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Looks like Kendrew Barracks is going to be busy.

Local news reports state 10 Apaches and 4 Wildcats, possible Chinooks and French Gazelles later.

Shame I moved

https://mobile.twitter.com/co_3regimentaac?lang=en

The above link has a shot of 8 Apaches and two wildcats so far at Cottesmore - think they were hunter and gunship formations that departed from Wattisham on 13/11 ( gunship 1-3 , plus gunship 4 later in the day and Hunter 1-3 plus Valiant 61 with Hunter 4.)

Heard a rumour of AlaT helicopters at some point hopefully

Any idea how long the exercise is scheduled to last please?

A MOD download says 12-23 November , also exercise Iron Talon is mentioned on aac twitter

Also Wildcat Zenith is from 18/11 to 1/12 - Northern England

Some serials of Hunter and Gunship formations
viewtopic.php?f=52&p=1043873#p1043873

Blue Diamond wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:04 pm

Any idea how long the exercise is scheduled to last please?

Ex Name: EX TALON PYTHON
Dates: 12-23 NOV 18
Times(L): H24
Area: Scotland & North of England
Fast Jet: NIL
Rotary: YES
Transport: NIL
Comments: NIL

Then following Talon Python comes Wildcat Zenith ;
Dates: 18 NOV-17 DEC 18
Times(L): 10:00 - 22:00
Area: North of England
Fast Jet: NIL
Rotary: YES
Transport: NIL
Comments: NIL

and then ; Rising Panther 18.2 in late November . Phew !

could do with a few of those in my neck of the woods

David Thompson wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:19 pm

[quote="Blue Diamond" post_id=<a href="tel:1043869">1043869</a> time=<a href="tel:1542225890">1542225890</a> user_id=3440]
Any idea how long the exercise is scheduled to last please?

Ex Name: EX TALON PYTHON
Dates: 12-23 NOV 18
Times(L): H24
Area: Scotland & North of England
Fast Jet: NIL
Rotary: YES
Transport: NIL
Comments: NIL

Then following Talon Python comes Wildcat Zenith ;
Dates: 18 NOV-17 DEC 18
Times(L): 10:00 - 22:00
Area: North of England
Fast Jet: NIL
Rotary: YES
Transport: NIL
Comments: NIL

and then ; Rising Panther 18.2 in late November . Phew !
[/quote]

slogen51 wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:14 pm

A MOD download says 12-23 November , also exercise Iron Talon is mentioned on aac twitter

Also Wildcat Zenith is from 18/11 to 1/12 - Northern England

Some serials of Hunter and Gunship formations
viewtopic.php?f=52&p=1043873#p1043873

Thanks for the replies chaps.

Dundee just had Wildcat ZZ403 Valiant 61 for a fuel stop. Working NE of Dundee and will return.

Possibly an Apache to follow.

Arabest,
Geoff.

Does anyone know if they are visible from the outside?

Friday 13:00

Valiant 62 ZZ407 is heading north from Cottesmore / Kendrew according to adsbExchange

Probably has AH-64D in formation?

13:54 descending in the Newcastle area

Apache active today, Sunday, 1615hrs. Posted OTT.

H8643/18: Exercises will take place

INCREASED ROTARY AERIAL ACTIVITY WI 5NM 524359N 0003908W

(COTTESMORE, EAST MIDLANDS). FOR INFO 07545952598. 2018-11-0631/AS4

FROM: 16 Nov 2018 10:52 GMT
TO: 30 Nov 2018 23:59 GMT

I hope this is helpful.

The museum had some 'interesting' Apache activity on Saturday night around 8.30pm, which was covered on our Twitter Timeline. This included the following description of the activity by CO 3 Regiment Army Air Corps:

"One of our night missions to simulate having to do close support to ground forces at very short notice. We’d only just got back from Scotland! #trainhardfightharder"

Hopefully the activity will soon be logged on the museum website http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/NAM-Low-Fly-Log

One of the Apaches in this 'Hunter' flight is believed to be ZJ199

One landed on at about 1900hrs and shutdown. I think


Just before 2200hrs, Hunter1 returned from a trip around Newark area. Gunship1 currently ne of Bruntingthorpe

Some reports from the Newark area of further activity this evening - we're hoping that it continues next week!

One up over the fens this evening, landed on about 1720hrs, one more currently around Cottesmore

After a long muddy slog!

Wildcat.

AAC_0327-ed1 by Charlie, on Flickr

...and some considerably distance further

Apaches.

AAC_0314-ed1 by Charlie, on Flickr

Six?

AAC_0319-ed1 by Charlie, on Flickr



Off to RAF Dishforth.

AAC_0330-ed1 by Charlie, on Flickr

Two Wildcats showing as ZZ398 VALENT 61 and ZZ511 VALENT 62 are south from Dishforth in the Selby area .

Apache ZJ182 JUGGER1 south from Dishforth and now west of Lincoln .
GUNSHIP showed briefly at Dishforth as it landed from the NW and the latest 3 Regiment update has appeared on their Twitter account ; https://mobile.twitter.com/co_3regimentaac?lang=en .

At about 1115hrs today, Apache low,2miles southwest of airfield. Seems to be another over the Lincolnshire wolds on ADSB

Seems to have been a success for Ex TP last year.
Anybody know if there is anything else on the horizon?