BUFF over Downham

[57mm]

About 30 min ago, a B52 passed overhead Downham Market, inbound to Fairford maybe. Unusually, it was closely escorted by 2 F-35s.

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Was it a 3-Star in the Buff?

[NutLoose]

photo shoot?

[chevvron]

Yeah oldest (B52) and newest aircraft in the inventory.

[BFSGrad]

Enjoy the shriek while you still can. Won't be long before a B-52 sounds like nothing more than a flock of angry Gulfstreams.

[tartare]

Originally Posted by BFSGrad

Enjoy the shriek while you still can. Won't be long before a B-52 sounds like nothing more than a flock of angry Gulfstreams.

You made me larf - very good!

[MJ89]

Originally Posted by BFSGrad

Enjoy the shriek while you still can. Won't be long before a B-52 sounds like nothing more than a flock of angry Gulfstreams.

And the 3-Star one, lol PPrune at its best

[chopper2004]

Originally Posted by 57mm

About 30 min ago, a B52 passed overhead Downham Market, inbound to Fairford maybe. Unusually, it was closely escorted by 2 F-35s.

shhhh it was a Secret Seven Mission lol

Apparently it Twas an engine failure after playing ufo over the North Sea with fighters.

I missed it by 5 minutes as I arrived at the ‘Hall….the pair of F-35 landed back at the ‘Heath.

cheers

[Timelord]

Originally Posted by chopper2004

shhhh it was a Secret Seven Mission lol

Apparently it Twas an engine failure after playing ufo over the North Sea with

cheers

Oh no, the dreaded seven engine approach!

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Beat me to it Timelord!

[bobward]

To get back on thread, Fighter Control reports the combine did a flypast at RAF Lakenheath.

Here's the link, with due acknowledgement to Fighter Control.

Lakenheath 22 March 2022 - B-52H Flypast - FighterControl

[tdracer]

Originally Posted by Timelord

Oh no, the dreaded seven engine approach!

Way back when (college days), I heard a story from one of the several USAF pilot types that were in the same Aero Engineering classes (the Air Force was paying them to get their Masters).
Two pilots that had gone through flight training together were flying as part of an exercise - one in an F-4, the other in a B-52. The F-4 pilot was bragging about how great his aircraft was, and it could do anything a B-52 could do only better. The B-52 pilot said "OK, let's see you do this". The F-4 pilot was confused and asked what the Buff pilot had just done? The response was "I just shut down two engines".