Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| UNKNOWN (Dragon Hammer) | Sivrihisar AB (Turkey) | ca. APRIL 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 140
TFW/120 TFS (Buckley AFB, Colorado ANG) |
A-7 (?) | CO (Unknown) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger | ||
| Further Info | ||
No aircraft/dates identified |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET KRAIT (Dragon Hammer) | Gioia Del Colle AB (Italy) | 7 APRIL - ca. APRIL 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 347
TFW/69 TFS (Moody AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-16A/B (12) | MY (silver) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger F-16A 80-0547 80-0552 80-0554 80-0571 80-0578 80-0593 81-0735 81-0736 81-0756 82-1016 81-0690[1] F-16B 81-0814 | ||
| Further Info | ||
[1] Marked '69 TFS' |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET HOOP | RAF Alconbury (United Kingdom) | 8 APRIL - 21 APRIL 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 117
TRW/106 TRS (Birmingham, Alabama ANG) |
RF-4C (12) | BH (none) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 64-1038 64-1041 64-1046 64-1077 64-1082 65-0854 64-1033[1] 64-1044[1] 64-1047[1] 65-0843[1] 65-0866[1] 65-0884[1] | ||
| Further Info | ||
6
RF-4C's arrived as Simba 61-66 on 8 April,
the rest arrived on 9 April as Simba 51-56.
All departed as Carat 51-56, 61-66, supported
by Command Post EC-135K 59-1518 8 TDCS. |
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ffffffffffffffffff 'Coronet
Hoop' was the last time the 106 TRS visited Europe, as well as the
last RF-4C deployment to the fffffffffffffffffffffffUnited Kingdom. Here 65-0866 heads for the runway and another mission at RAF Alconbury, April 1989. ffffffffffffffffffffff© Unknown/Via Chris Knott/Peter Greengrass Collection. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| SALTY BEE '89 | Zweibrücken AB (West Germany) | 9 MAY - 7 JUNE 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 67
TRW/12 TRS (Bergstrom AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
RF-4C (12) | BA (Orange) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 66-0452 67-0452 67-0469 68-0548 68-0562 68-0564 68-0568 68-0571[1] 68-0574 68-0576 69-0352 69-0376 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Arrived
as Oiler 51-56, 61-66, Command Post EC-135K
59-1518 supported the deployment (Landed Mildenhall) Departed as Harp
51-56, 61-66 to Shaw AFB, Command Post being 55-3118
from Mildenhall. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET FANG | Wittmundhafen AB (West Germany) | 16 MAY - 13 JUNE 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 49
TFW/9 TFS (Holloman AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-15A/B (12) | HO (red) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger F-15A 77-0070 77-0083 77-0086 77-0095 77-0106(multi)[2] 77-0109[3] 77-0124 77-0065[1] 77-0087[1] 77-0089[1] 77-0102[1] F-15B 77-0157 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Re-deploy
Command Post was 8 TDCS EC-135K 55-3118, departing from RAF Mildenhall. |
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| ffffffffffffffffff 'City
of Alamogordo' the 49 TFW's commanders aircraft (F-15A 77-0106) photographed
at Wittmundhafen during fffffffffffffffffffffff'Coronet Fang'. The 'name' theme for this years Coronets was Snakes!! ffffffffffffffffffffff© Josef Strerath/Peter Greengrass Collection. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET PINE (Central Enterprise) | RAF Sculthorpe (United Kingdom) | 21 MAY - 17 JUNE 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 180
TFG/112 TFS (Toledo, Ohio ANG) |
A-7D/K (13) | OH (green) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger A-7D 69-6209[1] 70-0999[1] 70-1003 70-1036[1] 70-1040 70-1042[1] 70-1046[1] 70-1054 71-0304 72-0180[1] 73-1009[1] 74-1746 A-7K 81-0072 | ||
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 178
TFG/162 TFS (Springfield, Ohio ANG) |
A-7D (5) | OH (red/yellow) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 69-6222[2] 69-6231[1] 69-6233[1] 71-0298[1] 71-0315[1] | ||
| Further Info | ||
6
A-7D/K's arrived as Relax 31-36 on 21 May,
followed the next day by Relax 11-16 & 21-26 (EC-135K
55-3118 recovered to Mildenhall 21 May and also supported the re-deploy
on 17 June from Mildenhall). The A-7's forward deployed to Spangdahlem
AB & Bitburg AB, West Germany, those noted at Bitburg were: |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET BULL | Karup AB (Denmark) | 31 MAY - 28 JUNE 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 4
TFW/334 TFS (Seymour-Johnson AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-4E (12) | SJ (blue/white) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 74-1041 72-0162 71-0243 71-1092 73-1196 71-1397[1] 72-1489 74-1626[2] 74-1637 73-1188[3] 74-1039[1] 73-1160 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Re-deploy
Command Post was EC-135K 59-1518 8 TDCS from Mildenhall. |
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| ffffffffffffffffff F-4E
74-1626 carried 334 AMU (Air Maintenance Unit) markings on the right and 334 TFS
on the left side. ffffffffffffffffffffff© Unknown/Via George Van der Schoor/Peter Greengrass Collection. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET DIAMOND (Central Enterprise) | A&AEE Boscombe Down (United Kingdom) | 1 JUNE - 26 JUNE 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 27
TFW/522 TFS (Cannon AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-111D (12) | CC (red) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 68-0127[2] 68-0108 68-0122[3] 68-0131 68-0155(bl) 68-0157 68-0174 68-0148 68-0140 68-0099 68-0144[1] 68-0159[1] | ||
