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It has been a quiet period on the local scene but it is good to see a number of Qantas 767-300ER and 737-476 aircraft in storage finding new homes.
747-438 VH-OJA made its final flight on March 8 when it ferried as QF7474 from Sydney to Wollongong where it is due to go on display with HARS.
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A330-303 VH-QPB ferried as QF6006 from Singapore to Brisbane on February 15 after being repainted in the current Qantas livery.
767-338ER VH-OGJ, which was registered N324BC on January 23 (Traffic/March), departed Victorville for Lake Charles, Louisiana on February 27. The former VH-OGJ is reported to be the first of four ex Qantas 767-338ERs acquired by Westjet of Canada and it will be followed by VH-OGI, OGN and OGT.
737-476 N232AG, which is the former VH-TJG, departed Victorville on February 4 for Dothan, Alabama where it is being converted to a freighter.
737-476F N248SY, which is the former VH-TJM, was noted at Miami in the colours of Somali Airlines. N248SY later departed Dothan on February 16 for Bangor, Keflavik and Palma.
737-476 N944NZ, which is the former VH-TJS, ferried from Victorville to Dothan on February 6 for planned freighter conversion. 737-476F N245SY, which is the former VH-TJT, was noted at Miami on February 11 while waiting delivery to Swiftair.
Jetstar was planning to take delivery of 787-8 VH-VKJ in late March.
A330-202 VH-EBJ operated JQ7 from Melbourne to Singapore on February 25 with the aircraft then being hangared for planned maintenance.
A321-231 VH-VWW ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore as JQ7993 on February 11 for planned maintenance. It returned to Melbourne ex Singapore and Darwin on March 5 on completion of its maintenance.
A320-232 VH-VFL was fittedwith Sharklets while under maintenance in Melbourne between February 7 and 12.
A320-232 VH-VGA ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar on February 22 for planned maintenance.
A320-232 VH-VGV ferried from Seletar to Perth as JQ7992 on February 10 on completion of maintenance.
A320-232 VH-VQM ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore as JQ7993 on March 4 for planned maintenance.
Network Aviation ferried Fokker 100 VH-NHV from Seletar to Port Hedland and Perth on February 15 on completion of planned maintenance.
Airline news
In this issue we report the delivery of two A320s to Air New Zealand and a 737-300 to Nauru Airlines.
Air New Zealand took delivery of A320-232/S ZK‑OXG in Christchurch in the early hours of February 24 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight as NZ6397 from Toulouse via Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Cairns. ZK‑OXGentered service with Air New Zealand on February 27 when it operated NZ382 from Christchurch to Wellington.
A320-232/S ZK-OXH was delivered to Air New Zealand in Christchurch in the early hours of March 3 after it completed its ferry flight as NZ6397 from Toulouse over the same route taken by ZK‑OKG.
A320-232/S ZK-OXI msn 6533 was planned for delivery to Air New Zealand in April.
A320-232 ZK-OJF was repainted in the fern leaf colour scheme in Christchurch between February 6 and February 14.
Air New Zealand Link aircraft repainted in the fern leaf colour scheme of late were Dash 8-311s ZK-NEU, NEW and NEZ.
Air New Zealand Link/Eagle Airways withdrew Beech 1900D ZK-EAK from service on December 31 after it operated NZ2211 from Auckland to Hamilton.
Air Niugini terminated its lease on euroAtlantic Airways 767‑35D(ER) CS-TRW on February 27 after the aircraft operated PX4 from Brisbane to Port Moresby. The following day CS-TRW as flight MMZ609 departed Port Moresby for Dubai/Al Maktoum. The 767 had been operating on lease with Air Niugini since December 3 (Traffic/ January).
767-341ER P2-PXV, which had been in Guangzhou for planned maintenance, returned to Port Moresby on February 18 as PX6009.
Alliance Airlines registered Fokker 70 VH-NKU msn 11555 on February 17 with the aircraft planned for delivery to Australia from Europe in May.
Fokker 100 VH-FWH ferried from Brisbane to Wagga Wagga as UTY993 on March 6 to have its Alliance colours removed.
Fokker 100 VH-FWI arrived at Wagga Wagga on February 14 in the full Alliance scheme, but when it departed for Brisbane on February 27 as UTY990 the aircraft was allwhite.
Fokker 50 VH-FKY was withdrawn from service on December 10 after operating UTY3101 from Coober Pedy to Adelaide.
