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BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:24 pm
by Doughnut
LN Strike Eagle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 12:49 pm
Thanks for the update and the serials.
When was 84-0001 last noted? Someone left me a comment on an Instagram post a few weeks ago saying that it won’t fly again and will leave as cargo.
If there is an unserviceable F-15C at Lakenheath surely a candidate for preserving on base ?
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:27 pm
by slogen51
They already have an Eagle on a stick
Duxford already have an F-15 on display
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:43 pm
by stuie492
Cosford maybe
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:44 pm
by colp
Sadly my back garden is too small
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:51 pm
by Stug298
stuie492 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:43 pm
Cosford maybe
F15 is not British !!!
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:59 pm
by Nighthawke
Neither are the MH-53 and F-111 already on display at Cosford, as well as several others. Cosford isn't just for British aircraft.
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:02 pm
by POL
The RAFM are slowly getting rid of RAF-operated aircraft if the specific airframe has no, or indeed a tenuous, link to British military service. Why they've got an F-111 and MH-53, let alone a WC-130 nose section, is beyond me.
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:03 pm
by Stug298
Nighthawke wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:59 pm
Neither are the MH-53 and F-111 already on display at Cosford, as well as several others. Cosford isn't just for British aircraft.
well i never i dont recall seeing them how long have they been there ?
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:08 pm
by POL
The F-111 since 2005 and the MH-53 since 2008.
Re: BLUE 21/BLUE 22/RETRO 71 (RT/PP)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:10 pm
by Stug298
EGVP wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:08 pm
The F-111 since 2005 and the MH-53 since 2008.
im just biased to British i guess or need new glasses !!
F-15C Preservation
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:03 pm
by F4JPhantomII
Reposting this from the Retro flight thread. I was told by a ground crew member in the viewing area a few weeks ago that Lakenheath are planning on preserving a C. They could replace the F-15A as the 493rd never flew them?