| Further Info | ||
[1] Arrived 3 June. [2] Marked '27 TFW' [3] Marked 522 TFS/AMU' |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET ADDER | Bergen - Flesland AB (Norway) | 6 JUNE - ca. 30 JUNE 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 31
TFW/308 TFS (Homestead AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-16A (12) | HS (green) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 83-1070 83-1073 83-1085 83-1095 82-0922 83-1081 83-1077 83-1082 83-1091 | ||
| Further Info | ||
3 F-16's remain unidentified. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET COIL | Aviano AB (Italy) | 11 JUNE - 23 JUNE 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 181
TFG/113 TFS (Hulman Field, Indiana ANG) |
F-4E (12) | HF (white/red/blue) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 67-0350 67-0377 67-0384 68-0343 68-0346 68-0405 68-0412 68-0418 68-0420 68-0463 68-0478 68-0326[1] | ||
| Further Info | ||
EC-135K
55-3118 was the support for the deployment, landing/departing
RAF Mildenhall. |
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| ffffffffffffffffff 113
TFS assigned F-4E 68-0412 returns to Aviano after a mission during
'Coronet Coil' in June 1989. ffffffffffffffffffffff© Glacomo Manzon/Via Sergio Bottaro/Peter Greengrass Collection. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET COTTON | Ahlhorn AB (West Germany) | 19 JUNE - 14 JULY 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 917
TFG/47 TFS (Barksdale AFB, Air Force Reserve) |
A-10A (8) | BD (silver/green) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 79-0136 79-0142 79-0144 79-0147(gn/bk)[1] 79-0148 79-0150 79-0153(gn/bk) 79-0154 | ||
| Further Info | ||
| Arrived
via Pease AFB, 8 TDCS Command Post EC-135K 59-1518 to RAF Mildenhall & from
RAF Fairford 14 July. [1] Marked '47 TFS' |
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| ffffffffffffffffff A-10A
79-0148, one of four 47 TFS 'Hog's' that visited RAF Wyton on 23
June for a weekend stopover. ffffffffffffffffffffff(The others being 79-0144, 0147 & 0153) © Unknown/Peter Greengrass Collection. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET PYTHON | RAF Bentwaters (United Kingdom) | 22 JUNE - 18 JULY 1989 |
| 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/black) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 78-0589 78-0664 78-0675 78-0677 78-0697 78-0699 78-0722 79-0096[1] 79-0126 79-0127 79-0128 79-0130 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Arrived via
Lajes supported by EC-135K 59-1518 which recovered to RAF Mildenhall
22 June. |
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| ffffffffffffffffff 'Coronet
Python' was one of two 354 TFW deployments to RAF Bentwaters during
1989 (the other being Coronet fffffffffffffffffffffffVenom, see below). Seen here on a taxiway at Bentwaters is 353 TFS assigned A-10A 79-0126. ffffffffffffffffffffff© Unknown/Via Timm Ziegenthaler/Peter Greengrass Collection. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET ROCK | Leck AB (West Germany) | 13 JULY - 2 AUGUST 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 23
TFW/76 TFS (England AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
A-10A (12) | EL (red/white) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 79-0193 79-0197 79-0176[1][2] 80-0223[2] 79-0181 79-0182 79-0198 79-0203 80-0164 80-0188 80-0166 80-0176[1] | ||
| Further Info | ||
Command
Post was EC-135K 59-1518 8 TDCS which arrived RAF Fairford 13 July & departed
2 August. |
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| ffffffffffffffffff A-10A
80-0188 photographed at the 'last chance' area at Leck AB. 1989 was
a big year for A-10A deployments, ffffffffffffffffffffff'Coronet Rock' being one of seven such deployments. ffffffffffffffffffffff© Josef Strerath/Peter Greengrass Collection. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET SPITE | Unknown (Turkey?) | 11 AUGUST - 26 AUGUST 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 162
TFG/152 TFS (Tucson IAP, Arizona ANG) |
A-7D (8) | AZ (Unknown) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger | ||
| Further Info | ||
No serials or location identified. West London Aviation Group's AIR magazine reported the location as 'Lafes Field, Turkey'? and the a/c were present here on 26 August. I have been unable to locate this base (possibly should have been Lajes, Azores?) |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET TIMBER | Vandel AB (Denmark) | 20 AUGUST - 15 SEPTEMBER 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 434
TFW (926 TFG)/706 TFS (NAS New Orleans, Air Force Reserve) |
A-10A (8) | NO (red) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 76-0540 77-0271[1] 76-0554 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Only
3 serials identified. Arrived/departed via
Lajes, supported eastbound by EC-135K 55-3118 8 TDCS (arrived RAF
Mildenhall). EC-135K 59-1518 supported the return home on 15 September
from RAF Mildenhall. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET VENOM | RAF Bentwaters (United Kingdom) | 27 AUGUST - 21 SEPTEMBER 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 354
TFW/356 TFS (Myrtle Beach AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
A-10A (12) | MB (green) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 78-0587 78-0596 78-0600 82-0660 78-0665 78-0666 78-0669 78-0687 79-0098 79-0125 79-0138 79-0139 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Via
Lajes. Re-deploy Command Post was 8 TDCS EC-135K 59-1518 from Mildenhall.
