Chile Ejercito (UN) etc…

a few pics taken for me by a now ‘former associate’ back in 2006 (I may have posted these before here and/or elsewhere) on the ramp in Port-au-Prince… 2 of a Chilean Ejercito Puma and 2 of an Argentine FAA B212.

James

I’m not sure whether this will help or not… (more current than ‘historic)

From Barry Wheeler’s ‘An Illustrated Guide to Aircraft Markings’ (1986)

Spanish role prefixes
A Attack
C Fighter
D Rescue
E Trainer
H Helicopter
P Patrol
R Reconnaissance
T transport
TK transport-tanker
UD utility
VA V/STOL attack
Z (previously helicopters)

Obviously no ‘B’ in there since the Spanish don’t operate ‘bombers’ anymore, but one can quickly surmise that the CASA 2.111 (based on the numbers you quote) was designated B2 while the specific aircraft item number was 137.

In a more modern sense… McD-D F/A-18A Hornet (EF-18) coded C15-75
C15 is the Role/type designator (so it’s not an F/A-18 but rather a C15) and this particular aircraft happens to be the 75th C15 in the Spanish inventory.

maybe this helps a bit..

James

mostly in asia…

There was the midnight mystery meat (pork perhaps) skewers on the street corner in Quezon City (Philippines) and day old chick on the Manila waterfront.

Then from Nha Trang the snake (body grilled, skin turned into crisps and the other bits served up in spring rolls along with beating heart on a plate and blood in rice wine. Grilled ‘rat’ in Can Tho (so good, ordered a second one) and then there were the bull’s testicles, scorpions and crickets served up at ‘Highway 4’ in Hanoi.

(no I did not go near the Balut at any time)

(or perhaps the strangest was the toasted fried-Spam sandwich with Catsup and Mayo served up by my ex…)

Do you have a source on that??? This is the first I’ve heard that a landbased Air Force planned on using the Naval F-35C………..That is not to say I don’t agree. Personally, I think the F-35A is a waste. That there really should only be two models. The STOVL F-35B and a Naval/Landbased F-35C……..Especially, considering the Strike Fighter Role of the Lightning II. Such a plan would have helped keep costs down.

At least 2 separate news reports quoting the Prime Ministers’ Office … Reuters May 13, and Janes the week of May 24.

I should have stated that this is a possible scenario, not necessarily a ‘fait accompli’ – a few months pass and my memory does fog over a wee bit….

Here’s the quote from the Janes article…
“Canada considers F-35 carrier variant
Canada may scrap plans to buy some conventional F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft in favour of F-35C carrier variants well suited for cold weather and Arctic operations, according to a defence industry source close to the JSF programme. Prime Minister Stephen Harper told Canadian media on 12 May that Canada would buy 65 JSF aircraft instead of the 80 aircraft it was expected to buy under an agreement to provide funds for Production, Sustainment and Follow-on Development (PFSD) of the aircraft …”

The original ‘order’ for 80 A-models would be reduced to 65 C-models.

The physical strength of the C makes more sense in Canadian use due to the prospect of expanded operations in the Arctic. Although still not my personal choice of a Hornet replacement, the C makes more sense than the A.

From Dr. Strangelove…

Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley:
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room.”

Welcome back

Hey PII… welcome back and congratulations – looking forward to your missives once you get to your unit.

Cheers,
James

sorry – no recording device

was this the same program I saw over here on History Television??? it ran as two back-to-back 1 hour (sorry, adverts included) segments on Nov 10 in the early afternoon (and most likely about 8 hours later).

They were after the ‘bunker’ complex (12 metres down) known as ‘Vampire’??… at Paschendaele… this was one of the greatest pieces I’ve seen then do!

or perhaps the old USAF C-130 display team the ‘Torjan Horses’?

Otherwise, why not search the small air forces threads.