Terrific - it's the Owls for me!

Excellent photos and narrative describing the trip and locations - well worth the effort, thanks!

Great story, thanks Keith

Fantastic shots Arnold!

Those F16s are lovely, appreciate them while we can !

Nice one! I didn't have chance to go and bag this myself.

I always had an old pals reunion when I lived in Cambridge which as timed for the Air Fete. One of them was a pilot who had joined the FAA and, on entering the EC121 and asking pertinent questions, we were soon ushered off !!

That's a terrific view of life "at work", thanks baz. I only attended a couple of family days and one working visit (messing about with XX156 when it was with the trials fleet), but remember it as a very interesting place and you'd never know what you'd find in a corner! Random Saudi fuselage pieces...

Apart from terrific photos, the descriptions bring them to life, Thankyou!

Thanks Bluerigger.
Interesting to see the smoke conversions underway. Some of the existing Reds (even though they are all post Mod-2010) must be reaching their fatigue life limits.

Terrific photos, I missed that one!

Fantastic memories! I remember the lines of people lining the fence while they were flying (can't remember where we all parked though). The long lines of aeroplanes taxying out were impressive, but it took a while. (Anyone remember the large 56Sqn flag being flown by the Nav?). I'd be interested to ...

Nice ones, Joe

Super shots Daniel. I was just happy to see them (at last) today!

Out on ramp: Hawks ZB131, 133, 134, 137, 138, 139. Typhoons: 311, 341, 340, 358 Grobs: G-BYUY, G-BYYB plus 2 Visible among hard shelters: Rafale 4-GO, F-35 5614, 5684, 5599 Visitors: Socata "XR" 146, LEARJET 84-0085, Merlin ZH828, G-MAOL. Thanks Fatherfaff, that solves my questions after only time ...

Super first photo post, lovely selection!

They look nice in the sun, well captured Robin

Lovely collection Arnold, thankyou!

I agree, shots of the unit at work are really interesting, thanks for posting

Hopefully the right place to ask a left-of-field but logical question one of my colleagues who watched this series has asked me "because I know about aircraft" but I'm stuck for an answer. What else do aircrew do when they are not actually flying (or preparing/debriefing a mission) - I'm guessing t...