RAF Mildenhall Daily Log

[glencoe]

Mildenhall 17/02/11 0930-1130

With my son (1st time visit) spent a few hours in the cold & gloom to see what we could see move. Did not bother this time, recording based stuff, but the few noted were :-

166511 KC-130J on Hs 51
83-0078 dep at 1128 as "RCH 356"
84-0156 arr at 1112 as "DUKE 66"

Shadow 61 did cloud checks before heading off to Fairford. Cloud ceiling at 100 was 400ft, and the came out of the cloud at 800ft. Not good !

Noted 8 based KC-135's & three MC-130's

A few shots obtained too.

[BlackDragonU2]

does any know what is in at the moment?

[youth]

Not a lot! OC 135 an thats it unless something slipped in during night base seems very quiet lately
Not seen any movements listed for days was dead on my last visit in july

[youth]

Two Ohio tankers in 80083@91458

[Bobby Jo]

91458

[youth]

Cheers bobby jo

[urkles]

RAF MILDENHALL, AUGUST 25TH 2011
A grey miserable day with minimal movements. The following based aircraft and visitors were noted;

KC135R 61-0304,D 351ST ARS, 100TH ARW
KC135R 62-3519,D 351ST ARS, 100TH ARW
KC135R 62-3565,D 351ST ARS, 100TH ARW
KC135R 63-3551,D 351ST ARS, 100TH ARW
KC135R 58-0118 351ST ARS, 100TH ARW 92ND ARW markings
KC135T 60-0342,D 351ST ARS, 100TH ARW

MC130H 87-0023 7TH SOS, 352ND SOG
MC130H 87-0024 7TH SOS, 352ND SOG
MC130P 66-0220 67TH SOS, 352ND SOG
MC130P 65-0992 67TH SOS, 352ND SOG
MC130P 64-14854 67TH SOS, 352ND SOG

BOEING 747-200 N815SA SOUTHERN AIR
KC135R 61-0294 916TH ARW ‘FIRST IN FLIGHT’
C17A 98-0050 62ND AW ‘MCCHORD’
C17A 08-8197 62ND AW ‘MCCHORD’

Over at RAF Lakenheath was C17A 06-6159 60th AW ‘TRAVIS’

[youth]

C 40 54613 arrived an parked Hs 43

[Sussex to Devon]

Hi,

Hope this is the right place to post this info.

15/02/12

01-0076 C37A FOXY44 Training then headed over us in Devon via SAM

Ian

[glencoe]

RAF Mildenhall : 2nd March 2012 [0600-1545]

My first outing this year produced the following at RAF Mildenhall, between the times shown. As always my thanks to Ade for his company for most of the day & Martin for the last hour or so (nice to catch up Martin)

0752 Dep 57-1488 100th ARW QUID 78
0752 Dep 58-0100 100th ARW QUID 51
0845 Dep 165159 VR-54 CNV 3082
0856 Dep 63-8041 434th ARW RCH 646
0901 Dep 62-3506 157th ARW RCH 230
0935 Dep 162786 VMGR-234 RANGER 70
1020 Dep 58-0049 171st ARW RCH 680
1050 Dep 163310 VMGR-234 RANGER 73
1106 Dep 58-0016 100th ARW QUID 54
1107 Dep 62-3540 100th ARW QUID 76
1128 Arr 57-1427 190th ARW RCH 192
1147 Dep 85-0028 305th AMW GOLD 61
1244 Arr 84-0111 86th AW SPAR 91
1308 Arr 58-0100 100th ARW QUID 51 To Hs 22
1312 Arr 58-0016 100th ARW QUID 54 To Hs 54
1320 Arr 62-3540 100th ARW QUID 76 To Hs 31
1344 Dep 61-0317 108th ARW RCH 544
1424 Dep 84-0111 86th AW SPAR 91
1434 Arr 57-1488 100th ARW QUID 78 To Hs 17A
1446 Arr 57-1428 134th ARW RCH 560 To Hs 6A
1515 Arr 58-0009 128th ARW RCH 543 To Hs 10A
1536 Arr 89-1056 1st SOW RCH 1007

Other 100th ARW
57-1493
59-1492
60-0353
61-0304
62-3499
63-7979
63-8006
63-8008

67th SOS
64-14854
65-0991
65-0992

7th SOS
87-0023
87-0024
88-0195

[Bobby Jo]

I thought I'd try to revive the daily logs, although I wont be doing it every day

These all came in yesterday and departed for home today

KC-135's

59-1469
62-3559
58-0086
60-0350
59-1471

The C5 departed Friday, not sure about the C17 but guessing Thursday

This just leaves a Herc in from Little Rock

Credit to Touchdown and Heads up on here

I hope this helps?

[redeye11]

Thanks Bobby Jo - nice to get a flavour again of whats happening at the 'hall.

[Tiger 1]

Hi everyone

I had a trip out today with my good freind Ant ( Galaxy 100 ) down to Mildenhall... the weather was great all beit a tad cold the movements were small but interesting, we had a great breakfast in Angels Cafe and it was good to catch up with B0nd08 and RedBaronArron. Anyway on with the log from our day.

Noted between 0700 am and 16.00pm were the following,

VISITORS
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C130
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20551 ( THE ROCK ) red tail band, departed at 09.42am as RCH 455. it was a very low departure very nice to watch.

