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RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

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Adam Palmer
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RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by Adam Palmer » Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:54 pm

Here are my selection of a great base tour today. Special thanks to Micheal for organizing and to the public affairs for looking after us for the day. :thumb: :thumb:

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

Then after the tour we went to Mildenhall to catch the returning rc135

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

ImageRAF Lakenheath base tour by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by dragonchaser » Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:14 pm

Nice post, judging by some of those shots you got into the control tower, looks like you had a super trip.

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by bunsen » Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:26 pm

Great photos; it was a very good tour and well done to Michael for organising it and for the base to lay on such a great day for us!

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by Adam Palmer » Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:15 pm

dragonchaser wrote:
Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:14 pm
Nice post, judging by some of those shots you got into the control tower, looks like you had a super trip.
Yes we did get in the tower and was quiet lucky as they were the last 2 of the day to land.

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by paddyboy » Sat Aug 03, 2019 3:57 am

Love the U-boat :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by stevedrews » Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:45 pm

Top day 👍🏻 Love every moment of it. As you say Adam, they looked after us so well. And in the current climate of security, hadn't expected that kind of access 😃

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by Drinkmat » Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:35 pm

Nice photos. I was on a base tour a couple of years ago, but came away with few photos. Air Traffic Control photos? No - it's all "classified". Parked aircraft photos? No - they're "classified", e.t.c.
I'm not complaining - the tour was great, even without many photo opportunities.

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by Starbuck » Mon Aug 05, 2019 7:16 pm

Was a great day, hope to see the photos the Tour team took soon.

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by Starbuck » Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:22 pm

Lakenheath just posted a couple of photos from the visit on their Facebook page.

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by stevedrews » Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:21 pm

Starbuck wrote:
Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:22 pm
Lakenheath just posted a couple of photos from the visit on their Facebook page.
Cheers for the heads up 👍🏻

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by Starbuck » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:12 pm

Hopefully some more will appear soon, they took quite a few.

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by Starbuck » Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:51 pm

Can anyone remember the tour guides name?

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Re: RAF Lakenheath Base Tour

Post by Adam Palmer » Thu Aug 08, 2019 5:04 pm

Starbuck wrote:
Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:51 pm
Can anyone remember the tour guides name?
I believe it was first airman Clingerman.

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