Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CORONET
WRANGLER (Elder
Forest*) |
RAF
Bentwaters (United
Kingdom) |
13
APRIL - 7 MAY 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
474
TFW/429 TFS
(Nellis AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-16A/B (12) |
NA (yellow) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger F-16A 79-0378
79-0382 79-0384 79-0389 79-0390[1] 79-0391
79-0392 79-0399 79-0403 79-0404 79-0405 F-16B 79-0429 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
8
TDCS EC-135K Command
Post's were, eastbound 55-3118 which
recovered to Mildenhall on 13 April and westbound 59-1518 which arrived
Mildenhall 5 May.
* In the middle of April some of the USAF F-16 fleet was grounded
(those that had completed more than 200 Hours) and the Squadron's involvement
in exercise 'Elder Forest' was cancelled.
[1] Crashed
4 May near Beccles, Norfolk. Pilot ejected safely. |
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|
ffffffffffffffffff F-16A
79-0378 (two months later on 16 June aircraft crashed) from the 429
TFS taxi's at RAF Bentwaters on
ffffffffffffffffffffff16
April. This wasn't a successful deployment for the 474 TFW, their
involvement in 'Elder Forest' was
fffffffffffffffffffff cancelled
due to the grounding of part of the F-16 Fleet and on 4 May they
lost 79-0390.
ffffffffffffffffffffff© Peter
R Foster/Peter Greengrass Collection |
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Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
CORONET
SIDEWINDER I
(Central Enterprise) |
Gilze
- Rijen AB (Netherlands) |
17
MAY - 4 JUNE 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
1
TFW/27 TFS
(Langley AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-15A (12) |
FF (yellow) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 74-0103
74-0125 74-0130 75-0019 75-0027 75-0058 75-0077 76-0073 76-0084 76-0091
76-0102 76-0116 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
| Eastbound/westbound
Command Post was EC-135K 55-3118 (landed Mildenhall) |
| |
|
ffffffffffffffffff F-15A 76-0073 assigned to the 27 TFS seen taxi-ing at Gilze-Rijen during 'Coronet Sidewinder I'
ffffffffffffffffffffff© Unknown/Via Martin van den Hurk/Peter Greengrass Collection |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| SALTY
BEE '82 |
RAF
Alconbury (United
Kingdom) |
20
MAY - 23 JUNE 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
363
TFW/62 TRS
(Shaw AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
RF-4C (18) |
JO (red) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
stagger 64-1009(multi)[2] 64-1026
66-0389[1] 66-0410 66-0453 66-0459
66-0470 66-0473 66-0475
stagger 66-0476
67-0449 67-0463 67-0464 67-0465 67-0467 68-0575 68-0578[1] 69-0363(rd/bk/wh)[3] |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
Used
Callsigns arrival/departure Calmy 11-16, 21-26, 31-36 & Litch
11-16, 21-26, 31-36. Command Post on arrival was EC-135K
55-3118 which landed Mildenhall.
[1] Diverted
to Pease AFB, finally arrived at Alconbury 24 May as Retro
44/45 [2] 9th
Air Force 'Flagship', shadow number plus 9th AF badge in
place of Wing badge.
[3] Marked '363 TFW' |
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|
ffffffffffffffffff 363rd
TFW 'Flagship' 69-0363 photographed at RAF Alconbury 2 June 1982.
A week after returning home the
fffffffffffffffffffffff62
TRS was reassigned to the 67 TRW at Bergstrom AFB,
as 62 TRTS on 1 July 1982.
ffffffFFFFFFFFFF © Peter
R Foster/Peter Greengrass Collection |
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Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| BEST
FOCUS '82 |
Karup
AB (Denmark) |
28
MAY - 15 JUNE 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
123
TRW/165 TRS
(Standiford Field, Kentucky ANG) |
RF-4C (8) |
KY (white/blue/red)* |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 64-1060
64-1075 64-1080 64-1084 65-0836 65-0837 65-0851 65-0873 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
Arrived
using Milt 11-14, 21-24 Callsigns & Lunar
11-14, 21-24 on departure.
