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'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

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'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by mikee115 » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:00 pm

Evening all,

A first for me to see so many C-130s on approach. Five 86th AW C-130Js arrived at RAF Mildenhall this morning.

Image86th AW mass approach RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017 (4) by Mike, on Flickr

Image86th AW mass approach RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017 (5) by Mike, on Flickr

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by markranger » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:02 pm

Unique Picture that.
Very nice.
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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by lardyboy999 » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:08 pm

Pick a "Line Astern", any "Line Astern"..........

Not often you see that these days. Cracking catch!

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by Thunderbolt II » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:17 pm

Superb. Love that. When I saw on FC earlier these were inbound I had just that kind of shot in mind- you made a cracking job of it!

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by paddyboy » Tue Dec 19, 2017 6:29 am

Hi Mike :P

Well caught there :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Post by grumpy616 » Tue Dec 19, 2017 6:46 am

Very nice, thanks for posting.
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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by LTFT5 » Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:49 am

Two excellent shots
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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by Mallett17 » Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:01 am

Well caught. Fantastic sight.

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by XWP29 » Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:12 pm

Love that first shot, 5 off a first for me too :clap:

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Post by GhostFlight91 » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:08 am

Excellent

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:57 pm

4 of these tried to go low level in Wales as Herky 71 flight. Were due earlier but sadly the weather changed and light faded :-(. Great shots.
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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by FalconFlare » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:22 pm

Fantastic captures!

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Post by welshandy » Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:13 pm

:Wow: :Wow: .Cracking shots, I managed to get a couple of shaky Video's of them over our House in Mid Wales,but with fading light & them being a little high wasn't good

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by Stroudy » Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:15 pm

Nice shots mate.

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by Greenlichtie » Thu Dec 21, 2017 10:26 pm

Gotta love those shots; excellent catch.
I could hear 'Ride of the Valkeries' playing looking at them

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by Agent K » Fri Dec 22, 2017 7:55 am

Great catch! and superb photos. New title for an Enid Blyton book?!

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Re: 'The Ramstein Five' RAF Mildenhall 18th December 2017

Post by TeeJay » Sun Dec 24, 2017 4:51 pm

Hi Mike

A couple of corkers there, love that first one :clap:

All the best

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