EX ARCTIC CHALLENGE/BALTOPS/SABRE STRIKE/AMPLE STRIKE 17

[DEREK SMITH]

Thanks Guy's
That's good news for me hopefully there are more arriving that have not visited the UK before

[farnboroughrob]

Saw the lovely sight of a smoking B-52 presumably downwind for Fairford to the west of Oxford this morning about 08:30. Anybody know which one it is?
Rob

[jingernut]

Check the tracking thread which will show movements.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=146935&start=120

[markranger]

Lynx77,

PM sent,.

[Gary]

Make that two PM's sent

Thread tidied too

[Nighthawke]

60-0002 certainly hasn't visited the UK since 1965 and I'd not seen it before. The "spotting" situation prior to 1965 was such that it may have visited and slipped through the net as weekday reports covering the English SAC bases were, in some cases, virtually non - existant! Weekends were another matter though and there was better coverage particularly when B-52's started making regular weekend visits from late '63 at Brize Norton, Fairford, Upper Heyford and Greenham Common.

Page 2 of this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=146935&start=20

refers to it being here in 1999

[Phil]

Page 2 of this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=146935&start=20

refers to it being here in 1999[/quote]

Read page 5

[Thunder]

If you read onto page 5 of the the same thread, you'll see that it hasn't been over here and the info on page 2 is incorrect due to someone mis-logging it in 1999

[Nighthawke]

Ah OK - apologies to all for the misleading post. I was reading the thread at work on and off yesterday and must have missed the crucial amendment.

[Gary]

Tomorrow might see some activity. A single altitude like that has been used by bombers (among other) usually without tanker support viewtopic.php?f=139&t=147004

viewtopic.php?f=139&t=147004&p=903784#p903784

[Dan M]

Tomorrow might see some activity. A single altitude like that has been used by bombers (among other) usually with tanker support viewtopic.php?f=139&t=147004

That link is telling me I need to be logged in and registered?

[rh226]

Tomorrow might see some activity. A single altitude like that has been used by bombers (among other) usually with tanker support viewtopic.php?f=139&t=147004

It is a Westbound ALTRV, Gary.

Something from Scandinavia/Baltics going back to CONUS?

[page_verify]

Not sure if the confusion has been cleared up, but 61-0002 has been to Fairford before whereas 60-0002 hasn't.

[mushbuster]

To confirm the three B52s at Fairford are 60-0002 "Spirit of Bossier and Shreveport" and "Lets Roll" marked 2BW with a green fin stripe, 61-0020 "The Big Stick" marked 20BS and a Blue fin stripe and 60-0021 "Blackjack" with a red fin stripe

[bobthehandyman]

Not sure if the confusion has been cleared up, but 61-0002 has been to Fairford before whereas 60-0002 hasn't.

thanks, and just to be sure on this, neither have looped either...........

[MRTT]

Never a good idea in a Buff.

[johnwayne]

Is that Mach Loop or southern taxiway loop at Fairford ?

[Blackcat1]

Could do Bala to Cad but it would be etremely tight and probably decapitate a few togs on Cad!!l

[Rory76]

http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/04/28 ... -strike-čr

Not seen this posted before....

Looks promising

[page_verify]

I was about to post a question about when people think we might see our AFGSC friends again - it seems now we know.