Nauru Airlines took delivery of737-319 VH-YNU ex ZK-NGH in Brisbane on February 18 after the aircraft ferried in from Seletar and Darwin as RON801.
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Virgin Australia continued the process of placing its 10 737-800s registered in New Zealand onto the Australian register.
737-8FE ZK-PBM, which operated its final flight as a New Zealand-registered aircraft on February 4 as VOZ170 from Port Vila to Brisbane (Traffic/March), reverted to its previous registration of VH-VUO on February 5 and returned to service on February 10 as VOZ334 from Brisbane to Melbourne.
737-8FE ZK-PBB operated its final flight on February 9 as VOZ170 from Port Vila to Brisbane before reverting to its previous registration of VH-VOP on February 10.
VH-VOP returned to service on February 14 as VOZ916 from Brisbane to Sydney.
737-8FE ZK-PBJ operated its final flight on February 13 as VOZ176 from Nadi to Brisbane before reverting to its previousregistration of VH-VUB on February 16. VH-VUB returned to service on February 19 as VOZ773 from Brisbane to Cairns.
737-8FE ZK-PBD, which operated its final flight on February 18 as VOZ176 from Nadi to Brisbane, was registered VH-VOY on February 19. VH-VOY entered service with Virgin Australia on February 24 as VOZ1384 from Brisbane to Adelaide.
737-8FE ZK-PBI operated its final flight on February 22 as VOZ121 from Dunedin to Brisbane before reverting to its previous registration of VH-VUH on February 24. VH-VUH returned to service on March 3 as VOZ773 from Brisbane to Cairns.
737-8FE ZK-PBG, which operated its final flight on March 1 as VOZ161 from Auckland to Brisbane, will return to the Australian register as VH-VUD.
737-8FE VH-VUL, which was the last aircraft in the fleet to change its colours from Virgin Blue to Virgin Australia, was painted in Townsville between January 28 and February 10. VH-VUL was named Ocean Grove Beach and re-entered service on February 10 when it operatedVOZ605 from Brisbane to Mackay.
E190-100IGW VH-ZPR departed Brisbane on February 11 as VOZ9901 to Apia, Honolulu and Van Nuys to Nashville for planned maintenance.
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) ferried Fokker 50 VH-FNE from Perth to Alice Springs and Brisbane on February 15.
Tigerair ferried A320-232 VH‑VNG as TGW9003 from Seletar to Melbourne on March 4 on completion of planned maintenance.
Regional news
In this issue we report the departure of an ATR 42-500 of Fiji Link and a Vincent Aviation Beech 1900D.
Arnhem Land Community Airlines will operate Cessna 208 VH-MEP ex 5H-ZBZ from their base at Gove (Traffic/March).
CGG Aviation (Australia) registered Cessna 208B VH‑ZKB 208B0877 ex ZS-FSA and Cessna 208B VH-ZKG 208B0712 ex ZS-SSA on February 12, but as of early March there had been no reports of these aircraft arriving in Australia from Ireland.
Fiji Link has withdrawn ATR 42-500 DQ-PSB from service and ferried the aircraft to Europe. DQ-PSB, which departed Nadi on January 4 for Port Vila, Port Moresby and Ambon, was registered OY-YAL to Nordic Aviation Capital on February 18.
Hardy Aviation has sold Cessna 441 VH-JVL and on January 9 the holder/operator of the aircraft was changed to NQ Balus Holdings of Edmonton, Queensland.
Hevilift positioned ATR 42-300 P2-KSR from Mount Hagen to Cairns and Essendon on February 15/16 and after taking on freight at Essendon the aircraft returned to Cairns and Mount Hagen.
Inter Island Air ferried Dornier 328-100 N328ST from Santo Pekoa, Vanuatu to Port Moresby on March 4 with the flight contracted to Southern Cross as SXA1204. N328ST continued its ferry on March 6 from Port Moresby to Darwin.
Regional Express ferried Saab 340B VH-VNA from Townsville to Wagga Wagga on March 2 as RXA9951. The Saab,which was previously operated by Vincent Aviation (Australia), was purchased in January (Traffic/March) Tropicair was planning to take delivery of DHC-6-300HG N34KH msn 0542 in April.
Vincent Aviation ferried Beech 1900D ZK-VAB from Myanmar to New Zealand with the aircraft arriving at Ardmore on January 7 (Traffic/March). The 1900D was then sold in Canada and on February 14 it departed Ardmore for Auckland and Tonga. ZK-VAB was cancelled from the register on February 25 and the same day it was registered to Chrono Aviation of Quebec as C-GXCA.
