[MilCom] Coronet East 002 & 003 - 74FS/23FG A-10C Movement From Kandahar

[Convective Solutions, LLC]

Part One: 

Seventeen 74FS/23FG A-10Cs will be departing Lajes Field, Azores 
sometime on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011. This will be the final leg of 
their trip back to the CONUS from Kandahar, Afghanistan.



Here is the full list of returning A-10Cs (CONFIRMED by warthognews.blogspot.com):



A-10C 78-0600, 74th FS

A-10C 78-0674, 74th FS (marked "74 FS")

A-10C 78-0688, 74th FS

A-10C 79-0135, 74th FS

A-10C 79-0138, 74th FS

A-10C 79-0139, 74th FS

A-10C 79-0172, 74th FS

A-10C 79-0179, 74th FS

A-10C 80-0144, 74th FS

A-10C 80-0208, 75th FS

A-10C 80-0223, 74th FS (marked "23 WG")

A-10C 80-0228, 74th FS

A-10C 80-0272, 74th FS

A-10C 80-0277, 74th FS

A-10C 81-0947, 74th FS

A-10C 81-0953, 74th FS

A-10C 81-0990, 74th FS



The following image shows their ATC routing:



!CARF 10/078 (KZNY A0595/11) ZNY AIRSPACE DCC ON CORONET EAST 003 LEG
 3 MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE ROUTE BETWEEN 4200N/4000W 4206N/4500W 
4200N/5000W 4207N/5500W 4200N/6000W DOVEY ACK 15000-FL210 WEF 
1110111221-1110112010

Image: http://i.imgur.com/hEczc.png

Part Two: 

5 of the 17 74FS/23FG A-10Cs landed at Lajes Field (LPLA) on Friday 
afternoon. The support tanker was BLUE78 (KC-10A), reg 85-0030:



80-0228

80-0208

79-0135

78-0600

79-0179



A CARF NOTAM is active for tomorrow from 12:20 UTC-19:40 UTC for ZNY airspace:



!CARF 10/071 (KZNY A0592/11)  ZNY AIRSPACE DCC ON CORONET  EAST 002 
LEG-3 MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE ROUTE BETWEEN 4200N 4000W  4206N 4500W
 4200N 5000W 4207N 5500W 4200N 6000W DOVEY ACK 15,000-FL210  WEF 
1110091220-1110091940



It seems like they might be coming back in two groups rather than one big one...





Anyone have any further info? 
Aaron Bryant, CEO
Convective Solutions, LLC
Boston, MA
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