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UC28
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70793 Departed at 12-55pm as TROJAN 02.

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KC10
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91947 ( McGUIRE ) blue tail band, first called tower using call sign HOIST but departed mid afternoon as SPUR 51.

90434 ( McGUIRE ) blue tail band, same as above first used call sign HOIST but then departed mid afternoon as SPUR 50.

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BASED AIRCRAFT NOTED AS FOLLOWS
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No based aircraft moved all day whilst we were present.

KC135s
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00350 ( D )

14830 ( D )

23565 ( D )

23499 ( D )

37979 ( D )

38008 ( D )

38884 ( This aircraft was unmarked , looks like a new arrival for the 100th ARW. )

71493 ( This aircraft was also unmarked and looks like it is heading back State Side very soon. )

80016 ( D )

91492 ( D )

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C130s all noted sat on the SOG Ramp
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44854 ( 14854 )

50991

60215

60220

70023

70024

80195

81803

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Also noted was the OH6 Helicopter, this is sat under a shelter, its around the back of the base near the old 5th MAPS area, any help with a tie up for the serial would be very much appreciated. Hope the log helps and is of interest ive also posted it in the Mildenhall section..

We also noted some OTT traffic whilst we were at the Hall... this was as follows,

KC135 RCH 179 at 10.05am heading East to Navpi.

C5 RCH 184 at 11.15am also heading East to Navpi.


Thanks for a great day out Ant, its very much appreciated and to Mr B0nd and and the Red Baron, I hope you guys have a great week and catch some nice stuff.

Best rgds

Tiger 1

[gulfdave]

Visitors noted at the Hall at 1100 today:-

70-1947 C130E Turkish AF 222 Filo
G-273 C130H KLU 336 Sqn (arrived)
58-0035 KC135R 22ARW "Wichita"
84-0158 C12U 52 Avn
83-0082 KC10A 305AMW "McGuire"
84-0188 KC10A 305AMW "McGuire"
87-0124 KC10A 305AMW "McGuire"

Cheers, Dave

[pauljos2001]

Visitors noted at the Hall at 1100 today:-

70-1947 C130E Turkish AF 222 Filo
G-273 C130H KLU 336 Sqn (arrived)
58-0035 KC135R 22ARW "Wichita"
84-0158 C12U 52 Avn
83-0082 KC10A 305AMW "McGuire"
84-0188 KC10A 305AMW "McGuire"
87-0124 KC10A 305AMW "McGuire"

Cheers, Dave

Thanks a lot for this log Dave.
Possible any pictures taken G-273?

[PhilD]

Dave,

The unit for the visiting KC-135 was 92 ARW based at Fairchild not 22ARW. An additional C-12U was 84-0160 which landed at 1110..

PhilD

[Bobby Jo]

Seen this afternoon in glorious sunshine.

C17 21098 Charlston AMC Ramp

C21 40081 Departed Valor 59"
C21 40111 Landed "spar 91"
C21 40085 Landed "Jalap 54"

C130 47315

KC-135R 71502 McConnel
KC-135R 38885 Fairchild

KC-135 80083 Landed "Blue 51" Ohio ANG which brought the 3 F15s over as Retro flt which I saw land

RC-135 24130 "Bat01" Land

Based Movements

KC-135

38008 Quid 31 land
80016 Quid 76 land
23499 Quid 33 departed
10304 Quid 72 departed
91492 Quid 34
10295 Maintainance hangar

SOG Ramp

MC130s

60220
70023
80195
50991
+1

E3 90453 Nato02 did several pattern and circuits
GR4 ZD851 112

C17 10195 seen OTT Huntingdon around 12.45

There was plenty of F15 activity with some coming over the field on finals

I hope this helps

Rob

[podge]

Saturday 12-1-12

C-17 RCH 431 02-1098 dep 09.12

KC-135 RCH 825 62-3575 arr 09.49
KC-135 RCH 896 63-8877 arr 10.27
KC-135 RCH 897 57-1454 arr 11.10

JAS-39 39282 dep 12.15
JAS-39 39284 dep 12.15

KC-135 RCH 415 58-0069 arr 12.24
KC-135 RCH 105 62-3568 arr 13.06
KC-135 RCH 335 63-7978 arr 13.12
KC-135 RCH 271 57-1502 arr 13.38

JAS-39 39254 arr 16.30
JAS-39 39282 arr 16.30

[podge]

Sunday 13-1-13

KC-135 RCH 825 62-3575 dep 09.16
KC-135 RCH 896 63-8877 dep 09.59

JAS-39 39252 dep 10.10
JAS-39 39269 dep 10.10
JAS-39 39264 dep 10.10
JAS-39 39278 dep 10.10

KC-10 RCH 061 85-0032 dep 10.14

KC-135 RCH 897 57-1454 dep 10.22
KC-135 RCH 105 62-3568 dep 10.27
KC-135 RCH 415 58-0069 dep 11.21
KC-135 RCH 335 63-7978 dep 12.23
KC-135 RCH 271 57-1502 dep 12.39

C-17 RCH 452 93-0601 arr 13.24

KC-135 RCH 406 57-1440 arr 13.53

I left about 14.15.

[youth]

excellant log thanks for posting dude