USAF Nuclear flight ! According to the Mirror !!

[SCARECROW]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/t ... r-12287170

[Pen Pusher]

You do know what the date is?

Brian

[Mavke]

The USAF is doing the same for one of the baltic countries , that flight gets mid air refueled ... why cant they just do the same here ??

[Reach1985]

And the B-1 photo?? The picture editor is obviously not a member of this forum! :-)

[Dan213]

You do know what the date is?

Brian

Highly doubt it’s the sort of thing that would be made into an April fools joke, plus the article was posted this evening as opposed to this morning

[SCARECROW]

Yep aware of the date but B-1'S ? Mmm guess any USAF jet is good enough for the experts in that paper !!!!

[Nighthawke]

Just Google Dounreay Power Station USAF Flights -there are links to articles from 2016/2017.

[filmman]

Ah, April 1st assumptions.
Flights of Dounreay nuclear material have been ongoing for some time; even reported on the BBC, stock picture of C-17. The Dounreay fast breeder reactor produced, amongst other things, plutonium. The US is understandably keen to keep such materials under tight control.
Filmman

[rh226]

NOTAMs for the flights on the forum are:-
viewtopic.php?f=139&t=136783
viewtopic.php?f=139&t=147004
viewtopic.php?f=139&t=152095
viewtopic.php?f=139&t=156037

C-17s every time ex Lossiemouth with a trip to Wick and back beforehand..

[ArabJazzie]

I wonder what the intentions are when a paper prints a non story like this. The main thing is the product is leaving our shores for now.
Arabest,
Geoff.