The very last week at Cambrai

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The very last week at Cambrai

Post by Midair »

Hi, this week I was at Cambrai air base for the closure of 1/12 Cambrésis Squadron :cry: . Here some pictures:

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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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A sad - and rather cloudy - day, Cambrai-Epinoy stopped officially flying operations on March 30th, 2012.
Following the EC.01/012 "Cambrésis" disbandment the SPA 162 "Tiger" banner and traditions were tranferred to the EC.01/007 "Provence" flying Rafale at Saint-Dizier.

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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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A sad day, a nice base closed again.
Nice pics though.
How abouth the tiger Rafale with spa 162 on the tail are the tigers at st Dizier now?
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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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jp 74 wrote:A sad day, a nice base closed again.
Nice pics though.
How abouth the tiger Rafale with spa 162 on the tail are the tigers at st Dizier now?
That's right, Spa 162 is now one of the EC 01.007 escadrilles.
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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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Nice shots guys of a very sad week unfortunatly: Cambrai forever!!!
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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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Sorry to see another great base gone, glad I visited Cambrai when I had the oportunity, nothing but fond memories of this place!
Great shots.
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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

Post by Lifeliner2fan »

My first and last time at Cambrai :|

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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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So what will happen now? will there be a fly-out (and when?)? or will the Mirages be stored at Cambrai or sold or scrapped?? :?
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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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CBR wrote:So what will happen now? will there be a fly-out (and when?)? or will the Mirages be stored at Cambrai or sold or scrapped?? :?
That's a question, for which i'm searching an answer, as well!!
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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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Very nice pics here! I hope it´s ok, when I join:

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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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Very nice, a little more from me:

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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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Wow, the last one of the Rafale... Cracking shot!
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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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Very niice pictures of a sad day.
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: The very last week at Cambrai

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Some Rafale action:
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Regards,

Pieter
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