* Special markings consisted of a red/white/blue 'stars & stripes'
rudder with black Eagle. Also Danish/NATO/USA Flags with the word 'Best
Focus 82' below in white on intake. |
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|
ffffffffffffffffff Awaiting
it's next mission is RF-4C 65-0851 one of the eight Kentucky Air
Guard Phantom II's which attended
fffffffffffffffffffffffthe
NATO Photo Recce Competition at Karup AB in June 1982.
ffffffFFFFFFFFFF © Unknown/Via
Alex Knoops/Peter Greengrass Collection |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CORONET
SIDEWINDER II |
Soesterberg
AB (Netherlands) |
7
JUNE - 23 JUNE 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
1
TFW/71 TFS
(Langley AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-15A/C/D (12) |
FF (red) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger F-15A 75-0022
75-0060 75-0067 76-0071[1] 76-0093
76-0095 76-0105 F-15C 80-0049 80-0050 80-0052 81-0020 F-15D 80-0059 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
EC-135K
55-3118 8 TDCS supported the deployment to Soesterberg (recovered
Mildenhall 7 June)
[1] Marked
'71 TFS' |
| |
|
ffffffffffffffffff Following on from Coronet Sidewinder I was Sidewinder II, another 1st TFW deployment to the Netherlands.
fffffffffFFFFfffffffThis time it was the 71st TFS and the venue was Soesterberg AB.
ffffffffffffffffffffff© Unknown/Via Greg Meggs/Peter Greengrass Collection |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CORONET
BRAVE |
RAF
Finningley (United
Kingdom) |
12
JUNE - 25 JUNE 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
183
TFG/170 TFS
(Capitol Airport, Illinois ANG) |
F-4D (12) |
- (Various?) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 66-7583(u)
66-7589 66-7596 66-7652(yl) 66-7663(u) 66-7701 66-7705 66-7726 66-7730
66-7766(u) 66-8705 66-8723 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
| Command
Post for the return to CONUS was EC-135K 59-1518. |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CORONET
CACTUS |
RAF
Leeming (United
Kingdom) |
26
JUNE - 9 JULY 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
131
TFG/110 TFS
(St. Louis, Missouri ANG) |
F-4C (12) |
- (red/white) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 63-7434
63-7620 64-0661 64-0666 64-0704 64-0747 64-0749 64-0789 64-0838 64-0905
64-0910 64-0928 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
Supported
by EC-135K 59-1518 which arrived Mildenhall 26 June. |
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|
ffffffffffffffffff F-4C 64-0666 photographed two days before departing home on the 7 July at RAF Leeming.
ffffffffffffffffffffff© Kelvin Wyatt/Via Greg Meggs/Peter Greengrass Collection |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CORONET
MUSKET |
Karup
AB (Denmark) |
12
AUGUST - 2 SEPTEMBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
4
TFW/335 TFS
(Seymour-Johnson AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-4E (12) |
SJ (green) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 72-0136
72-1494 73-1160 73-1163 73-1164 73-1176 73-1196 74-0643 74-0644 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
| 3
F-4E's still to be identified. Command
Post for deployment to Karup was EC-135K 55-3118 (landed Mildenhall) |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CORONET
RODEO |
NAS
Keflavik (Iceland) |
22
AUGUST - 3 SEPTEMBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
159
TFW/122 TFS
(NAS New Orleans, Louisiana ANG) |
F-4C (6) |
- ("Louisiana" in
black) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 63-7556
63-7637 63-7704 64-0673 64-0823 64-0852 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
| Some
possibly marked "Coonass Militia" ? |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CRESTED
CAP* (Autumn
Forge) |
Leck
AB (West
Germany) |
26
AUGUST - 27 SEPTEMBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
354
TFW/353 TFS
(Myrtle Beach AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
A-10A (12) |
MB (red) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 77-0185
77-0200 77-0201 77-0203 77-0207 77-0208 77-0210 77-0211 77-0216 78-0664
78-0724 79-0096 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
Diverted
to RAF Bentwaters en route to CONUS, departed 28 September supported
by 8 TDCS EC-135K 55-3118.
* Probably took part in CRESTED
CAP/AUTUMN FORGE, might have had a 'Coronet' name assigned? |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CRESTED
CAP (Autumn
Forge) |
Bremgarten
AB (West
Germany) |
30
AUGUST - 29 SEPTEMBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
33
TFW/58 TFS
(Eglin AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-15A/B (24) |
EG (blue-
except where noted) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
stagger F-15A 75-0021
75-0028 75-0034 75-0036 75-0045 75-0048 75-0056 75-0065 75-0068 75-0069
76-0010 76-0012 76-0014
stagger 76-0016
76-0031 76-0032 76-0033(rd/yl/bl)[2] 76-0037
76-0058 76-0029(yl) 76-0017[1] 76-0028[1] F-15B 75-0087
76-0126 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
33
TFW assumed CRESTED CAP responsibilities from 4 TFW for
this year it seems (see below also).
