Formidable Shield

[markranger]

Saw this , Credit Scramble.

Formidable Shield
01-05 Lossiemouth, (UK) F-35B (10x) USMC

sorry if already posted.

[Mike]

May?

[markranger]

Assume so

link https://www.scramble.nl/planning/sis-summary

Scroll to the bottom.

[markranger]

Scramble now update date to 28th of April.

https://www.scramble.nl/planning/sis-summary

[Thunder]

Was only wondering the other day if any participants were expected for this, however weren’t USMC F-35’s mooted to attend a couple of years back and never materialised.

[np1991]

Was far more interesting USMC than F35 due a few years back, that sadly were retasked Scott.

[Thunder]

Ah, so it was. Well be nice to see if these do appear at least the markings are a bit more interesting.

[SamP]

This has now changed from ‘10x USMC F-35B’ to ‘various’ on the Scramble site

[drives20]

This has now changed from ‘10x USMC F-35B’ to ‘various’ on the Scramble site

If you scroll to the bottom of the page it still has 10x USMC F-35B mentioned

[Callum1998]

I see Scramble has the ex listed for around 4 weeks. However is there any indication as to how long the USMC F35’s are going to be present. I seem to remember in 2023 that the French Navy Rafale’s were only up for around 1.5 weeks of the ex?

[Thunder]

They need to arrive first

[mudcity]

The SHAPE / NATO website gives the dates as 01-31 may

FORMIDABLE SHIELD

Formidable Shield is a multinational live fire integrated air and missile defence (IAMD) scenario located at the Hebrides Range, Scotland, focused on maritime operational and tactical interoperability between participants in a series of complex Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) and Air Defence (AD) scenarios. Includes air and land domain assets.

[Jason Grant]

According to Scramble, the 10 x USMC F-35B have cancelled. Does anyone know if any other countries are planning to deploy to Lossiemouth for the exercise?

[iain s]

According to Scramble, the 10 x USMC F-35B have cancelled. Does anyone know if any other countries are planning to deploy to Lossiemouth for the exercise?

Negative.

[Jason Grant]

According to Scramble, the 10 x USMC F-35B have cancelled. Does anyone know if any other countries are planning to deploy to Lossiemouth for the exercise?

Negative.

Ok, thanks

[Callsign.Atari]

It will be interesting to see if anything arrives this week for the Ex. Hopefully, the German arrivals last week were a sign of things to come.

[np1991]

German is unrelated to Formidable Shield. I wouldn't get your hope up.