Tucson 11 Nov 2016

[dicanio]

Hi,

I spent 2 days in Tucson to 'do' AMARG at Davis Montana, plus the Pima Museum (amazing) and the ANG F-16's at Tucson Airport.

For your info, Jim at Double Eagle Aviation is so used to spotters / photographers requirements that he now requests ATC clearance from the tower to taxi past the ANG ramp so you can stick your lens out the window and snap away!  Really helpful, and saves hours of straining your eyes around the airfield.

I was charged $200 for the 45 minute AMARG photo flight, and as it was Veterans Day, D-M was closed which allowed unrestricted access to the airspace over the storage areas.

So 67 active F-16's at Tucson, plus nearly 4000 stored and active aircraft at D-M worked out at 5 cents 'per number'! Good value I reckon.

Anyway here's the Tucson log:

83-1174 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon 162 FW

83-1177 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon 162 FW

83-1180 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon 162 FW

83-1183 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon 162 FW

84-1322 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon 162 FW

84-1326 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon 162 FW

84-1397 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0210 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0211 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon AATC

86-0212 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon AATC

86-0214 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0215 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0236 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0239 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0240 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon AATC

86-0241 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon AATC

86-0252 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0256 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0285 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0292 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

86-0296 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

87-0293 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

87-0297 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

87-0299 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

87-0301 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

87-0311 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

87-0317 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon 162 FW

87-0333 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon “Warhawks” colours

87-0361 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

87-0381 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon AATC

88-0156 GD F-16DM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

88-0173 GD F-16DM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

88-0417 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

88-0469 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

88-0502 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon AATC

88-0520 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

88-0530 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon AATC

89-2002 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

89-2012 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

89-2091 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

89-2117 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

89-2123 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

89-2135 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

89-2155 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

89-2156 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

90-0708 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

90-0715 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

90-0716 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

90-0720 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

90-0741 GD F-16CM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

90-0785 GD F-16DM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

90-0790 GD F-16DM Fighting Falcon 162 FW

94-0263 Fairchild RC-26B Metro 162 FW

J-004 / AZ GD F-16AM Fighting Falcon KLu / 162 FW

J-018 / AZ GD F-16AM Fighting Falcon KLu / 162 FW

J-019 / AZ GD F-16AM Fighting Falcon KLu / 162 FW

J-064 / AZ GD F-16BM Fighting Falcon KLu / 162 FW

J-067 / AZ GD F-16BM Fighting Falcon KLu / 162 FW

J-366 / AZ GD F-16AM Fighting Falcon KLu / 162 FW

J-369 / AZ GD F-16BM Fighting Falcon KLu / 162 FW

1603 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon Iraqi AF / 162 FW

1616 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon Iraqi AF / 162 FW

1619 GD F-16D Fighting Falcon Iraqi AF / 162 FW

1621 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon Iraqi AF / 162 FW

1623 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon Iraqi AF / 162 FW

1624 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon Iraqi AF / 162 FW

1625 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon Iraqi AF / 162 FW

1626 GD F-16C Fighting Falcon Iraqi AF / 162 FW

15-00348 DeHavilland Canada RO-6A USAR

(116738 ?) Northrop CF-5A Freedom Fighter stored, ex RCAF

N1920G NA T-28A Trojan Ex 49-1567

All the AATC are coded 'AT', the others are all 'AZ'.

Cheers
DC

[zz]

Great stuff!!
I really, really must get back out here again- it's been a very long time!

Any photos?

[dicanio]

Thousands of pics!!

Here's a couple from Tucson to give you an idea.  I haven't had the chance to edit any in particular, apart from my Groom Lake Su-27 pics of course, which were the main purpose of the trip.

Cheers
DC

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[graham]

Fantastic DC, I appreciate a 4000 plus log is impossible to post here but as and when it's ready, maybe you would consider posting a link to it, so we can all drool over it? Cheers

[rh226]

You can always download a current inventory here www.amarcexperience.com/ui/index.php.