WA Nellis F-4Gs supported by NY C-130H, Oct 94, night stopping the Heath.

[fisherman]

If I have the year wrong please forgive me, I think this happened in 1994, I arrived at Lakenheath about lunchtime from Coningsby, Lakenheath was holding exercise Cold Fire, including Nor AF. There were a few people about but not that many, then these guy's pitched up followed by some Dutch F-16s sadly or not I think the F-4Gs all went on to be QF-4Gs. Always great to look back on a happy day out... the following morning there were just a few more people! lining the A-11 fence at 8.30am.

1.WA F-4Gs Nightstop at the Heath, headed West and supported by NY ANG C-130H transiting form the Gulf.-4 by Michael Fisher, on Flickr

2.WA F-4Gs Nightstop at the Heath, headed West and supported by NY ANG C-130H transiting form the Gulf.-3 by Michael Fisher, on Flickr

3.WA F-4Gs Nightstop at the Heath, headed West and supported by NY ANG C-130H transiting form the Gulf.-15 by Michael Fisher, on Flickr

4.WA F-4Gs Nightstop at the Heath, headed West and supported by NY ANG C-130H transiting form the Gulf.-5 by Michael Fisher, on Flickr

5.WA F-4Gs Nightstop at the Heath, headed West and supported by NY ANG C-130H transiting form the Gulf.-6 by Michael Fisher, on Flickr

6.WA F-4Gs Nightstop at the Heath, headed West and supported by NY ANG C-130H transiting form the Gulf.-7 by Michael Fisher, on Flickr

7.WA F-4Gs Nightstop at the Heath, headed West and supported by NY ANG C-130H transiting form the Gulf.-8 by Michael Fisher, on Flickr

8.WA F-4Gs Nightstop at the Heath, headed West and supported by NY ANG C-130H transiting form the Gulf.-14 by Michael Fisher, on Flickr

More at https://www.flickr.com/photos/65425040@N07/

Hope you enjoyed them?

[paddyboy]

Hi Michael

How can anyone with an aviation bent not love those

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[Punkrunner62]

Great post, the Phantastic Mighty F-4.
Cheers.

[The Phantom]

Superb

[PaulN]

Very nice Michael

Missed these on 2 counts ...here , and at the time

Had a similar piece of luck back in 1980 with the South Carolina A7s

Thanks for posting

Paul

[chek16]

Hi Michael, great to see some Phantoms in the air!

If it helps, I have a photo from the Airfighters site of 69-7286 landing at Lakenheath that's dated October 1994.
I very much doubt the Nellis Weasels would have deployed via Lakenheath very often, so would guess that's the likely date fort your photos too.

[graham luxton]

Hi Michael, great to see some Phantoms in the air!

If it helps, I have a photo from the Airfighters site of 69-7286 landing at Lakenheath that's dated October 1994.
I very much doubt the Nellis Weasels would have deployed via Lakenheath very often, so would guess that's the likely date fort your photos too.

Great post Michael - I'd have been very ,very pleased even to have seen these let alone photograph them!

Spot on with the month/year Chek - but it was actually on the 5/6th Oct'94 according to `BAR`. The C-130 arrived from Lajes on the 4th and departed back there on the 6th.

The F-4 movements were complicated but`BAR`worked them out! On the 5th Oct, 6 WA's arrived from the Middle East - those in the photo's plus 69-0278. On the 6th, 4 departed to
the US leaving 69-0278 and 69-0286 behind. On the 12th Oct, 10 WA's, including 4 which had returned to the states on the 6th, arrived from Nellis going to the Middle East. Included in those was 69-7286, which meant that there were 2 WA's present at Lakenheath whose tail numbers ended with "286" On the 17th Oct, 10 of these departed to the middle East leaving the 2, 286's behind. These remained until the 27th Oct but returned to the US instead, causing some amusement apparently by those that saw them go due to them having the same last 3.

[fisherman]

Hi Michael, great to see some Phantoms in the air!

If it helps, I have a photo from the Airfighters site of 69-7286 landing at Lakenheath that's dated October 1994.
I very much doubt the Nellis Weasels would have deployed via Lakenheath very often, so would guess that's the likely date fort your photos too.

Great post Michael - I'd have been very ,very pleased even to have seen these let alone photograph them!

Spot on with the month/year Chek - but it was actually on the 5/6th Oct'94 according to `BAR`. The C-130 arrived from Lajes on the 4th and departed back there on the 6th.

The F-4 movements were complicated but`BAR`worked them out! On the 5th Oct, 6 WA's arrived from the Middle East - those in the photo's plus 69-0278. On the 6th, 4 departed to
the US leaving 69-0278 and 69-0286 behind. On the 12th Oct, 10 WA's, including 4 which had returned to the states on the 6th, arrived from Nellis going to the Middle East. Included in those was 69-7286, which meant that there were 2 WA's present at Lakenheath whose tail numbers ended with "286" On the 17th Oct, 10 of these departed to the middle East leaving the 2, 286's behind. These remained until the 27th Oct but returned to the US instead, causing some amusement apparently by those that saw them go due to them having the same last 3.

I thank you both for the information that you submitted to the post, really great that you guys still have your 'BAR' records and have been able to date my photographs
for me. Well done guys!