[1] Arrived
4 September after diverting to Gander, New Foundland. [2] Marked
'33 TFW' plus nose art 'Gulf Spirit' |
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|
ffffffffffffffffff F-15A
75-0065/EG photographed on a stop-over at RAF Mildenhall September
18 1982. Two of the 33rd TFW's
ffffffffffffffffffffffsquadrons
deployed to West Germany during September for the 'Autumn
Forge' series of exercises.
ffffffffffffffffffffff© Bob
Archer/Peter Greengrass Collection |
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Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CRESTED
CAP (Autumn
Forge) |
CFB
Baden - Söllingen (West
Germany) |
1
SEPTEMBER - 23 SEPTEMBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
33
TFW/59 TFS
(Eglin AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-15A/B (12) |
EG (yellow) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger F-15A 74-0116
75-0052 75-0062 75-0074 76-0009 76-0019 76-0029 76-0034 76-0043 76-0059[1] F-15B 75-0088
76-0128 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
EC-135K
59-1518 8 TDCS supported the deployment to Germany (Arrived Mildenhall
1 September)
[1] Marked '59 TFS' for squadron commander. |
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|
ffffffffffffffffff F-15A
75-0062/EG photographed departing for a mission at Baden-Sollingen,
West Germany in September 1982
ffffffffffffffffffffff© Unknown/Via
Bernard Lestrad/Peter Greengrass Collection |
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Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CORONET
RAWHIDE (Northern
Wedding) |
Stavanger
- Sola AB (Norway) |
6 SEPTEMBER
- 16 SEPTEMBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
108
TFG/141 TFS
(McGuire AFB, New Jersey ANG) |
F-4D (12) |
NJ (Unknown) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
No
serials identified. |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| NOT
ASSIGNED |
Monte
Real AB (Portugal) |
ca.
SEPTEMBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
114
TFG/175 TFS
(Sioux Falls, South Dakota ANG) |
A-7D (6?) |
SD (Unknown) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 70-0933[1] |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
Only
one aircraft identified. Possibly
deployed for Exercise DISPLAY DETERMINATION?
[1] Arrived (from
Monte Real? or CONUS?) RAF Lakenheath 13 September,
departed 16 September (To Monte Real?
or CONUS?) |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
CORONET
BONANZA
(Display Determination) |
Verona
- Villafranca AB (Italy) |
21
SEPTEMBER - 1 OCTOBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
434
TFW/45 TFS
(Grissom AFB, Air Force Reserve) |
A-10A (12) |
IN (blue) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger 77-0192
77-0228 77-0230 77-0239 77-0249 77-0257 77-0245 77-0267 |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
| 4
A-10A's remain unidentified. |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| UNKNOWN
or NOT ASSIGNED |
Izmir
- Çigli AB (Turkey) |
ca.
OCTOBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
301
TFW/457 TFS
(Carswell AFB, Air Force Reserve) |
F-4D (?) |
TH (Unknown) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
| No
dates or aircraft identified |
| |
Deployment
- (Exercise Name) |
Deployment
Base (Country) |
Deployment
Dates |
| CORONET
SPUR (Autumn
Forge) |
Yenisehir AB (Turkey) |
1
OCTOBER - 15 OCTOBER 1982 |
| Wing/Squadron
(Base/Command) |
Aircraft
Type (Number Deployed) |
Tailcode
(colour) |
104
TFG/131 TFS
(Westfield-Barnes MAP, Massachusetts ANG) |
A-10A (12) |
MA (Unknown) |
| stagger Deployed
Aircraft Serials (Colour)
[notes] |
| stagger |
| Further
Info |
|
|
|
No
serials identified. Via
Lajes. NOTE: This deployment was reported at the
time to be by 104 TFS/175 TFG, Maryland ANG. The 131 TFS anniversary
yearbook says that the squadron deployed 280 plus personnel and 12
A-10s to participate in the Autumn Forge exercises. |
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