Yet another USAF one.
RAF Bishops Court, Northern Ireland, Aug 1989. While bulling up the insides of a HF200 height finding Radar for a CO's inspection one Saturday afternoon, I hear the distinctive whine of turbofan engines. I turn to my colleague and state ‘That sounds like an A-10, what the hell is it doing over here?’ Run outside the radar to see a pair of them do two circuits around the airfield, much to the surprise of the local VGS Venture glider that was in the circuit at the time. The Warthogs were actually supposed to be displaying in the Ulster Airshow at Newtownards 20 miles to the north.
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