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Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:01 am
by slogen51
Hi
Anybody on here know when Crimson Warrior begins?
Monday 19/10?
Ta
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:43 am
by CastleDon
http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/aip/curre ... 075_en.pdf
Have also posted this link in 'NOTAMs and Exercises' section, further down the front page.
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:13 pm
by slogen51
Cheers
19 October 2020 0900-1200
21 October 2020 0900-1200
26 October 2020 1000-1300
28 October 2020 1000-1300
02 November 2020 1000-1300
04 November 2020 1000-1300
Weird timings for the Danger area activation - every other day?
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:31 pm
by Fighterfoto
The training serials are complex and on a large scale so the intervening days are for planning and debriefing.
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:06 am
by Andy Marden
That's fairly standard for complicated exercises.
Cobra Warrior at Waddington last year was the same - in that exercise they still flew on the "missing" days, just not large scale exercise missions.
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:55 pm
by slogen51
Quite busy this morning with VMFA-211 putting up four F-35B as Wake 41-44 and 617 Sqn launching Ghost 71,73,74 ( Ghost 72 cancelled) for Crimson Warrior.
(In total today [Monday] there were 15 F-35B departures using 10 different aircraft from the British and American jets; 7 USMC and 3 British)
I see in the local paper that the station have announced five covid-19 cases
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/five-repor ... -1-6890841
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:51 am
by RobinM
Interesting comment on the RAF Web site here:
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/la ... rs-begins/
"The expanded Crimson Warrior includes land based training scenarios for the Lightning stealth fighters and helicopters that will form the Carrier Strike Group Air Wing for next year’s operational deployment of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth."
Is this a sign of the times that land based training will be used for more and more of such exercises?
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:15 am
by Fighterfoto
No it means that the carrier elements will be training from land as if they were operating from the ship. So taking advantage of an existing exercise as part of the work up for the first carrier deployment.
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:04 pm
by slogen51
Wednesday 21/10
Horrible weather at Marham with rain and low cloud although the winds were light
Wake 41-44 departed as two flights of two separated by about 20 minutes. The British F-35B cancelled.
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:55 pm
by mad dan eccles
Just curious to know what time today's departures were? Was it the morning push at about 1015 or so?
Re: Ex. Crimson Warrior 2020
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:02 pm
by markranger
mad dan eccles wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:55 pm
Just curious to know what time today's departures were? Was it the morning push at about 1015 or so?
see here chap
viewtopic.php?f=8&p=1237059#p1237059