TABOR's and TREND's at Lakenheath

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TABOR's and TREND's at Lakenheath

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A rewarding hour or so in tricky light produced the following images at RAF Lakenheath today. Firstly the last two remaining 95th FS F-22A's departed as TABOR 33 flight. Sadly for the crews, the trip across the Atlantic was shelved when TABOR 34 (04-4081) developed an ECS problem and couldn't carry on. Therefore both jets returned after burning fuel off to await repairs.

TABOR 34

ImageF-22A 04-4081 RAF Lakenheath by Kevin Bell, on Flickr

TABOR 33

ImageF-22A 05-4095 RAF Lakenheath by Kevin Bell, on Flickr

Not long after the F-22s arrived back, two 366th FW F-15E's belonging to the 391st FS 'Bold Tigers' arrived as TREND 03 flight. These guys have been busy judging by the multiple mission marks carried.

TREND 03 sporting 93 mission marks

ImageF-15E 91-0300 RAF Lakenheath by Kevin Bell, on Flickr

TREND 04 sporting over 150 mission marks.

ImageF-15E 90-0247 RAF Lakenheath by Kevin Bell, on Flickr

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Very nice!

Interesting / strange to see only 1 raptor had external tanks....

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Oscar01 wrote:Very nice!

Interesting / strange to see only 1 raptor had external tanks....

Oz
The first 4 F-22A's that arrived as part of the exercise did so without external tanks. The next two waves of 4 all had external tanks fitted. When they all departed, 3 went minus external tanks.
I think the first 4 arrived as part of a Rapid Raptor deployment package, hence no tanks.

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These photos clearly show what kind of a "low rider" the Raptor is compared to the Eagle. :wink:
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Thanks dinger, would explain (and I didn't notice ;-) )

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The Eagles arrived from where, any idea?
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Souda Bay is where the Mountain Home F15s arrived from.

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On a side note: always wondered why Souda is called Souda Bay... The bay is the water in the bay area, from the mediterranean, the base is called Souda.
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perhaps as a pendant for Subic Bay in the Phillipines? Both are/have large US Navy facilities. I think the port is called Souda Bay (as that's where it's located) and the HAF airfield (which is a few miles away from the port anyway) is just called Souda. At least, that's what the HAF calls it; to civvies it is known as Chania :wink:
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