Real World Changes to MAIW packages

[TheFoufure]

Was the P-3C Orion from Sweden a MAIW package? I don't remember.

Because on Jun 30th Sweden will retire the P-3C from active service.
https://scramble.nl/military-news/goodb ... -p-3-orion

Sweden never had P-3's. Is't Norway

Norway P-3's are not from a MAIW Pack, but from Ray Parker repaints, here : https://rayparker-repaints.jimdofree.co ... 2720962809

Goodbye to RNoAF P-3 Orion

On 30 June 2023, the Luftforsvaret (RNoAF, Royal Norwegian Air Force) will officially withdraw the Lockheed P-3C Orion from active service. On this date, (one of) the last operational aircraft will make its final flight.

The retirement of the Orion fleet will be marked by a ceremony at Andøya Air Station, where the aircraft were based. This ceremony will serve a double purpose as it also marks the decommissioning of the Andøya Air Station in northern Norway.

The unit, 333 skvadron For Konge og Fedreland (For the king and fatherland), still has two active Orions. On 3 and 4 June 2023, P-3C with serial 3299 Ulabrand, made its final public appearance overflying the Sola Airshow. On its way to and from the airshow, the aircraft made a flypast over Rygge Air Station.

So, after 54 years of service, the era of the Orion in Norwegian service will come to an end. The RNoAF replaced the Orion with the Boeing P-8A Poseidon, of which the fifth and last aircraft was delivered on 27 May 2022. Norway ordered five P-8A Maritime Multimission Aircraft (MMA) in a USD 1,2 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract in March 2017. The MMAs were purchased as a replacement for the Orions as well as the two Dassault Falcon 20ECM surveillance aircraft.

On 18 March 2023, Scramble Magazine first reported that Argentina was in negotiations with the Norwegian government for the possible purchase of three or four Lockheed P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. According to our knowlede, a final contract has not been signed yet.

Overview of the RNoAF P-3 Orion fleet:

P-3B Orion
156599/KK-L (c/n 5301), delivered jan69, reregistered 599 on 01sep72, sold to Spain as P.3-9
156600/KK-M (c/n 5302), delivered jan69, reregistered 600 on 01sep72, sold to Spain as P.3-10
156601/KK-N (c/n 5303), delivered feb69, reregistered 601 on 01sep72, sold to Spain as P.3-11
156602/KK-O (c/n 5304), delivered feb69, reregistered 602 on 01sep72, sold to Spain as P.3-12
156603/KK-P (c/n 5305), delivered mar69, reregistered 603 on 01sep72, modified to P-3N in 1991 and registered 6603
576 (c/n 5257), ex US Navy BuNo 154576, delivered jan80, modified to P-3N in 1991 and registered 4576
583 (c/n 5264), ex US Navy BuNo 154573, delivered mar80, sold to Spain as P.3-8
P-3C Orion
3296 (c/n 5817), delivered dec89, reported wfu by early 2021
3297 (c/n 5818), delivered jul89
3298 (c/n 5819), delivered aug89, wfu and flown to 309th AMARG, Tucson (AZ) mar23
3299 (c/n 5820), delivered feb90
P-3N Orion
4576 (ex 576), wfu 11nov21, flown to 309th AMARG, Tucson (AZ) sep22
6603 (ex 603), wfu by aug21, stored at Andøya, to become a gate guard

Photo by Frederik Edvardsen Photography

Source : https://scramble.nl/military-news/goodb ... -p-3-orion

[TheFoufure]

AI Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules - RAF (For FSX/P3D and for FS9)

https://militaryaiworks.com/download-ha ... p3dv4-jyai

https://militaryaiworks.com/download-ha ... r-fs9-jyai

You can remove RAF C-130 Hercules

RAF says farewell to the Mighty Hercules

On 19 December 1966, the very first Hercules C1 transport aircraft for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) arrived at Marshall’s of Cambridge. This actually was the second aircraft built, serial XV177, and it was subsequently delivered to 242 Operational Conversion Unit (242OCU) at RAF Thorney Island.

After over fifty-six years of distinguished service, the era of the Hercules within the RAF will come to an end on 30 June 2023. On this date, the last operational squadron to fly this plane will also be disbanded. This is 47 squadron, which was first established on 1 March 1916, and which has been equipped with Hercules aircraft since 25 February 1968.

