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USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:21 am
by f106dart
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:31 am
by elderforest
Thanks for posting the article.
F-22 deployment 'within a month' is interesting.
Skyscanworld on Twitter gives rumours of AK F-22s onward to Germany.
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:44 am
by slogen51
Already Raptor rumours doing the rounds for next week
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:11 am
by Finty
Overdue, what time are they looping, haha...
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:19 am
by Andy_99
Finty wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:11 am
Overdue, what time are they looping, haha...
11:35 on Tuesday, unless it's raining or too hot
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:59 pm
by Reach1985
There was talk some years ago about upgrading some of the facilities/HAS etc. at Spang to accommodate F-22 ops. I don’t think this happened unless anyone knows otherwise but I guess some infrastructure work may be carried out in the future if Spang becomes preferred location for surge operations for fighters in the European theatre.
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:43 pm
by Canberra TT.18
Reach1985 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:59 pm
There was talk some years ago about upgrading some of the facilities/HAS etc. at Spang to accommodate F-22 ops. I don’t think this happened unless anyone knows otherwise but I guess some infrastructure work may be carried out in the future if Spang becomes preferred location for surge operations for fighters in the European theatre.
In the past couple of years deployments of F- 22 (TY) & F-35 (HL) have taken place at Spang also F-15 (SJ) . To train for the serious business.
Spang has huge infrastructure it accommodates 4 fighter squadrons in the 90s.
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:18 pm
by Reach1985
Canberra TT.18 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:43 pm
Reach1985 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:59 pm
There was talk some years ago about upgrading some of the facilities/HAS etc. at Spang to accommodate F-22 ops. I don’t think this happened unless anyone knows otherwise but I guess some infrastructure work may be carried out in the future if Spang becomes preferred location for surge operations for fighters in the European theatre.
In the past couple of years deployments of F- 22 (TY) & F-35 (HL) have taken place at Spang also F-15 (SJ) . To train for the serious business.
Spang has huge infrastructure it accommodates 4 fighter squadrons in the 90s.
Indeed - & yes I was aware of these deployments. I was referring to some there being a fiscal year budget line from some years ago around the time that Mildenhall was scheduled to close & the SOG were to be relocated - there were some additional works planned at SP which if memory serves was to upgrade some of the HAS for F-22 ops.
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:13 pm
by Canberra TT.18
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:27 am
by PapaIndiaKilo30
Murmurs of the F-22 going via Prestwick instead now. Any truth to this?
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:23 pm
by Nighthawke
Probably PWK spotters making their claim
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:34 pm
by raameagle
Hmm, let’s land a number of our most advanced A2A fighters at a civil airport lol
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:42 pm
by BOLLO
Nighthawke wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:23 pm
Probably PWK spotters making their claim
It will be Fairford next you watch
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 5:09 pm
by Reach 392
PapaIndiaKilo30 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:27 am
Murmurs of the F-22 going via Prestwick instead now. Any truth to this?
Doubt it, F-22s have far more intensive security requirements compared to other assets in their inventory (F-18s, A-10s etc). Having a decent amount of US Security Forces on station would be more favourable. Somewhere a bit like LKH.
Re: USAFE Won’t Add Extra F-35 Sq But Will Get Rotation of F-22s
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:08 pm
by Nighthawke
Somewhere
exactly like Lakenheath
(please)