Vincent Aviation (Australia) had Beech 1900C VH-VNV parked at Batchelor, NT after the company went into receivership. On February 22 the Beech departed Batchelor for Darwin, Broome, Meekatharra and Perth where it arrived on February 23.
Walker Corporation announced at Avalon that it had ordered a Viking 400 for delivery in the second quarter of 2015 to service a new resort on Yaukuve Island in Fiji.
West Wing Aviation was planning to place a Dash 8-100 into service in mid-March.
Bizjet news
In this issue we report the delivery of a Legacy 500, Learjet 45, Citation S/11 and a Nextant 400XTl.
Legacy 500 N142GZ msn 5500008, which was on delivery to a local owner, arrived at Mackay on February 9 from Denpasar and Darwin. The Legacy 500 was later displayed at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon.
Learjet 45 VH-LJQ was registered on February 9 with the holder Turbojet Holdings of Tullamarine, Victoria and the operator Jet City of Tullamarine. The Learjet was delivered to Essendon on February 18 arriving from Europe via Palembang, Port Hedland, and Alice Springs.
Citation S/II D-CJJJ msn S550-0086 was delivered to a local operator at Maroochydore on February 12 after it ferried in from Denpasar, Darwin and Cairns. Nextant 400XTi N111CX was delivered to Skyline Aviation at Napier on February 16 after the aircraft completed its trans-Pacific crossing from Merced, California via Honolulu, Christmas Island, Pago Pago and Nadi. On February 25 the Nextant was registered ZK‑NXJ to Skyline Aviation.
Citation Mustang VH-YDZ, which is registered to Pacific Real Estate (Warilla) of Wollongong, has reportedly been sold in New Zealand. On February 23 VH-YDZ departed Bankstown for Sydney and Auckland.
Citation Mustang VH-SQW changed its registered holder to Aeromil Pacific and its registered operator to Flight Options (Australia) on December 5.
Citation Mustang VH-VSQ was displayed at Avalon with the title ‘Outback’ on its tail.
Challenger 350 N501BZ arrived at Melbourne from Denpasar on February 22 to start a demonstration tour of Australia and New Zealand. The Challenger was later seen at Essendon, Wellcamp, Adelaide, Mt Gambier, Gold Coast, Auckland, Queenstown and Sydney beforedeparting Essendon for Broome and Seletar on March 2.
Propjet news
PA-46-500TP N535KC arrived at the Gold Coast on February 24 from San Diego (Gillespie Field) via Honolulu, Majuro and Honiara on delivery to an Australian owner.
Driscoll Investments King Air B200GT VH-KQD was cancelled from the register on February 20 as ‘exported to the USA’. It was registered N250EB to Meisinger Aviation of Chesterfield, Missouri before departing Bankstown on February 27 for Cairns and Wewak and stops round the North Pacific to the US.
Commander 690 VH-UJG of GAM Aircraft was cancelled from the register on February 2 as ‘aircraft destroyed and scrapped’.
PC-12/47 N474SS ex VH-OOI (Traffic/March) departed Auckland on February 14 for Tonga, Pago Pago, Christmas Island and Honolulu on delivery to its new owner in the US.
Gulfstreams galore
Gulfstream 650 N305CC arrived in Sydney from Shanghai on February 5 and departed to Papeete on February 7.
Gulfstream 550 N168NJ arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on February 26 before continuing to Melbourne on February 28. It departed Melbourne for Honolulu on March 3.
Chevron USA Gulfstream 550 N401HB arrived in Perth from Guam on February 8 before departing to Port Hedland and Sharjah on February 12.
Millrock Aviation Financial Gulfstream 550 N456GA arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on February 26 before continuing the following day to Melbourne. It departed Melbourne for Honolulu on March 3.
Gulfstream 550 N550AU arrived in Perth from Macau on February 20 before returning to Macau on February 23.
Hanergy Group Gulfstream 550 B-8131 arrived in Hobart from Penang on February 21 before continuing to Sydney on February 23. It departed Sydney for Beijing on February 27.
All Points Jets Gulfstream 550 B-8269 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong andBrisbane on February 18 and after overnighting continued to Melbourne. The G550 departed for the Gold Coast on February 21 before continuing to Auckland on February 22. It then returned to the Gold Coast on February 24 before departing to Hong Kong on February 25.
Star Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8270 arrived in Perth from Shenzhen on February 23 before continuing to Melbourne on February 25. It departed Melbourne for Sydney on February 27 and onwards to the Gold Coast on March 1.
