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HeathrowAirport

12th Jan 2009 16:10

Monarch Flight Between Military Destinations.

Hey,

FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > Monarch Airlines Ltd. #9779

Is going from RAF Lossiemouth to Barksdale Afb

Anyone able to shed any light on what its for?

Regards,

R..

threeputt

12th Jan 2009 16:18

Maybe Exercise Giant Voice is back on?

3P:ok:

12 twists per inch

12th Jan 2009 16:29

There is an exercise on at Barksdale and the Tonkas were invited. Monarch chartered to move personnel as AT fleet too busy/too broken. Nothing unusual.

harrogate

12th Jan 2009 16:34

I see Jet2 have been running out of Brize this week, to Dubai I believe.

S'pose they have to make up for the lack of business this winter.

HeathrowAirport

12th Jan 2009 16:40

Hey Thanks,

Just a very strange flight and I wanted to clear things up.

But whats Tonkas?

Regards,

R..

Pontius Navigator

12th Jan 2009 16:44

Avoiding the obvious crack,

Tonka is a nickname for the Tornado.

Eckster

12th Jan 2009 18:37

Its for Exercise Green Flag East, believe 14 Sqn are taking part. Also believe the AAR part of the knackered AT fleet got them out there with no problems (apart from the 24 hour delay due to weather and Tonka issues)

Cheers

Knackered AT fixer

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