More bombers heading to Fairford

[TREBAX_RAVEN]

so i presume thats it until next year.

[von_trippenhopf]

Probably another U2 swap before Christmas, then back to sleepy hollow status until next year.

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Presumably the diggers, the bricklayers and the tarmac'ing men must all be due to start appearing next year as well.

[tm74sqn]

Presumably after RIAT 2018 but before RIAT 2019 - hopefully!
TM74

[Spitfire88]

More bombers will be back in January, all TDY staff have returned stateside until then.

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But what about their cars?

[StormsInAfrica]

More bombers will be back in January, all TDY staff have returned stateside until then.

Fingers crossed for some Beaks.....

[Knife 04]

Sorry - can you expand on 'Beaks' please? Familiar with 'Bone' & 'Buff' names but not 'Beak'

Many thanks

[sonicbenj]

I've heard beak used for B-2s before, due to the shape of the nose presumably.

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It’s a term used within the B-2 community for it’s aircraft as it considers Spirit too meh, commercial and not representative of the aircraft. Spirit reminds me more of a 1980s imported Japanese hatchback than a bomber! You won’t find a pilot that says “I fly the spirit” (outside of a media article). It may well have also been related to the name Spirit coming from the manufacturer rather than the USAF, crews tend not to like those names. For the same reason, some only ever call the Global Hawk the RQ4 as GH is actually a Northrop trademark.

[sabrejet]

I'd also guess the relevant crews wouldn't write 'B1', 'B2', 'B52' or 'U2' either, but all are regularly quoted here, rather than B-1, B-2 etc. Pedantic yes, but I can't see 'U2' without thinking of bl**dy Bono!

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Indeed - it’s always the U-2 or the Deuce. I suspect they’re the only people who keep the $2 bill in circulation!