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During Red Flag 17-1, I was fortunate enough to be invited to fly on the Voyager and witness Typhoon and Growler re-fuelling up close. This was the first time that the Voyager had been cleared to re-fuel the Growlers during an exercise scenario and the Navy crews made the most of the opportunity. ht...

'Ex' is an abbreviation for Exercise

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A nice fence walk in the lovely late summer sunshine produced the following images of the Ex Ample Strike Heavy Bombers awaiting their next mission at Fairford. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4397/36465627280_333fe730ab_o.jpg B-52H 60-0003 RAF Fairford WM by Kevin Bell , on Flickr https://farm5.stat...

I was positioned just to the south of Speedway Boulevard. The most northern gate for the car parks.

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My first time waiting for flex departures at the Speedway paid off as a number of Aggressors and a handful of F-22's obliged. Frustrating at times but worth it for the topsides. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4355/36650599115_21e715277f_o.jpg F-22A 09-4184 Nellis AFB WM by Kevin Bell , on Flickr htt...

A very nice arrival at lunchtime in great light was the Australian Wedgetail that had been at RIAT. It should be hanging around for a few days.

E-7A A30-006 RAF Waddington 2 WM by Kevin Bell, on Flickr

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A few of the locals and exercise players from Red Flag back in January. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4253/34677357694_01f01b1678_o.jpg F-16C 86-0299 Nellis AFB WM by Kevin Bell , on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4282/35387921841_d23b031714_o.jpg F-16C 87-0267 Nellis AFB WM by Kevin Bell , on...

Weather was perfect at Fairford on Saturday morning and the subject matter couldn't have been better. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4246/35121394585_3bc1867996_o.jpg B-52H 61-0020 RAF Fairford 1 WM by Kevin Bell , on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4202/34956799842_8f6f7c390b_o.jpg B-52H 60-000...

Two very nice and rare old HC-130N's were too much of a temptation not to chase at Glasgow and thankfully, the aircraft and weather played ball. To top it off, I also managed to get the UC-35D departing Edinburgh. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4277/34711896360_6e60eca851_o.jpg HC-130N 69-5833 Glasgo...

A few departures and recoveries from a busy couple of hours at the Las Vegas Speedway. The FT coded A-10C's were taking part in Green Flag, hence the live weapons. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4191/33910282293_cf366b9028_o.jpg A-10C 78-0644 Nellis AFB WM by Kevin Bell , on Flickr https://c1.staticf...

History was made at Lakenheath yesterday when the first combat coded USAF F-35A's arrived at the future home of the USAFE Lightning II. Only 6 of the planned 8 arrived as two diverted into Bangor. Here are some pictures of the ones that caught some sunlight. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2864/338991...

A first visit to Yuma over two days in November yielded the following images. AV-8B's, F-35B's and F-5's galore with a few rotary movements and 8 Growlers performing missed approaches whilst on TDY to NAS El Centro. Already looking forward to my next visit. The home team https://c1.staticflickr.com/...

Last weekend, 3 x 319th SOS U-28A's passed through Mildenhall on their way down range. Today saw the westbound U-28A's arrive at Mildenhall on their way home to Hurlburt Field. It was nice to see one sporting a sharks mouth on the nose. 07-0838 arrived with both of its HF cables snapped and trailing...

A week later than expected, but better late than never. 3 x 319th SOS U-28A's finally arrived at Mildenhall last night and thankfully after a bit of waiting, they departed just after lunchtime. Other movements included a USMC KC-130J departing and possibly the last Niagra Falls C-130H visit prior to...

A selection of shots taken at both ends of the runway at Luke AFB from a fairly busy day back in mid November. https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3935/32977955331_d9c9efd793_o.jpg F-16A 93-0706 Luke AFB WM by Kevin Bell , on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2687/32948642922_ae3a685e67_o.jpg F-16A 93-...