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F-35 to Europe...

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Hmb » Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:33 pm

Sooo. Anyone gonna visit lakenheath this weekend then?

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Dan D'Air » Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:42 pm

Stealthy arrival eh?
Everybody thinks the base is closed. Result.
I'm not going because it will be dark later and they'll glide in.

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by panta615 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:56 pm

Better start camping out now then. Anyone for an uncomfortable shoulder to shoulder moment at the fence line?! I think not....

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by burnsy133 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:07 pm

Media day on Tuesday at EGUL

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Heatseeker » Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:25 pm

burnsy133 wrote:Media day on Tuesday at EGUL
Is that for real or "fake news"???

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Blackcat1 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 7:14 pm

It's on!y F35? Why all the fuss?
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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Bushpilot » Fri Apr 14, 2017 7:40 pm

Dan D'Air wrote:Stealthy arrival eh?
Everybody thinks the base is closed. Result.
I'm not going because it will be dark later and they'll glide in.
F-35 glide? That's going to make a hell of a crash on arrival :halo:
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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by baz1 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 7:54 pm

that's if they even make it this far!
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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Usernamegoeshere » Fri Apr 14, 2017 8:41 pm

hi how do u know its a media day on tuesday ????
many thanks

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burnsy133 wrote:Media day on Tuesday at EGUL

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Philwinward » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:49 pm

Just a thought,with 492nd overseas,there is plenty of space at Lakenheath !!

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Will24 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:00 pm

If they come to Lakenheath god help the car park and grass after what happened when the F22's came :huh:
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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by TeeJay » Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:32 am

And let's just hope people leave it CLEAN and TIDY this time!!!

NOT the horrendous mess after Raptor deployment!!

You don't realise how close LN actually was to closing the viewing area for good after that :grr:

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by slogen51 » Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:19 am

Just to add to the rumours

I noticed on adsbExchange several tankers this morning in the RCH0nn range - one coming from the Utah area and another out of Bangor on a possible rendezvous heading??

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by TeeJay » Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:23 am

I noticed that too, all similar numbers.... maybe.. :ninja:

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by C24 » Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:24 am

Rubbish dropping is an English disease that I have never quite understood. :S

Smelly fag end droppers who are generally too lazy to put their end into a bin ;)

If the trash is brought by car, why not take it away?

Back to aircraft. If the F-35 is stealthy, how do we know that they aren't already here? :D

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by TeeJay » Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:42 am

We'd know if they were already there as Paddy would be moaning about them :lol:

As he loves them so much :P

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by big john » Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:42 am

C24 wrote: If the F-35 is stealthy, how do we know that they aren't already here? :D
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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by slogen51 » Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:56 am

RCH 077 at FL260 north of Minneapolis heading into Canadian airspace - would tie in with the ALTRV at 60N and the timing looks good.

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by Thunder » Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:59 am

These F-35's will either be from Eglin, Luke or Hill, which means it's going to be a bit of a hike for them without pre positioning on the Eastern seaboard first?

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Re: F-35 to Europe...

Post by rebel14 » Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:03 am

According to Twitter they are from Hill.

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