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Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

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JonoUK
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Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

Post by JonoUK » Wed Jul 01, 2015 5:18 pm

Hi All,

What appears to be becoming an annual exercise there were three B-52 Stratofortress Bombers on temporary deployment to RAF Fairford in support of Baltops 15 and Saber Strike exercises. I managed to catch one returning to base on the last Wednesday afternoon and the final sortie on the Thursday morning both launch and return to base. I have to say despite the BUFF acronym I think they are a spectacular looking machine. Here's just a small seleciton of those two movements.

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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 'Neanderthal' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr

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Re: Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

Post by BOLLO » Wed Jul 01, 2015 5:22 pm

They are very v nice bud. :thumb:
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Re: Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

Post by Andy T » Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:29 pm

Great stuff, I was almost going to make the huge journey down there. Last one is spectacular. :)
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Post by LTFT5 » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:58 am

Lovely set
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Post by JONLITE06 » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:08 am

Superb! :thumb:
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Post by paddyboy » Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:17 pm

Hi Buddy :P

IMHO, some of the best 'BUFF' shots I have seen :thumbs:

Thanks for posting

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Re: Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

Post by SubZeroSteve » Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:39 pm

Wow, never seen this beast so close, superb photos :thumbs: an impressive carbon foot print shot with No7 :clap:
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Re: Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

Post by JSJ » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:58 pm

Wow, great pics. Agree about the BUFF name being friendly rather than true.

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Re: Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

Post by Pune » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:19 pm

Absolutely stunning, thanks for posting, can I ask what gear you are using...
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Re: Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

Post by JonoUK » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:15 pm

Pune wrote:Absolutely stunning, thanks for posting, can I ask what gear you are using...
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Pune
Thanks Pune, These were shot with the 100-400 MK II IS L with the 7D MKII Body.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments :thumbs:
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Re: Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

Post by pako-2008 » Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:31 pm

Lovely set here. The last one is great, certainly a bit of a different sky scape :thumbs:
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