US Air Force C-37B/G-550 11- 0550 callsign ‘SAM303’, which carries no national markings, arrived in Canberra from Paya Lebar on February 12 and departed the following day to Honolulu.
Trans-Exec Air Service Gulfstream V N222LX arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on February 13 and after overnightingreturned to Honolulu.
Rop Aviation Gulfstream V N863MF arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on February 22 before continuing to Melbourne on February 25. It departed Melbourne for Honolulu on February 26.
Saudi Aeromedical Gulfstream V HZ-MS5A arrived in Sydney from Subang on February 15 before departing to Newcastle and Subang on February 18.
Gulfstream 450 N82A arrived in Melbourne from Halim in the early hours of February 18 before continuing later that day to Sydney.
It departed Sydney for Apia on February 19.
Gulfstream 450 N666ZW as SJM88 transited Broome on February 18 while en route from Hong Kong to Auckland. It arrived in Sydney from Dunedin on February 27 before departing to Darwin and Hong Kong on March 1.
Gulfstream 450 VP-CQQ arrived in Perth from Hong Kong on February 13 and departed to Changsha on February 14.
AS Aviation Holdings Gulfstream IV N716AS, which had been in the country since November 11, departed the Gold Coast on February 24 for Noumea and Honolulu.
Overseas bizjets
Global 6000 B-8197 arrived in Sydney from Guangzhou on February 21 before continuing to Melbourne on February 23. It departed Melbourne for Guangzhou on February 26.
Global 5000 N689WM transited Cairns on February 21 while en route from Seletar to Papeete and again transited Cairns on February March 1 while en route from Papeete to Seletar.
Global Express N9099H arrived in Perth from Hong Kong and Darwin on February 9 and departed Perth in the early hours of February10 for Hong Kong.
Zhong Jia Global Global Express M-DSUN arrived in Melbourne from Hong Kong on February 21 before departing for Beijing on February 26. It returned to Melbourne from Beijing on February 28 before departing to Hong Kong on March 2.
Citation Sovereign N338TM arrived in Sydney from Kuala Lumpur and Darwin on February 12 before operating a return flight to Adelaide on February 15. It departed Sydney for Darwin and Kuala Lumpur on February 15.
Citation XLS I-CNDG (Traffic/March) as flight SSR200 arrived in Darwin from Hamilton Island on February 7 and after overnighting departed to Makassar.
Business Aviation Asia Falcon 7X B-8205 arrived in Melbourne from Palmerston North on February 28 and departed to Hong Kong on March 3.
Classic Services Falcon 900EX N63XF arrived in Sydney from Apia on February 12 before returning there on February 15.
New Macau LandmarkManagement Lineage 1000 N889ML arrived in Sydney from Biak on February 15 and departed to Auckland on February 20.
Metrojet Lineage 1000 N28888 arrived on Hamilton Island from Hong Kong and Cairns on February 19 before departing to Brisbane on February 22. It departed Brisbane for Hong Kong in the early hours of February 27.
Jeju China Castle Legacy 650 M-JCCA callsign ‘Tagjet 61’ arrived in Cairns from Seletar on February 17 and departed to Auckland on February 20. The Legacy arrived in Sydney from Queenstown on February 25 before departing to Cebu on March 1.
Avalon bizjets
The Australian International Airshow held at Avalon, Victoria from February 24 to March 1 attracted a number of overseas bizjets.
757-23A VQ-BTF arrived at Avalon from Singapore and Port Hedland on February 18. The 757 is being offered for sale and has taken up residence at Avalon.
Falcon Jet Corporation Falcon 7X N163FJ arrived at Melbourne from Taipei/Songshan on February 20 before positioning to Avalon the following day. On March 1 N163FJ departed Avalon for Sydney where it was demonstrated the following day.
Legacy 650 N671EE arrived at Perth from Seletar on February 18 before continuing to Avalon on February 22. It departed Avalon for Essendon on February 28 before continuing to Sydney on March 3 and onwards to Cairns and Manila on March 4.
Phenom 300 N585EE arrived in Darwin from Surabaya on February 21 before continuing to Cairns on February 18 and Avalon on February 21. It departed Avalon for Essendon on February 28 before continuing to Sydney on March 3 and onwards to Cairns and Biak on March 4.
Gulfstream 650ER N650GA arrived at Avalon from Halim and Essendon on February 22 and departed to Perth and Nairobi on March 2.
