Tabor 11 and Tabor 21 flights depart lakenheath

[slogen51]

some more crops or smudges from two very different mornings at Lakenheath

Thursday 10 Oct: Tabor 11-16 continue east.

Thunder Bolts Rule
88-1705 389FS Thunderbolts Tabor 11 Departing Lakenheath 10-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

89-0506 Tabor 12 taxi to RW24 Lakenheath 10-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

87-0201 389FS Tabor 13 taxi to RW24 Lakenheath 10-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

88-1667 389FS Tabor 14 Lakenheath 10-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

87-0183 389FS Tabor 15 taxi to depart RW24 Lakenheath 10-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

87-0210 389FS Tabor 16 taxi to RW24 Lakenheath 10-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

Gold 63 flight going MAM - BENBO
Gold 63 87-0122 KC-10 with Tabor 11-16 Overhead Lakenheath 10-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

Friday Tabor 21 head out into the murky weather
87-0209 Tabor 21 taxi to RW24 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

87-0198 Tabor 22 taxi to RW24 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

87-0202 Tabor 23 taxi to RW24 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

88-1678 Tabor 24 RW24 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

87-0204 Tabor 25 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

87-0173 Tabor 26 taxi to RW24 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

87-0173 Tabor 26 rolling traffic RW24 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

The 493rd have been very active during the past week - 8 departed Friday morning into the East Anglia MTA - preparing for a DACT exercise in the Canaries - nice work if you can get it
86-0174 Gator 2 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

84-0015 Gator 4 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

86-0178 Eagle 2 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

84-0019 Eagle 3 Lakenheath 11-10-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

cheers
mike

[Seacat192]

Nice set Mike.

Good catch with the overflight, and getting the photo with one on the boom.


Roger

[prefontaine72]

Great shots there Mike well done mate

Dougie

[Skywatcher]

Good evening Mike
Great pics,
Really like the one with all the flight tanking from the KC 10 ,a unusual shot ,very well done
Also the last shot is very good
Many thanks for sharing ,it’s greatly appreciated
All the best
Max
P.s the scheme on 173 is very smart,any significant meaning to the artwork at all ? Anyone know ?mtia

[baz1]

very nice Mike thanks for posting

[slogen51]

Thanks for the comments

The latter shots are quite soft but I thought I would post a few reapers as they seem to working up for a deployment to Tenerife ( although according to another post on here it is hotting up again between Saudia and Iran)

[Mawgan4]

Very nice shots, Mike

Alisdair

[XWP29]

Cheers Mike thanks for posting

[paddyboy]

Hi Mike

Great set there

The last 4

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy