Saw my first at RAF Alconbury Airshow in Aug 1980. 70-0456 of 436MAW.

Got my full list of attendees somewhere ;-)

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jeallen01 wrote:One less Russian bird for "whoever" to deal with if it should come to that

Probably this - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37978463

Didn't stay long as not around, or I didn't see, when I went passed at 0815

Draw back of US forces back to the mainland, final nail for Lakenheath and Mildenhall.

There is no plans to close lakenheath No platform or station is safe from closure or movement. Put it this way, back in 2010 Cottesmore and Kinloss were both safe and then came along SDSR 2010 and took out the Harrier and Nimrod fleets. At that stage luckily the Army were coming back from Germany; ...

Well said Tronks. Some people should remember that 'spotting' is a hobby and it does not only exist because of a certain group of people who like watching, spotting and/or photographing aircraft. There is now a whole new group of people who use the hobby to track movements for clandestine reasons; a...

das wrote:... and several hundred on Raf Brampton (already demolished)

No houses have been demolished at Brampton, all the SLA has gone under the bulldozer but they have not touched the SFA, most of these houses already have non-military personnel in them.

andrewn wrote: Plus another few thousand just across the road at Alconbury...

Now repeat after me "we need more houses", "we need more houses" - it must be true because everyone is saying the same thing

And Oakington, Bourn, etc, etc.

Been on the cards for ages. Don't how the Intell World will see it though as they will be just over the fence!!

Must be a spate of applications at present because another has just appeared near Peterborough seeing the demise of Sibson Airfield - http://www.sibsongardenvillage.com/

Dave Smith wrote: not as startled as cadets who have never seen one.

Visiting an ATC sqn last night. Of the 28 cdts on parade, only one had ever flown in a glider!!!

Remember that the latest round of base closures still does not bring the MOD to their £1b SDSR15 figure. Bet there will be at least another announcement before too long; so time will tell.

Typical news types - "and ended up on its roof"

Henlow has a very active civil flying club. Lets hope that within the sale / housing proposals the airfield and flying operations can be protected. Doubt it. If the land goes, it will be everything within the boundary. Even if it does, and they build loads of houses, the new occupiers will try and ...

From what I have heard is that the Colerne/Azingmur Barracks sell off had come as a complete surprise to those there as they learnt their fate from the BBC Doubt that as there would have been a three-line wipe mandatory meeting for all. If there wasn't then the Stn Cdr/Stn Comdt has a few questions...

It's a little confusing as later it states RAF Henlow to be sold off?! I can't imagine selling the golf course would achieve anything as it's between the Hangars/accommodation and the airfield. Local news and rumour indicated a potential 750 houses to be built on the site, so who knows! It's the wh...

Picked up here - viewtopic.php?f=8&p=843756#p843756

Having seen them in action, both loading and unloading, I doubt if photos are fake. Normally get them in the bay between Frejus and St Agulf in July and August.

Great piloting skills in sometimes very difficult conditions.

Definitely not an airfield. What about under Military Ranges, although not technically a range

Rough field training for aircraft to check ability of 'soft' surface landing capability of A400M. Soil structure at Rock Barracks, ie sandy sub-structure, gives testing capability below the minima of the aircraft. Looking forward to other grass landing training elsewhere once this is completed :whis...