It seems one of Lakenheath's F35 broke the sound barrier "inadvertently" while flying over Lincolnshire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-68844427

Blenhem 34 landed back at Honington and could be night-stopping.

Now departed. I see on ADS-B that Blenhem 34 (A400) is shown as having taken off from Honington and now doing circuits at Norwich Airport.

Two circuits, no landing, heading back to Brize.
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Back again tonight. So far done one circuit but not landed

RAF C17 ZZ175 has been doing circuits at Honington for the past two hours and has landed once. Now on the ground with SOG Herk 20-5937 passing over it.

Lovely set. Some superb shots and I agree that it's nice to see some colour coming back to the fleet. Hope this will progress to the F35's.

Apart from the screaming of the four P&W TF33 jet engines! Nostalgic.

Reported in the local paper. Aircraft not known:
https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/haverhill ... d-9358919/

fatherfaff wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:24 pm

The link I went to talked about Typhoons not Tornadoes....

They've amended their article; probably after multiple calls about the error!

Might as well start this now as notification of rehearsals has appeared in the local paper. Rehearsal will be on 3/4 June and aircraft involved will include Tornados according to the paper! Maybe the RAF will borrow some!https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24206117.military-aircraft-flyovers-norfolk-suffolk...

Don't expect to see the USAF Ospreys flying any time soon though. Quoting from the above article, a phased return to flight is planned: "Phase one of AFSOC’s return to fly plan includes ground and simulator training integrating planned flight controls, safety briefings, a review of maintenance recor...

Wonderful set from a memorable day for you. Thanks.

Found this on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwG7XnsozEM

Thanks to all for your replies. Clears it all up for me!

Always loved the DC/KC 10 and these are great shots. Thanks.

So the HAS's are now redundant? From what I hear they are very difficult to demolish - for obvious reasons!

Just been looking at the current image of Lakenheath, which is dated13.06.2023 and it shows a line-up of 31 F15's on the South ramp. Seems unusual to me as I thought that they are normally in their HAS's. Also a C17 on the North side plus 5 f35's and two f15's on the taxiways. Was this some special ...

Article from the BBC website today. Maybe, maybe not is the conclusion:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-68217519

Also when the F-35A arrive at the EOR there are no pins to remove. If the pits are in use the Eagles shut down one engine and will stop again at the last chance with ground crew while the second engine is spun up. The F-35A on the other hand pit and head straight to the runway. Very noticeable how ...