Upcoming Deployment/Exercise May-June

[nick197]

U1727/15 NOTAMN
Q) EGTT/QFAAH/IV/NBO/A /000/999/5141N00147W005
A) EGVA B) 1506020845 C) 1506021200
E) AD AND RWY 09/27 OPEN. AVAILABLE FOR SCHEDULED MOVEMENTS ONLY.
Add 1 hour for local time

[MRTT]

C5 Galaxy due in between 10.50 & 11.15 according to RAF Fairford Spotters Twitter.

[BOLLO]

C5 Galaxy due in between 10.50 & 11.15 according to RAF Fairford Spotters Twitter.

RCH 710 C 5M

[stealth1234]

Lots of talk about x9 B-52's x3 B-2's and x2 B-1b's coming in for deployment. How true is this ?

[paulk]

The most I think we'll see is 3-4 B-52s and 2x B-2s.

[Gary]

Not seen or read about any support tankers for the exercise, so was doing a bit of googling. There's a patch on EBay for 171st ARS involvement in Sabre (Saber) Strike. Looks like they might be operating out of Riga IAP? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USAF-Patch-17 ... 5b12461dc2

If anyone know where you can still get hold of the 171st ARS Saber Strike 14 patch, let me know

[100arw]

127 ARW and 171 ARW were both scheduled for Rigga.

[EGDR]

There have also recently been two KC-135s at Vilnius Airport, I don't know what the serials or markings were though

[RubyRoo]

There's no way the base will see anything more than 2 B-2's.

The special hangar is only capable of storing 2 anyway.

I would give an arm and a leg to see B-1's at the base, but I suspect that won't happen either unfortunately. I would imagine they would try and keep aircraft types down to stop the amount of logistics and equipment required being too much.

I would hazard a guess and say it will be very similar to what happened last year. 3 B-52's and 2 B-2's. Lovely!

[POL]

I plan to visit RAF Fairford to see these wonderful aircrafts. Is the car park near the end of runway 27 and bomb dump available? If this car park is not available, where is the alternate car park?

You do realise Fairford is an operational military airbase and not Tesco, don't you?

[MikeB]

I plan to visit RAF Fairford to see these wonderful aircrafts. Is the car park near the end of runway 27 and bomb dump available? If this car park is not available, where is the alternate car park?

You do realise Fairford is an operational military airbase and not Tesco, don't you?

The poster is probably referring to the fact during the presidential visit they opened a car park at the bomb dump... This is the only time in many years I've known this happen, so unlikely to happen this time.

[Mo]

1049L RCH 730 C-5 (87-0036) showing in the SW approaches

[sherriff]

87-0036 RCH730 with Brize now, 133.75, vectoring for 27 approach, FFD

[magnum]

A new NOTAM now posted, possibly yesterdays C-5 departing.

U1755/15 - AD AND RWY 09/27 OPEN. AVAILABLE FOR SCHEDULED MOVEMENTS ONLY. 03 JUN 10:40 2015
UNTIL 03 JUN 14:00 2015. CREATED: 03 JUN 10:43 2015

[stealth1234]

Does anyone have an idea what day the bombers are due in ?

[johnwayne]

I think if anyone knows they can't say and most of us don't know anyway !

[seven]

Ive heard friday, from a unofficial source. And no word on type although i wasn't denied when i asked if it was F-117's

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[baz1]

117's ?? I dought that very much, and I would say more like Saturday!??

[SamP]

Obviously the F117 comment was a joke. Could we please refrain from such comments, it does nothing for the thread.

Everyone needs to be patient and just wait and see, when info of arrivals is known it will be posted. It's not going to be today, and if last year is anything to go by we could see the B52s in tomorrow and the B2s in over the weekend, but that's just an educated guess.

[Chris IL-76]

Is the C-5 due out today?