Special Flights

Flight id	UTC/GMT	local		Airfield
RCH3264	2023-03-16 21:08	(16) 14:08	dep	McChord AFB
	2023-03-17 07:27	(17) 08:27	arr	Ramstein AB
	2023-03-21 07:08	(21) 08:08	dep	Ramstein AB
	2023-03-21 07:42	(21) 08:42	arr	Volkel AB
	2023-03-21 11:29	(21) 12:29	dep	Volkel AB
	2023-03-22 02:00	(21) 20:00	arr	Kirtland AFB
RCH4557	2023-03-23 22:31	(23) 16:31	dep	Kirtland AFB *
RCH4557	2023-03-24 00:23	(23) 18:23	arr	Kirtland AFB *
RCH3264	2023-03-27 17:39	(27) 10:39	dep	Kirtland AFB
RCH3264	2023-03-27 20:31	(27) 13:31	arr	McChord AFB

* presumably, this was a flight-test, after which this aircraft was replaced as primary by 08-8201, see below

Air-refuelling:

Date	Area	Flight id	Reg.	Type	from	dest
2023-03-21	East Atlantic	LAGR837	59-1475	KC-135	Mildenhall	Mildenhall
	East Atlantic	unknown	58-0118	KC-135	Spangdahlem	Spangdahlem
	West Atlantic	FLAM52	21-46060	KC-46	Pease	McGuire

ground spare, Europe

Aircraft reg:

10-0218

ICAO id:

ae4f12

Unit:

62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Washington

Source URLs:

Maps:

N. America, 2023-03-16

Europe, 2023-03-17

UK, 2023-03-27

North America, 2023-03-28

Itinerary:

Flight id	UTC/GMT	local		Airfield
RCH3260	2023-03-16 23:30	(16) 16:30	dep	McChord AFB
	2023-03-17 09:04	(17) 09:04	arr	RAF Lakenheath
	2023-03-27 14:40	(27) 15:40	dep	RAF Lakenheath *
	2023-03-28 00:45	(27) 17:45	arr	McChord AFB

* during engine run-up, the aircraft was on Hot Cargo Pad P.

ground spare, USA (later primary)

Aircraft reg:

08-8201

ICAO id:

ae2fad

Unit:

62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Washington

Source URLs:

Maps:

West Atlantic Refuel, 2023-03-27

Europe, 2023-03-27

Netherlands and Germany, 2023-03-27

Europe, 2023-03-28

North America, 2023-03-28

Itinerary:

Flight id	UTC/GMT	local		Airfield
RCH4557	2023-03-19 18:23	(19) 11:23	dep	McChord AFB
	2023-03-19 20:51	(19) 14:51	arr	Kirtland AFB
	2023-03-27 00:19	(26) 18:19	dep	Kirtland AFB *
	2023-03-27 10:35	(27) 12:35	arr	Volkel AB
	2023-03-27 14:47	(27) 16:47	dep	Volkel AB
	2023-03-27 15:20	(27) 17:20	arr	Ramstein AB
	2023-03-28 11:10	(28) 13:10	dep	Ramstein AB
	2023-03-28 21:31	(28) 14:31	arr	McChord AB

* this aircraft is now the primary

Air-refuelling:

Date	Area	Flight id	Reg.	Type	from	dest
2023-03-27	West Atlantic	FLAM62	85-0034	KC-10	Charleston	Pease
2023-03-27	East Atlantic	RCH346 *	19-46063	KC-46	Prestwick	Prestwick

* did not launch

2023-03-24	The KC-46 and KC-10 flew from McGuire AFB, NJ to Nellis AFB, NV as PUGDY91 and HOIST92 respectively.
2023-03-25	The KC-46 flew to Dover AFB, DE, while the KC-10 flew to Charleston AFB, SC, callsigns unchanged.
2023-03-26	The KC-46, now RCH346, flew to Prestwick, UK.
2023-03-27	The KC-10, as FLAM62, flew to the air refuelling track east of Nantucket, MA, and recovered to Pease ANGB, NH.
2023-03-27	The KC-46 did not take part in refuelling, departing Prestwick for McGuire about an hour after the C-17 landed at Volkel AB, NL.

Flight data mainly from ADS-B Exchange, additional material from Plane Finder and Flightradar24