Joint Warrior 15-1 - RAF Lossiemouth & RAF Leeming

[Callum1998]

Hi all,

This is my first post on this forum. I thought i'd share with you some pictures from Lossiemouth and Leeming of the participants for JW 15-1.

RAF Leeming - 09/04/15

The arrival of 5 THK F-16C/D's of 191 filo into Leeming

Turkish F-16D 92-0024 by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Turkish F-16C 89-0025 by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

RAF Lossiemouth - 14/04/15

P-8 Poseidon 168430/LF - VP-16 War Eagles

LF430 Backtracks runway 23 by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

168430 LF P-8 by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

P-3C Orion 161333 - VP-62

US Navy P-3 holds by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

The home team were busy throughout

XV Sqn Special rolling by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

2 sqn Typhoon by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

1 sqn Typhoons by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Sandy 6 by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Typhoon Performance Take-off by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

A live QRA call was also witnessed

Q jet 'J6O07' Typhoon by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

'Six Juliet Oscar Zero Eight' returns from a QRA call by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

RAF Lossiemouth - 15/04/15

MPA Line up

MPA Line up by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Tornadoes were busy throughout

Mentor Flight Taxi by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Mentor Flight Line up by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Tornado break by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

The US were flying throughout the day

P-8 backtracks by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

US Navy P-3 Taxies by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

1,2 and 6 Squadron Typhoon's were also active

Typhoon Departure by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Run and break by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Typhoon Lighthouse by Callum Rogers, on Flickr


Jedi flt breaks into the circuit by Callum Rogers, on Flickr


Lighthouse Typhoon by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Overshoot by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

6 sqn taxi by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

And finally a French Navy Xingu visited

French Navy Xingu by Callum Rogers, on Flickr

Cheers Callum

[Glidepath]

nice set. feel free to keep m coming

how many mm for the Tor?

[gozoman]

Great report!

[Jutter]

Hi Calum, very nice pictures. Would like to see the Typhoon with the brown camo on the top, totally with this camo.

He Glidepath,

If you want to how many mm he used, click on the photo and Flickr will open. There you can find all the exif data...............................it is so.

Menno

[Glidepath]

I meant the tor with the red anniversary tail,
cheers jutter, got it, (but not the first time round, faulty connection somewhere along the line...), seems to be shot at 220mm (cropped?).

I wanna go there to, but sadly I have to make do ..... with Frisian flag jet noise

[Wim]

nice and interesting report, great pictures

[Triple Nickel]

very nice!!

Love to see the typhoon in 2sqn mks

[dinger]

Day one of Joint Warrior started off with perfect photography weather with plenty of sunshine gracing the airfield. Sadly though, by lunchtime, the cloud had rolled in. Pity the HH-60's arrived via runway 28 and caught most of us out.

Mentor Flight ready to rip through the morning air.
Mentor Flight RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Mentor Flight return followed by a few Jedi's from 1(F) Sqn
Tornado GR4 ZA461 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Tornado GR4 ZA492 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Tornado GR4 ZA562 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Tornado GR4 ZD713 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Typhoon FGR4 ZK329 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Typhoon FGR4 ZK330 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Typhoon FGR4 ZK336 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Typhoon FGR4 ZK341 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

German P-3 departs for a mission
P-3C 60+08 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

French Atlantique arrives
Atlantique 22 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

Finally, the US Navy assets depart in the clag
P-8A 168430 RAF Lossiemouth 2 by finband76, on Flickr

P-3C 161333 RAF Lossiemouth by finband76, on Flickr

All in all, not a bad first day in northern Scotland.

Dinger.