USS HW BUSH Aircraft Carrier and Exercise Saxon Warrior

[Morseman]

Better at Balnkiel, and also visit the chocolate factory but I thought it was finishing by the 9th.

[powerslave]

Has anyone actually heard any comms from flights from the carrier this past week.
Not seen any logs myself.

Ian

[Dan D'Air]

Better at Balnkiel, and also visit the chocolate factory but I thought it was finishing by the 9th.

AHH.Cocoa Mountain. Best chocolate on the planet.
Dark Island beer in the boozer on the Sango Bay campsite.
That may be of use to anybody venturing to the top of the land to watch.

[tornado17]

STV's report on board the Bush

https://stv.tv/news/features/1395137-uss-george-bush/

[Blackcat1]

Exercise Saxon Warrior at Cape Wrath finished at 1800 on the 10th August according to NOTAM

[alanp]

So that will be tomorrow night then.

[Thunder]

Any ideas on what the Bush will do after today, is it scheduled to continue flight ops of it's own, if so where or will it set sail for home?

[tornado17]

Heading home at a guess, they've been deployed since January.

[Sky Pirate]

Has anyone actually heard any comms from flights from the carrier this past week.
Not seen any logs myself.

Ian

F18's to carrier freq was 363.2 Carrier well over horizon so no two way but interesting hearing the chat from the pilots.

[Sky Pirate]

Better at Balnkiel, and also visit the chocolate factory but I thought it was finishing by the 9th.

Good to meet you Morseman.

[Thunder]

The Bush is now showing on Marinetraffic, com just off Hastings heading West
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 0.6/zoom:9

[tornado17]

Was anyone lucky enough to see/photograph it going through the Straights?

It's auxiliary, USNS Supply, is currently east of Margate doing 21 knots heading towards the Straights.

[STN RAMP RAT]

I guess its going to be off Portsmouth later to drop off all the RN Personnel. I understand the C2's are rejoining the ship this evening from MHZ

[Thunder]

I would've thought that any British personnel on board will be or have been flown off. Costs a lot of money to stop and start a ship that size, unless it's going to stop for a few days again but I would've thought that any word on that would've been public knowledge by now.

[martmpf]

Haven't they already paid for the nuclear fuel, and personnel are there anyway and also being paid?

[Thunder]

Bit more to it than that though, if it was as easy as a pushing a button then why risk doing replenishment's on the move. Once it's moving they prefer to keep moving.

[martmpf]

I understand and take your point, but thats not a cost issue?

[Morseman]

Watching from Durness on Tue 8 th. Only saw one Hornet & then found it was on the East Coast. Such is life.
Nice to meet Sky Pirate & Friends. Keep on listening & watching.

[STN RAMP RAT]

but they could be helicoptered off abeam Portsmouth without stopping . one of the UH60 has already been in MHZ on a quick turn today. to be fair I expect it to stay south of the IOW.

[martmpf]

I'm sure I read someware there were aroud 60 Royal Navy personel in total on the Bush, but that doesn't mean all will leave. Quite a few trips by helicopter though if it was.