Interesting post pinched from another thread
Mildenhall 13/2/14 inc The BONE's Departure. ? FighterControl ? Home to the Military Aviation Enthusiast
One of the pictures shows a KC 135 with what looks like an RAF Sqn badge on the fin. My first thoughts were that it was 51 working up for RJ. Not the case as I am more than familiar with the goose.
Anyone know the association and what the sqn badge is?
A spotter mate also saw the B1 over Soham (Cambridgeshire) yesterday.
These spotters really take some fine shots. One other in the series is the C130 with the Wescam, several other protrusions including two pairs of tanks. One appears to have a receptacle on the back for a basket. (It could equally be a dispenser for chaff or flares). now why did this strike a chord with me? I just thought it odd that the lengths the UK went too just to fit a pair of extended range tanks to our
Js a few years back. Great play made of UK participation in leading some of the Block Upgrade programme yet the yanks just get on with it and make things happen. What happened to our LRDI in the end?