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Found a few slides from Alconbury 85, where have all the years gone seems like yesterday.

more on Flickr address below

26+66, 26+74, Alconbury July 21st, 1985 by Steven Schofield, on Flickr

Alconbury, XW533 July 21st, 1985 by Steven Schofield, on Flickr

Alconbury, ET-614 July 21st, 1985 by Steven Schofield, on Flickr

622, Alconbury July 21st, 1985 by Steven Schofield, on Flickr

67-15565, Alconbury July 21st, 1985 by Steven Schofield, on Flickr

56-0312, Alconbury July 21st, 1985 by Steven Schofield, on Flickr

50TFW, 82-0914, 82-0922, Alconbury July 21st, 1985 by Steven Schofield, on Flickr

Enjoy

Steven

Hey Steven

These are fantastic - thanks for posting up

Already had a visit to the Flickr page - that F-101 is sublime!

Look forward to seeing more

Darren

What was the F-101 doing there the year after they were retired from US ANG service?

Thanks for sharing.

It was for battle damage repair training (BDRT) at Alconbury. Later moved to Coventry with the Midland Air Museum.

Very nice, those 104s are stunning, thanks for sharing.

More evidence of why this thread is so good and keeps giving!! '85 wasn't a classic season in the grand scheme of things with no RAF fast jet displays per se but just look at all this stuff!!

Ewart wrote:What was the F-101 doing there the year after they were retired from US ANG service?

Thanks for sharing.

As said, all USAFE bases had a retired airframe or two for BDRT, many kept in good nick given their role. F-100s, '101s,' 105s and F-4C/D/N.. Added even more to the immense variety back then..

Nice set Steven that give a good flavour of that show which I attended. It was one of the better Alconbury shows which tended to be a bit hit and miss. Definitely missed now tho'!

Thanks for comments, Alconbury was one of my favourite fields with plenty of spots to photograph from. Saw some great machines here.

Steven

Hi Steven

Remember that show sooooo well

Siggi and Bennu (sitting in for Axel) were THE stars, IMHO

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

Great post from a sadly missed base,always enjoyed a visit their as you were usually guaranteed to see something decent.
Cheers.

Love the star's, what a great photo and the scan is excellent so clear and light is brilliant

fantastic photos buddy
colin

Thanks for the comments guys

Steven