Forward deployed to Nörvenich AB, West Germany, the following
were noted: |
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| ffffffffffffffffff The
354 TFW's second deployment to the UK brought 12 A-10A's assigned
to the 356 TFS to Bentwaters. The fffffffffffffffffffffffA-10A's also forward deployed on rotation to Nörvenich AB, West Germany during the month long deployment. ffffffffffffffffffffff© David Hedge/Peter Greengrass Collection. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CRESTED CAP (Autumn Forge) | Ramstein AB (West Germany) | 29 AUGUST - 25 SEPTEMBER 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 347
TFW/70 TFS (Moody AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-16A (24) | MY (blue/white) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 80-0542
80-0553 80-0570[2] 80-0579 80-0580
80-0594 80-0596 80-0598 81-0684 81-0686 81-0702 81-0704 stagger 81-0708 81-0716 81-0717 81-0718 81-0719 81-0726 81-0736 81-0756[1] 81-0765[1] 81-0776 82-0945 82-1016 |
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| Further Info | ||
Officially
attached to 86 TFW/USAFE 29 August - 28 September. Departed using Soupy
51-56, 61-66, 71-76 & 81-86 callsigns, supported
by EC-135K 59-1518 8 TDCS from RAF Mildenhall. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET GARTER (Autumn Forge) | Bodø AB (Norway) | 12 SEPTEMBER - 24 SEPTEMBER 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 108
TFG/141 TFS (McGuire AFB, New Jersey ANG) |
F-4E (12) | NJ (orange/white) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 68-0370[1] 67-0343 68-0413 68-0460[2] 68-0494 68-0357 68-0376 68-0377 68-0379 68-0388 68-0401 68-0459 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Command
Post was 8 TDCS EC-135K 59-1518 which
landed at RAF Mildenhall 12 September. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET ANACONDA (Autumn Forge) | Evenes AB (Norway) | 12 SEPTEMBER - 23 SEPTEMBER 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 192
TFG/149 TFS (Byrd Field, Virginia ANG) |
A-7D (12) | VA (gray/blue) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 71-0374 71-0371 71-0333 70-0943 70-0955 70-0979 72-0223 72-0226 72-0228[1][2] 72-0235[1] 73-1010 73-1015 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Deployment
arrived at RAF Lakenheath 9 September (Command Post being EC-135K
55-3118 to Mildenhall) and departed to Norway on 12 September. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET INDIGO | Nordholz AB (West Germany) | 13 SEPTEMBER - 22 SEPTEMBER 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 103
TFG/118 TFS (Bradley Field, Connecticut ANG) |
A-10A (12) | CT (none) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 78-0586[1] 79-0108[1] | ||
| Further Info | ||
10
A-10A's remain unidentified. Possibly diverted to Eggebek AB, West
Germany due to bad weather on 13 September. Via
Lajes. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET WINDER | Bandirma AB (Turkey) | 14 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 23
TFW/74 TFS (Myrtle Beach AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
A-10A (12) | EL (Unknown) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 76-0540 77-0271[1] 76-0554 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Only
3 serials identified. Arrived/departed via
Lajes. |
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Deployment - (Exercise Name) |
Deployment Base (Country) | Deployment Dates |
| CORONET BRONCO | Jever AB (West Germany) | 17 NOVEMBER - 7 DECEMBER 1989 |
| Wing/Squadron (Base/Command) | Aircraft Type (Number Deployed) | Tailcode (colour) |
| 35
TFW/561 TFS (George AFB, Tactical Air Command) |
F-4G (8) | WW (yellow) |
| stagger Deployed Aircraft Serials (Colour) [notes] | ||
| stagger 69-0251 69-0261[1] 69-7260 69-7287 69-7300 69-7303 69-7550 69-0281 | ||
| Further Info | ||
Deployment
was returning from a BRIGHT STAR exercise in Egypt. One unidentified F-4G
arrived on the 15 November which had arrived direct from CONUS. Departed
to Wright-Patterson AFB. |
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