yes - took off from Charleston (per Reach thread)

I missed getting the sunset shots that people got the other day, so selfishly I’m holding out for another one of those!

also on this article https://www.itv.com/news/2019-08-30/american-b2-stealth-bomber-joined-by-raf-f35s-in-flight-over-britain-as-part-of-usaf-deployment-to-europe/ the last sentence here: Even though the B2s are only here for two 2 months, they want Russia to take note a good sign, although of cours...

I might be wrong, but the quoted $200k seems to be back of a fag packet maths based on the $ per flight hour cost of a delivery flight (and back) solely to deliver these. That seems like a bit of willful ignorance/sensationalism, given that in reality these would most likely be loaded onto an existi...

forgot to look in there, thanks!

there is a flypast at brookwood military cemetery at 3pm also. In 2017 this was two f15s from LN so this could be the same pair on the way back.

Not that rare, surely? How about for:- - U-2s, - the Embassy flights, - flight checker activities, and - (very) occasional CV-22/MC-130 usage. That is just ignoring any NOTAMs regarding infrastructure and, of course, RIAT. I should have clarified, it’s rare to see a notam for non-exercise movements...

love these, hope to make it down there!

a notam that is exclusively for non-exercise activity must be fairly rare?

is there room at Biggin Hill? Or perhaps into Brize then a helicopter

This particular article seems to be a mix of re-written press release, with a good old dose of “sticking it to Russia” thrown in - though they have covered many deployments in a similar manner through the years.