Gulfstream 280 N280GD arrived at Melbourne from Seletar on February 22 and after overnighting positioned to Avalon. It departedAvalon for Essendon on March 1.
The following day N280GD operated a return flight from Essendon to Sydney before continuing to Darwin. It departed Darwin for Hong Kong on March 3.
Locally based bizjets at Avalon were as follows: Aeromil displayed Citation Sovereign VH-ZEK, Citation M2 VH-WMY and Citation Mustang VH-VSQ Execujet had Challenger 604 VH-BLM and Challenger 604 VH-EVJ.
Falcon Jet showed Falcon 900EX N146EX and Falcon 2000EX VH-WIO.
Embraer displayed Legacy 500 N142GZ and Phenom 100 VH‑PNM.
Visiting the show were Westwind VH-AJJ, Westwind VH-KNS, Citation Mustang VH-SQW and Citation Mustang VH-KXM.
United States of America Gulfstream V/C-37A 01-0065 callsign ‘Spar 65’ arrived at Avalon from Pago Pago on February 21 and departed to Sydney and Hickam AFB on February 25.
Avalon propjets
King Air 350 N871EU arrived at Essendon on February 21 fromDenpasar, Broome and Alice Springs before continuing to Avalon on February 22. It departed Avalon for Bankstown on March 2.
King Air 90GTi N298KA arrived at Essendon on February 19 from Surabaya, Broome and Alice Springs before continuing to Avalon on February 22. It departed Avalon for Essendon on February 26 and operated a return flight to Archerfield on February 27 before continuing to Bankstown on February 28.
Also in the static display were Cessna 208B VH-JXB and TBM 900 VH-LZJ.
Ferry flights
AT-802A VH-XBZ, which was ferried by SRD Aviation, departed Coffs Harbour on February 12 on its trans-Pacific crossing to Brinkley, Arkansas via Norfolk Island, Pago Pago, Christmas Island, Hilo and Santa Maria.
AW139 msn 31591 arrived at Essendon by road on February 17 and the following day was registered VH-YXF to Australian Helicopters. VH-YXF is the first of six AW139s for the Victorian Air Ambulance and was later displayed at Avalon.
T-6C Texan IIs N2763B and N2770B arrived at Essendon on February 15 from Denpasar, Broome and Alice Springs. The aircraft then parked before continuing to Avalon on February 22 where they were on static display. The T-6Cs were on delivery to the RNZAF as NZ1408 and NZ1409 respectively and departed Avalon for the Gold Coast on March 2 before continuing to Norfolk Island and Ohakea on March 4.
Baron G58 N5023A msn TH‑2423 was delivered to Bankstown on February 25 after ferrying in from Tracy via Hilo, Pago Pago and the Gold Coast.
Baron E55 N67574 msn TE‑1194 arrived at the Gold Coast on February 26 from Salinas via Kahului, Honolulu, Tarawa and Honiara.
Bonanza B36TC VH-KPA arrived at the Gold Coast on March 3 after its trans-Pacific ferry from Santa Maria via Hilo, Christmas Island, Pago Pago and Norfolk Island.
Cessna T240 N362CS arrived at Moorabbin on February 16 from Halim, Broome and Alice Springs. Earlier in the month N362CS was reported crossing the Atlanticfrom St Johns, Newfoundland to the Azores on February 5. The Cessna was later displayed at Avalon.
Cirrus SR22 VH-ZDL departed Southport on February 28 on its trans-Tasman crossing to Lord Howe Island and Kerikeri where it arrived on March 1.
MAF Airvan 8 VH-MQO departed Mareeba on February 11 for Normanton, Borroloola, Darwin and Dili where it arrived on February 12.
Mooney M20J VH-VDH departed Port Macquarie for Lord Howe Island on February 7 before continuing on February 9 to Norfolk Island and Kerikeri. VH‑VDH departed Rotorua on February 19 for Kerikeri, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and Wollongong where it arrived on February 20.
BN-2A-20 YJ-AL3 departed Mareeba on February 23 for Mackay, Archerfield and the Gold Coast to Port Vila where it arrived on February 26. The Islander is reported to be the former VH-BSL of Barrier Aviation. Heliflite Sikorsky S-58HT N942BW was noted at Bankstown on February 6.
Tecnam P-2006 ZK-TWN departed Auckland on February 19 for Lord Howe Island, Temora and Wagga Wagga where it arrived on February 20. The Tecnam was later displayed at the Australian International Airshow.
