A fine visitor to Mildenhall yesterday evening was F-16V 313 (US serial 20-5003) on delivery to the Bulgarian AF as RETRO53. Masked over national markings and a lack of light was a shame but still a fab thing to see. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54572651956_fb6b2a4813_b.jpg IMG_7076a by Andre...

That rather lovely Saudi E-3 1802 departed Mildenhall in some very welcome sunshine this morning. It was heading to Bangor as RSAF9005. TC-135 62-4129 arrived from Offutt as OLIVE29. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54551783709_0abba10bc4_b.jpg IMG_6960 by Andrew St Edmunds , on Flickr https://li...

Well this was nice for a Bank Holiday Monday. RSAF E-3 1802 arrived at Mildenhall this morning as RSAF9005. I made a somewhat spirited drive to catch this fabulous visitor as it came down the rwy28 approach. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54546411064_ca1b0b6693_b.jpg IMG_6885 by Andrew St Edmun...

C-130H 93-1038 of the 94th AW is on a short TDY at Mildenhall at the moment. It carries the "Square A" tail markings from its WWII descendant, the 94th Bomb Group. Here it is today 15.05.25 passing by the "Square D" of the 100 ARW / 100th Bomb Group on the Mildenhall tower. https://live.staticflickr...

It was a joy to see the Commemorative Air Force R4D at Duxford yesterday and it seemed appropriate to capture it in front of The American Air Museum. The last time I saw it would have been nearly 40 years ago at IAT85 at Fairford - it has certainly aged better than I have over the 4 decades. https:/...

That gorgeous pair of Qatari AF F-15QAs departed Mildenhall today to complete their delivery flight in the company of their shepherding KC-46. Slightly different departure routine in that they departed just before the KC-46 and exited stage left into the tower pattern to loop back and follow GOLD ve...

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A very satisfactory hour or two at Mildenhall today with the departure of E-4 74-0787 GRIM99 and C-32 SAM47 ( unmarked but FR24 etc showed it as 09-0017...) on a quick fuel stop. Both movements were in connection to Trumps Rome trip for the Pope funeral. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/544783492...

Mountain Home F-15E 90-236 undergoing some spannering at Lakenheath 07.04.25.
IMG_3764 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr

This fabulous HUAF KC-390 arrived at Mildenhall this morning for a 45 minute visit. Seen here gliding down the rwy28 approach and surely the Mildenhall Star Visitor of the year so far. :clap: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54449142784_73629dcf8f_b.jpg IMG_4477 by Andrew St Edmunds , on Flickr h...

Whilst the 8 transient Mountain Home F-15Es at Lakenheath are easily viewable from The Warren, you need to be a bit patient with the light for photos. I took these this evening as the light swung around, a very pleasant stroll it was too. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54437691809_01dc71882d_h....

Good to catch the 6 Spanish Hornets and support A400 arriving at Marham yesterday for the upcoming Ramstein Flag exercise. No run and breaks but the pairs approach was very welcome. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54413038902_87f635ca99_b.jpg IMG_3181 by Andrew St Edmunds , on Flickr https://liv...

Wolff Pack dropping a wing as it buzzed the Mildenhall tower on 19.03.25.
IMG_2404A by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr

I had the pleasure of catching Wolff Pack make a "Shallow Beam approach" yesterday at Mildenhall. In essence, it's a curving low level run South to North to kinda buzz the tower - the top side view was awesome. I've not seen a KC-135 do this before and the light was perfect. :D https://live.staticfl...

Very nice Dave, that's how you do it.

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Mon Mar 10, 2025 3:08 pm

I'll have to catch the next one in 2030. Was that from Folly? Seems up early.

It used the rwy10 under run and I caught it just down from Folly on the main drag - a bit more open and no fences.

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Mon Mar 10, 2025 1:11 pm

Nice

Why are the engines on one side black? I did know once I think

Thanks Mike.
The starboard wing and engines are painted black to reduce the reflected glare for the onboard cameras.

RC-135S 61-2662 departed Mildenhall today 10.03.25 to head back home to Offutt via Bangor. It was the 1st visit by one of these fab things since August 2019. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54377419181_061993f524_h.jpg IMG_1837 by Andrew St Edmunds , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535...

Mildenhall has had a few movements of interest in the last view days. Highlight thus far is the arrival last night of RC-135S Cobra Ball 61-2662, seen here in the early morning light today through a fence. ( sorry, my tiny car doesn't do ladders...). Just a shame it wasn't parked the other way round...

P-8A 169337 travelled down to Mildenhall from Lossiemouth today for a few ILS approaches as EAGLE22. Having had a couple of very anonymous USAF visitors through on Wednesday, it was nice to see some paint. :) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54312996878_17148238f0_b.jpg IMG_0297 by Andrew St Edmu...