Sunday Morning at RAF Marham - 17.3.2024

[MFoster]

Spent Sunday morning at RAF Marham, expecting the return of the F35Bs (I had seen a comment on this forum that they might be returning) that had been deployed onto HMS Prince of Wales as part of Exercise Steadfast Defender.

It was my first time spotting at RAF Marham so just found a spot along Chalk Lane to park up and luckily there were a few others waiting for their return too.

The weather was horrendous for their return but was really nice to see the RAF F35Bs 'in the wild' with 7 of them carrying out STOVL approaches to the runway and 1 carrying out a conventional landing.

Photos shown in the order they were taken - at least one photo per jet that returned

1. IMG_7959-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

2. IMG_7997-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

3. IMG_8035-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

4.IMG_8070-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

5. IMG_8092-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

6. IMG_8129-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

7. IMG_8162-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

8. IMG_8201-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

9. IMG_8246-Enhanced-NR by MattFosterPhotos, on Flickr

[martynskeet]

Awesome photos, wish I lived closer.

[natexornate]

Love the spray in #4, and the vapor in the first few. Good captures all!

[MFoster]

Thanks both - I was hoping that they would land on the runway to catch the spray from the rain as they touched down!

[jpickers56]

Well done for catching these and nice images despite the weather. 8 RAF F35B's landing all at once is a rare sight. Thanks for sharing.