F-35 Royal Air Force Marham
 

More recent Intel.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/f...cing-completed

Interesting, despite the sometimes questionable English. Hope they used the extra day to sweep up every last bit of asphalty gravel.

'questionable English'? They are taking the piss "an air crew feeding facility" Oink Oink :}

'taught' vs 'taut' for example.

I assume the Aircrew Feeding Facility is a trough, or should it be Troff :E

From the article "To resurface the runway, more than 18,000 tonnes of asphalt were laid over an area of nearly 38,000 square metres, equivalent to more than 5 rugby pitches..."


Do RAF/UK airfields mostly use asphalt? I would have thought concrete. That seems to be the choice in the US for primary runway surfaces, and might be a better choice for the F-35B with the runway spalling concerns....

Asphalt? That could be a bad move. I remember at Fairford 2016, they had to lay a temporary steel mesh strip to allow the F-35 to manage a vertical landing. The explanation given was that the asphalt would melt!

Deja vu
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gX3_mQZ4gY8

They got a cheap deal from a bunch of pikeys in Kings Lynn..

Mexe-Pads in the remote corners of the airfield are in the 2023 LTC.

Meanwhile ... Gosh! "Group Captain Ann Gibson, Lightning Basing Team Leader, RAF Marham said... " Eng?

At this rate there will be more Group Captains and above than RAF F35[b] Lightning 2 aircraft.....

MOREham ReDevelopment Map - note VL Practice Pads & STOVL runaways etc. Where's de TROFFs? :}


https://3.bp.********.com/-Y15hcv20D...0/untitled.JPG

Since RAF Marham has had it's runways repaired, does this indicate an impending closure of the station in the near future?:E
Surely station closures normally follow after major repairs.:uhoh:

It is now a strong and stable runway, it cannot be closed :8

Well it's had a swimming pool since the 60s and its survived so far!

"Resurfacing the intersection of the two runways". So, would that be where we enter the box at the start of high-speed runs on club trackdays?

?? No swimming pool at Marham...

Why go to the expense of re-developing Marham when Wittering already has the facilities for STOVL/VTOL Ops?

Have they filled it in? Was still there in 77 when I left. Near the main gate by the NAAFI shop as it then was.

"It was there in '77!"
Made me laugh. PPrune in one sentence.