RAF Fairford (EGVA/FFD) 2016 MIL

[Le Addeur noir]

Clean 51/52 currently holding east of Seymour Johnson at level 270. So they are giving it another try?
Pieter,

Third time lucky?.

87-0119 CLEAN52 over KGSB at FL265 at 10:20z.

CLEAN51 not showing on ADS-B exchange.

[Le Addeur noir]

Clean 51/52 currently holding east of Seymour Johnson at level 270. So they are giving it another try?
Pieter,

Third time lucky?.

87-0119 CLEAN52 over KGSB at FL265 at 10:20z.

CLEAN51 not showing on ADS-B exchange.

CLEAN51 now showing as well at FL260 at 10:21z.

[Le Addeur noir]

Fighter Control advise the F-35Bs are airborne from MCAS Beaufort, SC, but one of the primary assigned jets has gone u/s and is being replaced by a spare. Up to 11:20z CLEAN51/52 were in a racetrack pattern at FL260 and FL265 respectively above Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC, but since 11:20z , there has been no contact with these KC-10As on ADS-B up to 11:36z.

Not looking good for today, either.

** Contact re-established with the 2 Extenders above SJ AFB at 11:38z, so there's sill a chance of them coming.

[AK01]

Clean51 now(12.30UTC) abeam Rhode Island, so en-route.

[pjotrtje]

Clean51 now(12.30UTC) abeam Rhode Island, so en-route.

Yes and Clean52 as well, on ATC they mentioned they are a group of five only to split above UK.

[AK01]

Clean51/52 North of Ireland at 18.00UTC, so they made it on the 3rd attempt.
Otis80 also West of Wales at the same time, believe support for the F35's?

[CBR]

Lockheed KC-130J Hercules USMC OTIS80 168071 on finals now ...

Source : ADS-B exchange.com

[CBR]

Now followed by KC-10A Extender USAF 87-0117 as CLEAN52

And KC-10A 87-0119 as CLEAN51 on approach to RAF Mildenhall ...


Source : ADS-B exchange.com

[Le Addeur noir]

The 3 F-35s arrived here. One RAF one ZM137 (TABOR01) and 2 USMC ones (TABOR02 was modex 168727 VM-19 TABOR03 was 168728 VM-18).

ZM137 TABOR01 arr 20:07 LT
168727 VM-19 TABOR02 arr 20:08
168728? VM-18 TABOR03 arr 20:10

168071 BH-071 OTIS80 arr 19:45

87-0117 wt CLEAN51 arr 19:54

[CBR]

The 3 F-35s arrived here. One RAF one (TABOR01) and 2 USMC ones (TABOR02 was modes VM-19).

Here the pics : http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/v ... 6&t=133354

[frank kramer]

Shouldn't VM-18 be 168726?

[CBR]

Here a Lockheed Martin press release with interesting picture :

Media Colleagues,

Chances are good you’re aware three F-35B’s (1 UK, 2 USMC) landed at RAF Fairford shortly after 8 p.m. This is the F-35B’s first transatlantic flight and a major milestone for the program.

I wanted to share a unique photo which was captured shortly after the jets landed and parked. Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin.

UK F-35Bs Rainbows and Unicorns on Flickr

[Le Addeur noir]

FFD Thursday 30th June visitor(s)

Expect (?) KC-10A 83-0077 CLEAN81 from KWRI this evening. By rights, there should also be TABOR31/34 inbound here with it.

Watch this space....

[Le Addeur noir]

FFD Thursday 30th June,

They're coming!

ADS-B shows tankers CLEAN81 (83-0077) and CLEAN82 (KC-135R 58-0098) off the coast of Rhode Island at around 12:50z.

Update: As of 14:05z CLEAN81/82 were over southern Newfoundland. They're expected to be roughly on time (18:30z) for arrival here.

Earlier visitor here was,

10-0214 y C-17A 437 AW RCH489

[pjotrtje]

TABOR34 was an airspare, RTB already.