[MilCom] Log: Southern Louisiana 27th June 2006

[unanmatt at aol.com]

Hi all,
 
Going back to the 22nd of June 2006, one visitor at Alexandria IAP:
 
Mi-17 01192 US Army as "ARMY 192" (serial read off)

No scanner logs recently. I've been having trouble hearing things clearly.  
It may be the "typer" or the speaker;>) 
 
I took a detour today on my way home from work to check on things at Lake  
Charles Channault. I hadn't been since the hurricanes and so was interested to  
see what was left. Most of the hangars have no doors although work is still  
going on inside a few of them . There was only one E-8 (JSTARS) in a hangar  
that I could not ID. Question. Which one was damaged in hurricane Rita? (0043  
below??) About half of the hangars were in process of being rebuilt from the  
frame up. 
 
Outside and stored near the tower are:
EC-18B 81-0891 stored 412th TW marks
EC-18B 81-0894 stored 412th TW  marks
E-8C 96-0043 116th ACW "Georgia"
UH-1H 65-9762 "IN NG" (noted before)
UH-1H? 0-1??4? (new) "USAR" on  tail, serial badly faded. Anyone?
plus only about four A300's, I presume the other 4-5 that were  here have 
been scrapped.
 
Still stored in the mid-field:
EC-18 81-089x stored 412th TW marks no tail (either 892, 895 or  896?)

At the Louisiana Tech College "SOWELA" and stored outside was:
UH-1H 65-09751 GIA 

All the colleges aircraft (the others are all  civilian types) are outside as 
the college hangars and buildings took a  beating in the hurricane. All 
classes are still being held in "FEMA  Trailers."
 
On the visitors ramp next to the stored EC-18's:
 
UC-12B 161320 5T Miramar ( i wrote it as ST, doh!)
T-1A 91-0102 RA 12th  FTW red fin
T-1A 93-0650 VN y 71st FTW 32nd FTS grey
T-1A 93-0655 VN r  71st FTW 32nd FTS
T-1A 94-0130 VN r 71st FTW 32nd FTS
T-1A ? VN y 71st FTW  32nd FTS grey
T-1A ? VN r 71st FTW 32nd FTS
T-6A 165965 F-965 TAW-6
 
Another "quick" 100 mile detour to Lafayette Regional resulted in no  
visitors and only long term residents:
 
PV-2 (N6853C) stored
PV-2 N6857C stored
Jet Provost T.3 XM408 fire  department trainer

The Jet Provost has been hacked badly by the fire department since I last  
saw it. After a nice chat with the guy in the fire department, I went and  
photographed in and confirmed the serial from the plate in the cockpit. It is  due 
to be scrapped very soon. Can anyone lend me a trailer as it would look  great 
in my front yard? 
 
Matt Ellis
Alexandria, Louisiana