Exercise TAC Blaze - RAF Spadeadam

[dannyboyo20]

Hi all, we were overjoyed to welcome back the Netherlands Air Force to our region after a few years away. I have around 2000 images to process from week 1, so just a few for now showing some of the action so far. Including some Apache shots I've been after for many years!

There will be many more to come haha!

Cheers, Danny

EXTB-5 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-11 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-13 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-14 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-18 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-15 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-17 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-8 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-7 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-6 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

EXTB-2 by Danny Banks, on Flickr

[toom317]

Nice catch with the Apaches Danny.

[kieron]

Excellent set there Danny. Really like those Apache shots, especially the second shot with the one behind. Trying to picture where that was shot from, with that small road below (western end of Wylie Sike ?)

[nds]

Hello,
lovely photos. Any I.D.s for the two Apaches Please ?
Did these arrive at Carlisle after 5pm on Monday the 15th as two Apaches went OTT near Uttoxeter around 4.45pm heading North ?
Thanks Neal

[TomG]

Hello,
lovely photos. Any I.D.s for the two Apaches Please ?
Did these arrive at Carlisle after 5pm on Monday the 15th as two Apaches went OTT near Uttoxeter around 4.45pm heading North ?
Thanks Neal

Q-01 & Q-23 visible on the aircraft.

[TomG]

Hi all, we were overjoyed to welcome back the Netherlands Air Force to our region after a few years away. I have around 2000 images to process from week 1, so just a few for now showing some of the action so far. Including some Apache shots I've been after for many years!

There will be many more to come haha!

Cheers, Danny

Lovely set of shots, nicely done.

[paddyboy]

That is one cracking set, Danny

Well done and thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[James Cutting]

Lovely set of shots! That first Chinook shot is a belter, and do love the 2 Apaches together

[mprl]

Very nice Danny

[markranger]

Superb set ,
Well done.

[PitchAxis]

Superb set. The Apache pair look amazing. I also really like 1st pic of Chinook in the landscape - very atmospheric.

[Ferrari]

Brilliant photographs - well done and thanks for posting.

I don't know the area all that well, but I think the ones with the Apaches and the road are just NW of what Google Earth shows as Butterburn on the road to Churnsike Lodge.

If that's the case, then they must have been really low.

Regards,
Ferrari

[dannyboyo20]

Thankyou all for the comments!

[dannyboyo20]

Brilliant photographs - well done and thanks for posting.

I don't know the area all that well, but I think the ones with the Apaches and the road are just NW of what Google Earth shows as Butterburn on the road to Churnsike Lodge.

If that's the case, then they must have been really low.

Regards,
Ferrari

You are quite correct Ferrari! In 20 years i’ve not seen anything quite that low and slow in that location before. The Dutch are certainly setting the bar for everyone else :-)
Cheers. Danny

[Len123]

Smashing set mate!! We've done well this last week!!

[Hornet69]

Wow, phantastic shots . Hope you can catch more before they go back home.

[falconfighting]

Absolutely bloomin fantastic

[Canopus]

Stunning set, is there a good guide to the location somewhere online ?