Are all 138 to be based at Marham? I'd say it's unlikely that the RAF would ever have 138 at any one time. If they do commit to purchasing 138, then early batches may be retired as new batches come in. All guess work though. They may yet still split the F-35 purchase into A and B variants with some...

Fantastic set, went to that show, only photos I can find is of the Brawdy based JP and a two colour brown camo Andover.

Vulcanone wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:12 pm

Suspect the Horses are well fed and have an excellent pile of @@@@ waiting....

Certainly not happening this week, if at all. Info from someone on base.

On the Coningsby Spotters Page They are now talking about 2 or 3 weeks stay I would be very surprised Who said that Pete? Was it the same comedian that stated that the Swiss F-18s were coming down to donna nook?? ;) :whistle: :roll: It is indeed the very same. As usual, putting 2 and 2 together and...

EGVP wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:49 am

Hearing rumours of Rafales (Rafaels? Ruffles? Rafaellos?) at Coningsby towards the end of the month.

Any substance..?

Rumours came from someone with a friend or relative on 3sqn. 3 sqn deploying somewhere and the FAF Rafales supposedly operating from 3's HAS site for a short period.

Hi all, nice sunny day with runway 25 in use, missed the first 4 departures but got them on recovery. Here are the flyers for the day - ZK315 apollo 11 ZK367 EB-R " 13 ZK379 " 14 ZK436 warlord 11 ZK429 " 12 ZK319 havoc 21 ZK366 " 22 ZK335 apollo 12 ZK318 warlord 13 ZK354 razor 11 ZK361 " 12 ZJ916 t...

...or Middle Wallop closing and Apaches centralised at Wattisham. Wattisham to win because of larger housing with prospects for more. Dave I heard rumours last year that middle wallop would close and all move to Boscombe down! A big airfield that isn’t been used to its full capacity. Salisbury plai...

plmc135 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:10 am

Not sure Waddington is really an option as it could impact on the operations at Cranwell, which in todays terms is relatively busy.

It's plenty far enough away from Cranwell's MATZ. Cranwell traffic can head south and use Barkeston Heath if required for circuit work.

wezgulf3 With the retirement of the sentinel at some point in next 5 years I think there would be plenty of room. Its not about room at Waddington, when the Red Arrows practice it shuts down the base, this would have an impact on Waddington's flying schedule. Wes... Which often ranges from 0 to 3 m...

Thanks for the log. What or who is team reedham? They're one of the other groups that sometimes do the logging at coningsby and tend to frequent reedham lane hence the monicker 'team reedham'. We all have a laugh together and often go for a curry at woodhall but we've not met up for a while hence t...

Nice piece,Rhubarb.Linton is a good place to be on a decent day.The Lightnings are quite frequent visitors doing their PD's,on the right day,when they're using 03 straight over my house!According to unsubstantiated rumours-we might be losing the Tucs but gaining some interesting visitors.And for th...

Jason36 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:29 pm

When is the next batch due.

Not until the middle of next year!

Flying programme starts with the Typhoon just after 1 and finishes with the F35 at half 4. Also includes Tucano, Chinnook, Falcons, Rolls Royce Spitfire 19, BBMF Soitfire and Hurricane, Strikemaster and various civvy displays.

The next scheduled phase of works is supposed to be the upgrading of the eastern HAS areas when 9 and 31 squadrons operated from until March. I believe these are likely to be for the Royal Navy squadrons. Most (if not all) taxi and runway works are now complete.

seven wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:26 pm

Belgian solo F-16 just arrived with a run and break, couldn't make this up!

Returning for the awards ceremony / hangar party tonight.

Unknown74 wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:50 am

Has this actually been applied yet? Haven’t seen any pictures yet. Would love to see it,

Was on the line last night....In standard grey

So what happened to the Hundreds of Tornado pilots plus the Harrier and Jaguar to name a few. The amount of highly skilled and combat experienced pilots lost over the last 10 years is a national scandal. See Babcock have there fingers in the pie,same firm doing HS2. You can see where this will end ...

Should have been kept in house instead of contracting out! Privatisation costs considerably more and reduces overall control and efficiency! It’s all about cash flow and fixed costs rather than overall cost saving though. If you can spread your spend over, say, 25 years rather than paying most up f...

Local news reporting MoD are reviewing future basing of helicopters and the potential risk to Wattisham in favour of Middle Wallop. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/wattisham-airfield-future-ministry-of-defence-report-1-5965799 It's been on the cards a few years. RAF have Benson, Odiham, AAC have Wattis...

Unknown74 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:34 pm

I believe Lossie is also due Runway Work this Year so where the Typhoons are is anyones guess?

Scheduled for next year. First P8 delivery likely to be to Kinloss, Typhoon wing going to Leuchars for the duration or so it's been 'claimed'