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Old 21st March 2008, 03:01 PM
Greg Wood Greg Wood is offline
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Hi everyone,

Hoping that someone may be able to assist with any details of a US Navy E-6 Mercury that departed from Sydney on 15th March - callsign, serial appreciated if anyone knows.

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Old 21st March 2008, 03:06 PM
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on thursday 13 march i saw e-6a 162783 and 162784 at ga not sure if thats dom-5 around about 12.30, hope thats a help
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Old 21st March 2008, 06:37 PM
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Hi Phil,

Thanks very much!

Greg
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Old 22nd March 2008, 09:49 AM
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i saw both aircraft as well but only got one call sign and that was shadow 1. This was the second air craft that flew in at approx 1400hrs
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Old 23rd March 2008, 11:25 AM
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Thanks Andrew.
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Old 23rd March 2008, 11:39 AM
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I suspect they'd be E-6Bs by the way guys - I think all the As were re-engined to Bs in the late 90s/early 2000s.

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