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Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's - A Few More Added

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Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's - A Few More Added

Post by RGL9999D » Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:30 am

This is my first attempt at posting scanned photos. All are from Mildenhall in the late 70's/80's.

I have added a few more from the same era.

KC-135A '00130' (58-0130) 27/05/1978
ImageSL_1192 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

C-141A 12778 26/05/1980
Image1980_21 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

RC-135U 14847 05/06/1980
Image1980_125 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

Smokey KC-135A 91470 06/06/1980
Image1980_126 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

C-130E 96581 in Desert Camo 26/07/1980
Image1980_182 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

KC-97L 30307 08/08/1976
ImageSL_0109 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

EC-121T 30548 24/02/1978
ImageSL_0150 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

NC-130A 50022 10/03/1978
ImageSL_0203 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

WC-130H 50980 10/06/1978
ImageSL_0208 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

C-130E 420/4X-FBQ 08/07/1978
ImageSL_0217 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

Boeing 707-125 006/4X-BYA
Image2_53 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

Hope these were of interest.

P-3C 160287 03/06/1980
Image17 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

C-130E 21820 of AFRES 11/10/1975
ImageSL_0186 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

A-6E 157013 of VA-35 25/02/1978
ImageSL_0248 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

KC-97L 20842 of Illinois ANG 11/06/1976
ImageSL_0099 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

KC-130F 149798 11/10/1975
ImageSL_0185 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

Not very good quality, but a shot of C-130E 21295 landing with starboard outer engine feathered on 11/10/1975
ImageSL_0187 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr

10285 EC-135H of 10th ACCS, one time resident, taken on 11/10/1975
ImageSL_1195 by hawkeye0301, on Flickr
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by StandardTom » Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:47 am

Very interesting indeed, great post. Please post more!
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by paddyboy » Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:41 am

That is one high bar you have set yourself there :Wow:

Atmosphere with a capital A :lol:

EC 121 and Smokey 135 :Wow:

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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by Petepilot » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:22 am

What a great post! Quite likely that we would have bumped into each other at the fence at Mildenhall and elsewhere. Lovely record of 50022 :clap: Pete
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by Jazz » Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:37 pm

Wow, so many golden era classics there :thumb:
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by Maurits37 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:53 pm

Nice shots especially the Israëli C-130E Karnaf and B707 Re'em.
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by Proteus » Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:12 pm

Wonderful post. Many thanks,regards N
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by LTFT5 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:23 pm

Love that EC 121 and that WC-130H
Stunning post of a great era.

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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by RGL9999D » Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:34 pm

Many thanks for the feedback folks, I'll post some more examples in due course.
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by rh226 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:38 pm

Petepilot wrote:What a great post! Quite likely that we would have bumped into each other at the fence at Mildenhall and elsewhere. Lovely record of 50022 :clap: Pete
I think that I too must have bumped into you on those dates in June and July 1978 - especially if you were in the "Spotters Car Park".

Ahh, the memories......... :thumbs:

Incidentally, the Israeli Herc is an H model (c/n 4653).
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by jaybee » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:42 pm

Those are very retro, I wish I hadn't got stuck in Amsterdam in the late1970s,I would have been better off getting high on there fumes :unsure: :thumb: the KC97 is a dream..
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by Knife 04 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:42 pm

These scans, yours and Pete's, get better and better. So much history of the visitors to the base

Ran some of my prints from the mid / late eighties through the scanner the other day - these beat mine hands down! - I'll give up now!

Thanks for taking the time to post these - would be interested in any more

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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's

Post by bigcrow » Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:04 am

A real interesting post & show what variety was to be seen back in the good old days.. The NC-130 is particulary rare... :thumb:
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's - A Few More Added

Post by RGL9999D » Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:40 am

Added some more scans 16/02/2015.
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's - A Few More Added

Post by kjshaw01 » Tue Feb 17, 2015 5:12 pm

What a superb set of pics......................

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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's - A Few More Added

Post by Jammo » Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:27 pm

Starlifter looks superb :clap: :clap: :clap:
Great to see the hercs in all their different colour schemes, now they all grey grey grey..... :'(

Stunning set of images :thumb:
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's - A Few More Added

Post by Frank the Dog » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:17 pm

Great selection of photos, and as commented earlier, superb paint schemes :thumb:

Thanks for sharing these with us !
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's - A Few More Added

Post by Grifter » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:18 pm

Love that KC-97! Some really different stuff in there! (For me anyway!) Especially the different Herks!
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Re: Mildenhall Late 70's Early 80's - A Few More Added

Post by RGL9999D » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:34 pm

Thanks for viewing folks, appreciate the comments.
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