A lot has happened in this period, from regular support to British and other NATO forces during the Cold War era, to humanitarian aid missions in for example Africa and war time missions ranging from the Falklands War (1982) until Operation Shader which currently is still on going and where the last operational Hercules mission was flown on 4 June 2023.

Initially the Ministry of Defence (MoD) purchased sixty-six C-130K aircraft, which were delivered between December 1966 and May 1968. A large portion of the fleet was retired when twenty-five C-130J aircraft were purchased as replacement.

The new C-130Js were delivered between 1998 and 2000, again to Marshall’s at Cambridge. The first C-130J was delivered to the RAF for operational service on 21 November 1999. Despite this, a limited number of C-130Ks soldiered on, mainly for Special Forces Support Missions, until 28 October 2013.

In March 2021 it was announced that also the C-130J Hercules would be retired. Their role was to be taken over by twenty-two Airbus A400M aircraft, of which the last one was delivered on 22 May 2023. Over time, the C-130J fleet has been gradually reduced in size with only five aircraft still in operational service by the start of June 2023: ZH867, ZH868, ZH870, ZH871 and ZH889.

Of the C-130J Super Hercules, two were lost while in service: ZH873 on 25 August 2017 and ZH876 on 12 February 2007. All others were retired to Marshall’s at Cambridge for storage pending a decision on their future. Seven of them have already been sold and delivered to other countries: four to Bangladesh (ZH881, ZH882 ZH884 and ZH887), two to Bahrain (ZH880 and ZH886) and one to the United States (ZH885, which became the new “Fat Albert” with the famous US Navy Demonstration Squadron “Blue Angels”).

A fitting farewell flypast is planned on 14 June 2023. Three aircraft will overfly all four nations of the United Kingdom, including twenty-three locations which in some way are historically tied to this iconic aircraft:

10:00 hrs Departure from RAF Brize Norton
10:25 hrs National Memorial Arboretum Alrewas
10:34 hrs RAF Cosford
11:22 hrs RAF Valley
11:48 hrs FS Aldergrove
12:51 hrs RAF Lossiemouth – escorted by RAF Typhoon
14:08 hrs RAF Leeming
14:10 hrs RAF Topcliffe
14:23 hrs Beverley
14:35 hrs RAF Waddington
14:38 hrs RAF College Cranwell
14:58 hrs Cambridge Airport
15:15 hrs Colchester Garrison
16:22 hrs MoD Boscombe Down
16:25 hrs West Down Camp, Salisbury Plain
16:32 hrs MoD Lyneham
16:36 hrs Royal Wootton Bassett
16:39 hrs Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham
16:43 hrs Dalton Barracks, Abingdon
16:51 hrs RAF Halton
16:55 hrs RAF High Wycombe
17:05 hrs Landing at RAF Brize Norton

Photo by Mike Schoenmaker (Scramble Archive)

Source : Scramble.nl (https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/r ... y-hercules)

[TimC340]

Not yet. June 30th is the last day of service, when the last four aircraft will be moved to Marshall's for refurbishment and onward sale.

[TimC340]

For those interested, the RAF is today doing a farewell tour of the UK. It's already been airborne for 4:40, so I'm a bit late with the info, but search FR24 for ZH870/Omen1 and you should find the three-ship formation. It's over South Lincolnshire heading south right now.

[Joseph29]

The 190th Fighter Squadron based at Gowen Field Air National Guard Base near Boise will be transitioning to the F-16C/D Fighting Falcon. The A-10's that are currently based there will start to be retired in 2026.

https://scramble.nl/military-news/idaho ... -get-f-16s

PS: The AI A-10's are/were part of the MAIW west coast ANG package.

[Victory103]

MAIW Florida Orions Package v1.0

Remove all P-3C Orions as VP-30 flew last aircraft to AMARG Boneyard. NAS Jax based USNR VP-62 "sundowned" the P-3 last year and has transitioned to the P-8 Poseidon.

[fab84000]

French MRTT 068, F-UJCQ, he arrived at Istres AB with a Bretagne logo on tail
https://www.facebook.com/baseaerienne12 ... T28PvbKYal