79th leave UH

[Knife 04]

You are correct Darren - the 79th first, then the 77th (remember that lovely artwork on 68-0049 'The Gamblers Last Deal'?) and finally the 55th which I think (someone can correct me no doubt) deactivated in October '93 with the last aircraft departing early that December.

Just looked back Dan - yep - 13th October 1993 - just over 26 years ago

One from the day here - don't want to hijack Kev's thread
F-111E – 68-020 UH ‘The Chief’ – 20 FW, Upper Heyford. October 1993 (4) by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Darren

[vark 1.1]

The last F-111E's out of RAF Upper Heyford was 7th December 1993.
Bit of a guess on the Numbers 68-0020 20th FW then 68-0055 55th FS and 68-0061 "Last roll of the Dice"
020 was the last one to lift off runway 27 that morning. The END.

[herbert]

Thanks Guys.

[The Phantom]

This post sums up why, for me, this is the best section on this site

Excellent set of images from a great era

[SW Sky Blue]

Thanks for the comments guys....Been away in the States....

We certainly had some good times at Heyford...Just a shame they ended so soon....

Will find a few more to post soon...

Best wishes to all....

Kev

[IanH]

Makes me want to cry seeing these. Terrific memories Kev

[Razzor01]

Hi all.

Being a member of the the Upper Heyford Aviation Society, I and many others were lucky enough to be invited to the official inactivation ceremonies of all 4 squadrons.

Each squadron produced a pamphlet on the day of inactivation, bit like an order of service, please see photos of each below.

The official dates that the 4 flying Heyford squadrons disbanded were as follows, this was not the date that the aircraft departed.

42nd ECS: EF-111A. 10th July 1992
79th FS: F-111E. 23rd April 1993
77th FS: F-111E. 9th July 1993
55th FS: F-111E 15th October 1993

IMG_0647 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

IMG_0650 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

IMG_0649 3 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

IMG_0648 2 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

IMG_4519 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

Cheers
Stewart

[SW Sky Blue]

Hi all.

Being a member of the the Upper Heyford Aviation Society, I and many others were lucky enough to be invited to the official inactivation ceremonies of all 4 squadrons.

Each squadron produced a pamphlet on the day of inactivation, bit like an order of service, please see photos of each below.

The official dates that the 4 flying Heyford squadrons disbanded were as follows, this was not the date that the aircraft departed.

42nd ECS: EF-111A. 10th July 1992
79th FS: F-111E. 23rd April 1993
77th FS: F-111E. 9th July 1993
55th FS: F-111E 15th October 1993

IMG_0647 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

IMG_0650 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

IMG_0649 3 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

IMG_0648 2 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

IMG_4519 by S DEMPSTER, on Flickr

Cheers
Stewart

Great memories Stewart...I must have all of those too somewhere...... and who can forget the old Rump Shaker

Thanks for the comments Guys...

Kev

[Razzor01]

Rumpshaker indeed Kev, we had some cracking nights at Heyford, especially when we were invited to the squadrons dining in nights.

Stewart