86-0182 F-15D - Let's see your best pics

[Bolar]

There was talk of the Squadron standing down Oct 2014 until Putin kicked off.

[DanBeeden]

BMRider - that show-covered departure shot is magnificent.

[Ashley Wallace]

One from my tanker flight last February

86-0182 / LN F-15D - 493rd FS "Grim Reapers" / 48th FW - RAF Lakenheath, UK by Ashley Wallace - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

[Tim Holden]

aIMG_0535 by timothyholden, on Flickr

aIMG_0613 by timothyholden, on Flickr

Though this is not the best picture in the world, being quite distant, quite soft and a lot of croppage..... just look at the difference in afterburner plume between the left and right engine.

aIMG_0537 by timothyholden, on Flickr

[TeeJay]

Found one of 0182 from 6th December 2012, taken on a very cold frosty morning at LN...


P1080962 by TeeJay-2012, on Flickr

All the best
Trev

[Reaper02]

86-0182/LN leaving Payerne on monday morning after the AIR14 airshow on 6 & 7 Sept.

Regards, Edwin Schimmel
www.final-approach.nl

[Cherokee Rose]

2 from me. Both taken at Lakenheath Aug 2011.


86-0182 F-15D Eagle 48 FW RAF Lakenheath by SLR - dedicated to my partner Martin, on Flickr


86-0182 F-15D Eagle 48 FW RAF Lakenheath by SLR - dedicated to my partner Martin, on Flickr

[jp 74]

Arrival at KB 12-9-2014

[nick197]

Great shots everyone

[benji1867]

IMG_2013 by benji1867, on Flickr

Mine from KB arrivals day

[smacken]

Taken a couple of weeks ago.

[stigorige]

Just found a cold one!

Stig.

[reaperops]

Evening All,

These two images were taken last Friday (03-10-14). I'm not sure of the last time this 'bad girl' flew after Friday, so this could well of been its last successful 'wheels down' landing it made. Farewell #182.

F-15D 86-0182/ LN, 493rd FS/ 48th FW by Gary Chadwick., on Flickr

F-15D 86-0182/ LN, 493rd FS/ 48th FW by Gary Chadwick., on Flickr

Gary

[X29 JET]

Acording to My Records which maybe wrong LOL ! think this was taken in 1995ish well before the digital age anyway

[DUI]

This is my first post so I'll see how it goes, I had the good fortune of capturing 182 I the loop.

[nick197]

What a great first post DUI, I'll look forward to seeing more of your shots in the future mate
Thanks everybody for contributing so far in this thread

[Unknown74]

Really horrid to hear about this accident, good to hear that the pilot has survived.

[rh226]

It's been quite common recently for both D's to fly on the same training mission.
I guess there is now a possibility of a replacement airframe arriving over the winter, if they have any to spare!
Cheers, Stig.

I guess there won't be a replacement as they are/were on the cards for disbanding? Surely it would be an awful effort to get a jet over for a shortish period?

Not that much problem, I wouldn't have thought. Fly one back as part of the RETRO flight with some of LN's F-15Es that are returning from maintenance.

As to where the replacement airframe comes from, there are four "redundant" airframes now that the Aggressor squadron has disbanded. Or, possibly, filch one from the OR. ANG. I'm sure that, with fourteen of them, they can spare one - even if they are the premier F-15 training squadron.

[stigorige]

I belive disbandment is likely to be delayed or completely cancelled for the time being.
New funding has been made available to keep an air superiority capability at Lakenheath, this will eventually mean deciding between keeping the 493rd in place or using deployments from CONUS to maintain it.
Stig.

[CookyBoy]

here's a few from me.. love the golden oldies pics from days gone past..
1F15D by Steve Cooke-SRAviation, on Flickr
2F15 Eagle by Steve Cooke-SRAviation, on Flickr
cheers Steve