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Thursday 7th October

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iain s
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Thursday 7th October

Post by iain s » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:45 pm

Noted today at a busy Leuchars-
5 x F3s, Q launch AM and 4 ship launch PM.
6 sqn Tiffies, 4 ship AM and 3 ship PM.
2 x Chinnok MK3s "Gambit 1+2"- hot refuelled.
6 x Tucanos
VC10 tartan 41 overshoot AM coded S.
1 GR4 overshoot.

Anybody need more please ask, just heading home.

HTH Iain

tomcat79uk

Re: Thursday 7th October

Post by tomcat79uk » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:21 pm

Sounds a good day I am heading there in the morning I know hit or miss with it being a friday but fingers crossed.

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Re: Thursday 7th October

Post by Flyingmonster » Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:39 am

Iain do you have an ID for the Q Jet?

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Boo boo (aka Jamie)

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Re: Thursday 7th October

Post by PeteHemsley » Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:39 am

Looks like you had a good day bud! Where are the typhoons opperating from on the base?? Are they on the asp or around the has sites?

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Re: Thursday 7th October

Post by iain s » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:49 am

FM- Q jet was ZE791 HF with BoB code!
Pete- yeah 8 Tiffies arrived over a week ago, 4 were sitting out and flew. They are all operating from ex 43/56R Sqn ramps.
4 ship afternoon sortie was HL,HP,HU and HK.
The 2 Chinnys hot refuelled on the cross runway just in front of us.

HTH Iain

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