Mobility Guardian 2023

Aircraft, mostly transports, from foreign air forces are stopping through HNL as part of Mobility Guardian 2023, a multi-national air exercise being held at Andersen AFB, Guam.

Le Armée de l’Air has A330-200 MRTTs: F-UJCH (msn 1808, f/n 042) and F-UJCM (msn 1998, f/n 047); and A400M F-RBAR (msn 110, f/n 110).

The Luftwaffe has A400Ms: 54+02 (msn 029) and 54+05 (msn 040).

The Royal Thai Air Force has a C-130J, 60112 (msn 5281).

The Royal Air Force has a C-17A: ZZ172 (c/n 50079, l/n F-78).

The Royal Canadian Air Force has CC-150 Polaris: 15001 (msn 446) and 15003 (msn 425), and C-130J 130605 (msn 5637).

Royal Thai Air Force's HS-TYU

The Royal Thai Air Force is taking delivery of HS-TYU (c/n 62445, l/n 5609) today. The 737-8Z6 (BBJ2) is flying as HSTYU. This BBJ2 was built in September 2015, was ferried to WOE [Woensdrecht Air Base, Netherlands] for cabin outfitting. It was flown to BFI for final acceptance, before making its way across the Pacific.

Royal Thai Air Force C-130

A Royal Thai Air Force C-130 has stopped over in Hawaii and is parked on Hickam's Hazardous Cargo Pad. This C-130 has its vertical stabilizer painted in a special livery celebrating the C-130's 30 years of service in the RTAF. The tail number should be L8-8/33 / 60108. For a better look at the livery on the vertical stabilizer, the airliners.net database has a couple of pictures.

Second shot taken from the new Ewa hard-stands.

Royal Thai AF's 60111

A Lockheed C-130H from the Royal Thai Air Force made a stop over at HIK, and departed east-bound today. Tail number 60111 / Reg# L8-11/35 (c/n 382-5280) is seen above departing Runway 22L, as the winds were blowing from the west. It was flying with the call sign "Royal Thai Air Force 101".