Yes indeed some of the outbound certainly used suffixes A and B. One called as a Flight too. Pings are only part of the picture.

He called Shawbury at about 11.10 on the radio, not long after passing the Severn Bridge heading north and gave his intentions - suspect not too long before he disappears on delivery

Top quality visitor indeed

25 sqn posted a photo on social media yesterday of eight Hawk T2 ( some 25 some 4 markings ) at completion of Deci training - come back today maybe

""ZZ550 for Phillipines is currently heading north along the English/Welsh border near Monmouth at 3,500""

WESTLANDS 04

Yes - said he went off to the Scilly Isles area for some maritime training before landing at Newquay

Why not - plenty of cracking photos taken by the dozens of well equipped photographers ( several thousands pounds worth of kit ) outside Fairford. It's not everyday we have six B-52 here in the UK, hence it's deemed newsworthy enough for the paper. They may have been supplied to a news photo agency ...

Milavia tells us ""The Danish EH101 Mk 512 Merlins were equipped with Directional Infra-Red Countermeasures, chin-mounted Forward Looking Infra-Red turret, Electronic Support Measures, Electronic Warfare Suite, Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, secure digital intercommunications system and t...

An exercise - jellyblopters - 18th March to 22nd March 2019 AIR EXER. MULTIPLE HEL WILL CONDUCT HIGH ENERGY MANOEUVRES IN SUPPORT OF GROUND OPS WI 5NM RADIUS 522032N 0004655E (HONINGTON, SUFFOLK). PROFILES MAY INVOLVE DYNAMIC LATERAL AND VERTICAL MANOEUVRING OF AIRCRAFT. ACFT MAY BE UNABLE TO COMPLY...

The doc below is worth a read if you want to have an overview of AFGSC today


https://www.afgsc.af.mil/Portals/51/Doc ... 8789451698

I think they do plenty of long distance flights as a standard part of these global mission. Global Power, deployments to hot sandy place, pan Pacific flights to challenge China. Long long missions have been their forte for the past fifty years and more.

Parliament is gridlocked.

Let's have a second public vote or a general election

11.47 KRAKEN 52 also now inbound with Valley

KRAKEN 44 arrived earlier at around approx 10.35 - RN Hawk T1 up from Culdrose

ADSB suggests Hawk T1 XX189

""Why does it have to be a NATO exercise?""

You will notice I said - "Does it relate to this" and later "if so"

ie it *might* but may not - the Georgia exercise runs March 18 to 29th - *might fit - maybe*

Does it relate to this - taken from a NATO public listing NATO-GEORGIA EXERCISE This is the second multinational NATO-Georgia exercise, hosted by Georgia. More than 20 NATO Allies and partners, as well as international humanitarian organisations, will take part. The aim of the exercise is to improve...

Several of those who died were there watching and photographing the aircraft not unlikey many of the members here, others just driving along the A27 going about their own lives. I'm surprised by the verdict. It's possible the relatives may consider civil action. The men who died Matt Jones, a 24-yea...

10.27 GIANT 8734 desc FL60. Pilot sounds Spanish.

12.19 add another flight out of Valley - RAFAIR 7115 pinging as ZK034

Several RAFAIR Hawk T2 departed Valley today routing out over Portsmouth into France ( initially route via Chateauroux ) Callsigns heard in the following order RAFAIR 7112 Flight pinging as ZK021 RAFAIR 7111A pinging as ZK011 RAFAIR 7113 pinging as ZK022 RAFAIR 7114 pinging as ZK010 *Maybe* off to S...