Presumably these ranges are staffed by RAF personnel. If so where are they based? Cranwell, Coningsby, Marham? A mix of RAF (Controllers and management) and SERCO do the ground work Might as well close the place or put it on permanent "opened by Notam" RAF Air Weapons Range Controllers who are spec...

bvs wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2025 10:37 am

Hi Bluetail
Do you know how long the reds are up at Lossie for ?

They fly home on Friday morning.

The Armed Forces Museum has moved from central Tirana to just outside the city,https://www.google.com/maps/place/Muzeu+i+Historisë+së+Forcave+të+Armatosura/@41.25965,19.8124512,12z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x135039f1694267e3:0x37010acb8ab7e210!8m2!3d41.2560366!4d19.8847205!16s%2Fg%2F11sjjwv9ch?hl=en-GB&entry...

Mike wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 28, 2024 4:11 pm

'Grippens'?

Yeah exactly!

RAF Typhoons strafe practise. One is in 12Sqn colours.

Hi, I am visiting Albania for 2 weeks next month and I am looking for any information regarding the Shenyang fighters that were located at Kucove Airbase. The latest information regarding them is from 2022 that I can find, but since then the base has seen a major upgrade for NATO operations. Is ther...

Mike wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:49 pm

Have the Spanish Army NH90's used the range yet?

They were at the FARP in Durness this afternoon .

Also public greed, regardless of what Oasis are saying there are now literally 1000's of tickets available on Viagogo and Stubhub for extortionate prices!

jamesg23 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 26, 2024 8:44 am

Even big jet tv got some airtime. Thought he had disappeared.

He has definitely not disappeared. Live streaming from LHR yesterday with over 80k views!

C130J has gone direct Iceland. ATR 76 gonna be early and is currently overhead Middlesborough.

ATILA07 USMC BH UC12W Huron, 168207 just arrived. Reg according to FR24, not confirmed.

They were more the Southern Lights than the Northern Lights last night, certainly from Inverness I was facing south most of the night until the corona established itself overhead.

From L-R

Lockheed CC-130E Hercules
Lockheed CP-122 Neptune
Canadair CP-107 Argus
Boeing Vertol CH-113 Labrador
Avro Lancaster
Lockheed CP140A Arcturus

Hi Black Mike - would be interested in hearing of your source for the 20th Oct start date, not suggesting for a moment that they are inaccurate. The earlier dates were cited on the NATO Exercise page but were subsequently removed, hence, I think, the confusion re dates. Many thanks, Pete Not quite ...

Hi all, It's been a while since I last posted. Here is my selection from a day on base, at the tower in the morning and on the old TACAN hardstanding beside the runway in front of the new fire section in the afternoon. A very good, busy day that reminded me of the good old days. 7 FN Rafales from 12...

What hangar do VASS( if there’s still such a thing), use nowadays, I’m imagining K16 or 17? No VASS hangar anymore as such. The Rafales are operating from Echo hardstanding and using the Alpha line hut I believe. I would imagine maybe 9Sqn and 6Sqn with them being away are helping with hangarage. I...

Thunder wrote: ↑

Fri May 05, 2023 7:46 pm

I believe the Rafales and the AMI EF2000’s??, are for Ex Dynamic Mongoose. Are the two exercises one and the same?

Dynamic Mongoose finished today, Formidable Shield starts next Tuesday, 2 separate exercises.

colt99 wrote: ↑

Thu May 04, 2023 1:52 pm

SamP wrote: ↑

Thu May 04, 2023 1:25 pm

Is this for an exercise/deployment at Lossie or heading on further? Fantastic to see the French Navy in and in such numbers!

Part of exercise Dynamic Mongoose, should be staying at Lossiemouth

Good guess but DM finishes tomorrow!

Right you are, yellow bands on them. Shows how much attention I was paying! :lol: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52832407136_7f17c13c88_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52832584909_7d55094d19_o.jpg Brilliant thanks, I don't do Flickr otherwise I would have shown you an image of the PW...

LN Strike Eagle wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:49 am

ranger703 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:26 pm

Did you miss the armed jets?

There were some heading out with dummy LGBs, but if the shots aren’t good enough I don’t post them.

Ah that's a shame, those 'dummy LGBs' were real live Paveway IVs.