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Fighter planes spotted towards Fairford ?

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Red Eye
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Fighter planes spotted towards Fairford ?

Post by Red Eye » Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:55 pm

Hi, bit of a newby to this but around the 4th/5th Aug two fighters flew over my house heading towards Brize or Fairford, I think it would more likely be Fairford due to the flying height, ie not very high !!
I've searched this forum and Google to find out what they were and doing around here but without any success. I'm hoping I wasn't the only person who noticed these planes as it was a nice clear day around 9.00 in the morning, they were twin tailed and flying side by side quite low. I think they were F15 but would like to know more ;-)
I'm sure somebody on here knows more :thumb:

Red Eye
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Re: Fighter planes spotted towards Fairford ?

Post by Red Eye » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:49 pm

come on, I'm sure people know something !!
What about a very quiet arrival into fairford last night ?

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Re: Fighter planes spotted towards Fairford ?

Post by sonicbenj » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:54 pm

The only native fast jets that fly in the UK with twin tails at the moment are F-15s. There weren't any other foreign visitors to the UK with twin tails around that time, as far as I know.

Based on that I'd say F-15s... They have known to PD to Brize and other fields around the country.

HTH

Ben

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Re: Fighter planes spotted towards Fairford ?

Post by StormsInAfrica » Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:49 pm

What very quiet arrival into Fairford last night? There was a NOTAM for this morning. Can you elaborate?

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