Heavy metal
Tigerair A320-232 9V-TRQ, which had been in storage at Alice Springs, was test flown there on February 11 as TGW3T and the following day as TGW3F it departed Alice Springs for Kuala Lumpur.
Tigerair A319-132 9V-TRB, which had been in storage at Alice Springs, was test flown there on February 10 as TGW2T and the following day as TGW2F it departed Alice Springs for Kuala Lumpur.
Evergrande A319CJ B-6435 transited Cairns on February 20 while en route from Hangzhou to Auckland. On February 26 the A319CJ transited Darwin while en route from Wellington to Hangzhou.
JASDF 747-47C 20-1101 callsign ‘JAF1101’ arrived in Cairns from Noumea on February 11 and the following day departed to Palembang.
Amiri Flight 787-8/BBJ A6‑PFC callsign ‘AUH6’ arrived in Melbourne from Abu Dhabi on February 15 before departing to Canberra and Nadi on February 17. It arrived in Sydney from Wellington on February 19 before continuing to Abu Dhabi on February 21.
Italian air force KC-767 MM62228 14-03 callsign ‘IAM1420’ arrived in Perth from Singapore on February 25 and the same day returned to Singapore.
GainJet 757-23N(ET) SX‑RFA as flight GNJ47 arrived in Sydney from Papeete on February 17 and departed to Denpasar on February 20.
United States of America 757-200/C-32A 98-0001 callsign ‘SAM245’ arrived in Sydney from Kwajalein on February 21 and departed to Honolulu on February 24. US Air Force 757-200/C-32B 00-9001 callsign ‘GEN077’ arrived in Cairns from Honiara and Darwin on February 6 before departing to Denpasar on February 8.
Nanshan Jet 737-7GJ/BBJ B-5286 arrived in Melbourne from Yogyakarta on February 20 and after overnighting continued to Sydney. It departed Sydney for Cairns on February 24 before continuing to Beijing on February 27.
US Air Force Lockheed C-5B 87-0043 callsign ‘Reach 281’ arrived in Townsville from Hickam on February 24. The C-5B, which carried a Westover tail band, departed Townsville for Guam on February 28.
Avalon heavy metal
French air force A400M 0014/F-RBAF callsign ‘Cotam 1506’ arrived at Avalon from Kuala Lumpur on February 22. The A400M remained in the static park until February 26 when it departed to Manila as ‘Cotam 1506’.
US Air Force C-17A 98-0051 ‘Trek 5’ arrived at Avalon from Guam on February 20 and after overnighting departed for HickamAFB.
US Air Force/AMC C-17A 99‑0168 ‘Trek 5’ arrived at Avalon on March 4.
US Air Force B-52H 61-015/LA ‘Dante 11’ arrived at Avalon from Guam on February 22. The B-52H, which departed on March 2, carried a Barksdale tail band and the name The Last Laugh.
US Air Force B-52H 60-002/LA ‘Dante 12’ arrived in the circuit at Avalon on February 28 from Guam. The B-52H, which carried the name Spirit of Bossier and Shreveport, was then air displayed at Avalon before it returned to Guam.
US Air Force KC-135R 59-1499 Hawaii/HH ‘Reach 61’ arrived at Avalon from Guam on February 22. The KC-135R travelled with the two F-22s on display at the show and departed for Guam on March 2.
US Air Force KC-135R 62‑3553 Young Tigers/ZZ ‘Reach 91’ arrived at Avalon from Bangalore and Darwin on February 23. The KC-135R travelled with the two F-16s which displayed at the show and departed for Guam on March 2.
US Air Force KC-135R 63‑8880 Hawaii/HH ‘Reach 69’ arrived at Avalon from Guam on March 1 and departed for Guam on March 2.
Repubic of Singapore Air Force KC-135R 751 ‘SAF8509’ arrived at Avalon from Singapore on February 21 and departed for Singapore on February 23.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767J 87-3602 ‘JAF404’ arrived at Avalon from Kadena on February 23. The KC-767J departed for Kadena on February 28.
US Navy P-8A 168761 ‘AU101’ tailcode LN/761 arrived at Avalon from Kadena and Darwin on February 22. It departed for Darwin and Kadena on March 2.
Repubic of Singapore Air Force Lockheed C-130H 734 ‘SAF9506’ arrived at Avalon from Paya Lebar and Darwin on February 15 and departed to Darwin and Paya Lebar on February 16.
Repubic of Singapore Air Force Lockheed C-130H 735 ‘SAF9531’ arrived at Avalon from Darwin on March 3 and departed to Darwin on March 4.
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