Originally Posted by
57mm
Back to the thread: AAR is not practised overland, IIRC. Ospreys have a distinctive sound and this aircraft definitely did not match it. It was a mil fast jet without lights and definitely not an Eagle either, as they also have a distinctive sound. I just find it odd that an aircraft is even permitted to fly without lights at night.....
I have previously done AAR overland, but admittedly not in U.K.
Military aircraft can and do fly in U.K. without lights. Normally NOTAM’d though.