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Formidable Shield
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:29 pm
by markranger
Saw this , Credit Scramble.
Formidable Shield
01-05 Lossiemouth, (UK) F-35B (10x) USMC
sorry if already posted.
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:46 pm
by Mike
May?
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:56 pm
by markranger
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:50 am
by markranger
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:47 pm
by 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.
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:17 pm
by np1991
Was far more interesting USMC than F35 due a few years back, that sadly were retasked Scott.
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:09 pm
by Thunder
Ah, so it was. Well be nice to see if these do appear at least the markings are a bit more interesting.
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 10:13 pm
by SamP
This has now changed from ‘10x USMC F-35B’ to ‘various’ on the Scramble site
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:33 am
by drives20
SamP wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 10:13 pm
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
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:09 am
by 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?
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:03 pm
by Thunder
They need to arrive first
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:27 pm
by 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.
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:12 pm
by 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?
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:28 pm
by iain s
Jason Grant wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:12 pm
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.
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2025 7:53 pm
by Jason Grant
iain s wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:28 pm
Jason Grant wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:12 pm
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
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:07 am
by 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.
Re: Formidable Shield
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:59 am
by np1991
German is unrelated to Formidable Shield. I wouldn't get your hope up.
