Interesting Military Aircraft

[Canonjohns40D]

Hi just in home as I had a bowls match straight after work, anyhow. I noted a fair bit of US Military traffic today including a number of F15s and 10 USAF Tankers. Currently AE07B2 KC-135R 61-0302 QID99 is airborne ht 3200 sqwk 5033.

John

[nortonbeak]

I had a bowls match straight after work, anyhow. I noted a fair bit of US Military traffic today including a number of F15s and 10 USAF Tankers.

It must be very frustrating to have "work" getting in the way of your bowls games and aircraft spotting.

I am pleased to say that I can enjoy bowls and my RadarBox without interference by that dratted four letter word.

[malc41]

That is a word that should be banned on this forum

[daveg4otu]

Still getting used to the whole idea of not working .....there are times when I  miss it.

(Retired 3 yrs ago- bit early due health)

[malc41]

Dave must give you plenty of time to enjoy this and you other hobbies, noting the G4 callsign

[theskyfox]

ASTOR2 decided to pay a little visit to my area for about 3 hours this morning. Couldnt see its position, but it sat nicely at 40k feet for most of the morning..using just mode S. Its a Raytheon Sentinel, used by the RAF for Radar Surveillance.

[theskyfox]

Also had one KC135 and Two C5 Galaxies (at different times) flying over this morning. When I say flying over..I mean somewhere up above at 40k feet within a 60 mile radius of Southend...

[RodBearden]

A fleet of RAF Super King Airs is up and about:



Rod

[EGNXR]

Hi all, Heads up

Currently doing race track pattern between Derby and some point west is an Astor


ZJ690 currently on box should be somewhere over Shawburry as I type trailing nicley. On his third pass over me roughly East - West along EGNX centerline. His orbits take about 15mins so I dont know how far west he goes.

John

[Terry]

Just picked up Hawker Hurricane Mk2C
                     43C391
                     PZ865
                     
Regards Terry.

[GlynH]

Hey there Terry,

Just texted you matey...

I recorded the Hurricane also...along with 43C94 AB910 Supermarine Spitfire earlier on @ 12:54

Have also seen 14 C-17 Globemasters today - 2 RAF the remainder USAF...not sure if that is the 'normal' quota of Globemasters seen in a day or if there is some heavy lifting going on?

Regards,
-=Glyn=-

[Terry]

Thats normal buddy,
                              I got a Spit (AB910/349) a couple of days ago,also check your data base Glyn,as i now have 8 F-15Es from Lakenheath in my log and in the database,so there are more A/C coming through.

  Regards Terry.

[puddy]

Last week had these as well as a lot of Globemaster and Tankers  I live in south Lincolnshire but I am within a few flying miles of Coningsby Mildenhall Lakenheath Marham Waddington and a RAF firing range on the coast only had the ANRB since Monday

Michael

USAF Lockheed MC-130H id TALON71
USAF Lockheed MC-130H id shado61
UK Navy Merlin HM1 (mk111) ZH849
Canada Airforce Airbus CC-150 Polaris id CFC4143
RAF/Nato Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 id NATO11 Waddington
RAF Vickers VC-10 C1K id TARTN51
Eire Airforce Gulfstream IV
French Airforce Boeing E3F Sentry id FAF9020
RAF Bombardier BD-700-1a10 Sentinel R1 id  Astor 1 & Astor 2 Waddington
Polish Airforce Jet Tupolev Tu-154M
1 Usaf SHARK 41 details flight id unknown

[Squad 701]

Dublin 07.08 RCH493  04-4132  USAF  C17  FL33,0  Heading East Rolex, Sq7737

[Tramline]

Israeli Air Force B707 '264' Heading West along UL9 at FL350 just passed CPT.

Always good to see a 707 these days