R-2508 Sidewinder 2024 MIL

[SBGrad]

Pack Saddle Trail, nr Kernville CA
1000a-1230p

no numbers observed, still hiking to vantage point
1xF-16
2xT-38 (blue paint)
2xF-18

DD-302 F-18F VX-31 Dust Devils
XE-333 F-18E VX-9 Vampires

[747woody]

March 11th, up the hill before the bend, near Pack Saddle Trail 0800-1800.

(166673)/XE1 F/A-18F VX-9

(168937)/NL520 EA-18G VAQ-135

(166820 tbc)/AB402 F/A-18E VFA-136
166818/AB401 F/A-18E VFA-136

AF-03 F-35A
85-1547/ED F-16C

(168481)/NG201 F/A-18E VFA-14
(168353 tbc)/NG210 F/A-18E VFA-14

() from reports around that time (ie NL520 was at Nellis as part of Red Flag)
(tbc) from the database

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[Adraf]

March 13th, up a hill near Lone Pine CA 0800-1230.

F-15C 80-0002/JZ 122nd FS
F-15C 82-0028 194th FS
F-15C 86-0147 194th FS
F-15C 86-0165 194th FS

F/A-18E 169738/NE-302 VFA-192
F/A-18E 169961/NE-202 VFA-113
F/A-18E 16????/NE-211 VFA-113
F/A-18F 166976/NE-112 VFA-2

F-35C (168733)/XE-100 VX-9
F-35C (168842)/XE-101 VX-9

[SBGrad]

23 April
Point Delta
0900-1300

US Navy
VX-31 Dust Devils DD
F-18F Super Hornet
DD-201
DD-115
//both with color tails

USAF 418 FLTS
76-0166 C-12 Huron

USAF T-38
//too high for numbers

2x F-18
//one ran the gap when I was about to leave, without optics no chance to read numbers
//2nd one buzzed car as I was returning to Lone Pine on CA-136

[CVW19752015]

March 13th, up a hill near Lone Pine CA 0800-1230.

F/A-18F 166976/NE-112 VFA-2

BuNo 166976 was lost in October 2018...this should be BuNo 166975

Mike