B-1b deployment ?

Post by **rva65** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:04 am

they may not be stealthy as such but as far as I know B-1B's give a relatively small radar return?

Post by **Andy_99** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:26 am

Do they really need to be anything like Stealthy for use against IS

The more shock & awe the better I would have thought for this task.

Back On topic - If it all kicks off maybe fairford will become a staging post for frames on the way out or back.

Post by **rva65** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:28 am

I doubt it really considering Bones pass us by regularly being refuelled off to the south west!

Post by **Andy_99** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:33 am

We can but hope.

Remember when they were actively deployed here for was it Bosnia or maybe GW1
Seeing a flight launch at Night with full bomb loads, Quite a spectacle to see & Feel

Post by **CadPlan** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:29 pm

Andy_99 wrote:We can but hope.

Remember when they were actively deployed here for was it Bosnia or maybe GW1
Seeing a flight launch at Night with full bomb loads, Quite a spectacle to see & Feel

You could here them at Brize, the wife was shocked as she had never heard anything like it.

Post by **jonnyweb** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:20 pm

Andy_99 wrote:We can but hope.

Remember when they were actively deployed here for was it Bosnia or maybe GW1
Seeing a flight launch at Night with full bomb loads, Quite a spectacle to see & Feel

It was for Bosnia ( may or june 2009 )..as you said to see and feel the power through the body was immense ,taking off from RW09..full burners on until out of sight ,sadly before i got into aviation photography too

Post by **MRTT** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:08 pm

jonnyweb wrote:
Andy_99 wrote:We can but hope.

Remember when they were actively deployed here for was it Bosnia or maybe GW1
Seeing a flight launch at Night with full bomb loads, Quite a spectacle to see & Feel
It was for Bosnia ( may or june 2009 )..as you said to see and feel the power through the body was immense ,taking off from RW09..full burners on until out of sight ,sadly before i got into aviation photography too

Really don't think Bosnia was in 2009

Post by **jonnyweb** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:17 pm

BrizeWatcher wrote:
jonnyweb wrote:
Andy_99 wrote:We can but hope.

Remember when they were actively deployed here for was it Bosnia or maybe GW1
Seeing a flight launch at Night with full bomb loads, Quite a spectacle to see & Feel
It was for Bosnia ( may or june 1999 )..as you said to see and feel the power through the body was immense ,taking off from RW09..full burners on until out of sight ,sadly before i got into aviation photography too
Really don't think Bosnia was in 2009

Quite Correct, it was 1999 *ammended ..ooops ..Don't drink and type guys

Post by **Andy_99** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:25 am

May have been Kosovo 1999 sounds about right.

Didn't get any photo's either but the spectacle will remain in memory, just gotta figure how to upload it to the net :-)

graham luxton · Post by **graham luxton** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:08 pm

Kosovo it was. B-1B's present Thurs 1st April - Thurs 24th June'99. The 28thBW maintained a combat force of 5 B-1's here but with rotations used a total of 9 a/c over the period.

Shot hours of video including their arrival on a very misty morning on the 1st April when the first one in nearly landed on the R09 underrun!

Post by **Spitfire88** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:34 pm

From Fairford council " normal operation will resume at Fairford for the winter after a busy summer with no more exercises scheduled for this year "

Post by **page_verify** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:22 am

A cynic would ask whether what counts as an exercise to you means the same to "them"......

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