marks

Do228
Do228: G-MAFE - FRA Marks?(Not known if linked to exercise or not)

Lynxs
AH9: ZG918

Exercise Related Visitors
IT- KC130J: 46-46/M.M.62181 (Italian F2000 Support)

Exercise Notes
16 Nov: All 5 RAF Typhoons used reheat on take off. Italian stayed dry. Only 1 Italian Eurofighter flying, other presumed broken as groundies over the aircraft for some of the afternoon, Lynx uses cross runway for landing take off, VC10 first arrival 1430E, 1 Harrier towed into hangar, no nimrods flying but loads scattered on ground, Sentinel up early about 1200/1230 and wasn't in by my departure at 1530, C130J parked on old VASS and backtracks runway and then uses loop, no E3, first fighter take off at about 1? I believe with 3 Typhoons

RWY Used: 07
Aircraft remaining on ground: Harrier GR9 70 (Broken?) Harrier GR9 62 (Spare?), RAF Typhoon DL (Spare), IT Typhoon 4-11 (Broken?), Unknown Hawk (Spare).


17 Nov: All 5 RAF and 2 Italian Typhoons used reheat. 2nd Italian fixed and flying again. First arrival Hawks between 1430-1445 and went from Hawks> Harriers> Italian Typhoons> Hercs> Falcons> RAF Typhoons> VC10. Last arrival 1515. First departure 1230 VC10 and 1235 Typhoons x3. Other harrier towed out of hangar.

RWY Used: 25
Aircraft remaining on ground: Harrier GR9 62, Harrier GR9 77, RAF Typhoon QO-C, Hawk T1 200, Hawk T1 ? (All spares)

18 Nov:

RWY Used: 25
Aircraft remaining on ground: ?

19 Nov: Earlier mission? Saw 2 pairs of Harriers on recovery around 2.10PM.

RWY Used: 25
Aircraft remaining on ground: ?

Callsigns noted.
Sentinel: Merlin (Thanks Niall)
Hawks: Endplay, Upset (Thanks fitlike)
Harriers: Quaver, Hatchet (Thanks fitlike)
Typhoons-UK: Fozy (Thanks fitlike)
Typhoons-IT: Divine (Thanks fitlike)
Falcons: Cobham?, Robust (Thanks fitlike)
C130J: ?
VC10: Cotton (Thanks fitlike)
Lynx: Apache (Thanks Niall.)

Hope this helps some people.

To Be Continued.

Thanks to Mike (Flaps), Niall (np1991), Thainoodle, Phoenixemgh and fitlike for their contributions to this report.

Chris.

Your missing Hawks should be XX318/CN,XX286 and XX191.
Harrier should be ZG480/70 and Sentinel ZJ692.
Lynx not known.

With thanks to Scotavnet.

Flaps wrote:Your missing Hawks should be XX318/CN,XX286 and XX191.
Harrier should be ZG480/70 and Sentinel ZJ692.
Lynx not known.

With thanks to Scotavnet.

Thanks Mike.

thainoodle wrote:XX200 was just dropping a visitor off if that helps..

Thanks, anymore updates just post them here. As my time off finished I'm not able to do detailed reports.

Lynx callsign is Apache mate

Macc,

G-MAFE is a Cobham owned aircraft operating for Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries so is unlikely to be part of the Ex.

The FR Falcon callsign is normally "RUSHTON" although with them recently rebranding to Cobham, there is a chance it may have changed. I shall emaither my contact there and see if he is able to shed any light on it.

Noted different today were:

VC-10 XV109 (Z)
RAF Typhoon T3? - DY (11F Sqn)

phoenixegmh wrote:Macc,

G-MAFE is a Cobham owned aircraft operating for Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries so is unlikely to be part of the Ex.

g-mafe was opperating out of newcastle for 10 days not so long ago and it was actually working with airborne FAC guys at otterburn so i reckon it will be involved in some way