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| US Air Force Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy 86-0025 was a lunchtime arrival.... |
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| .... when it diverted in due to poor visibility at RAF Mildenhall |
More photos later
Showing posts with label US Air Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Air Force. Show all posts
Saturday 17 December 2016 - US Air Force Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy 86-0025 diverts in from Mildenhall
Friday 15 January 2016 - US Air Force Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey 12-0063 is an early morning visitor!!
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| US Air Force Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey 12-0063 was an early morning arrival from its base at RAF Mildenhall.... Photo: Mark Presswood |
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| .... the first of this type of "tiltrotor military aircraft" to visit Birmingham Airport! Photo: Mark Presswood |
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| For more information on the Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey see here - it parked on the Elmdon apron.... |
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| .... next to US Air Air Force Boeing VC-32A 98-0002 which had arrived on Thursday evening attracting a lot of attention while it awaited its passengers.... |
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| .... who duly arrived and boarded the Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey which then started up |
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| .... it rotors tilt forward to allow it to taxy as it made it way for departure via Taxiway Foxtrot |
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| .... and Taxiway Lima still with the rear door open |
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| .... it then lined up on Runway 33 in front of the fire station |
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| .... the rotors cutting through the cold early morning air Photo: Paul Townsend |
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| .... as it climbed away on route to Gloucester Airport Photo: Paul Townsend |
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| .... as it gained altitude the rotors move forward and it becomes a turbo prop aircraft |
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| Meanwhile US Air Force Boeing VC-32A 98-0002 spent the day parked up.... |
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| .... on the Elmdon apron with US personnel in attendance Photo: Brett Allen More photos of the other movements during the day in due course |
Saturday 20 February 2016 - US Air Force Lockheed C130J-30 Hercules 07-8614 is an afternoon visitor
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| US Air Force Lockheed C130J-30 Hercules 07-8614 was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron.... |
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| .... taxying in by Cavok Air Antonov 12BP UR-CEZ and Grodno Aviacompany Antonov 26B EW-364TG |
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| .... the Hercules was operating a medevac flight and later departed to RAF Mildenhall |
More photos later
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Thursday 14 January 2016 - US Air Force VC-32A 98-0002 is an evening arrival on the Elmdon apron
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| United States Air Force Boeing VC-32A 98-0002 was an evening arrival from Tel Aviv on the Elmdon apron.... |
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| .... bringing in US Defence Department officials for a meeting with their British counterparts |
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| Aurigny ATR 72-212A G-COBO climbs quickly off Runway 33.... |
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| .... having started its take off run back to Guernsey from Sierra One |
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| .... it had earlier diverted in due to a disabled aircraft blocking the runway at East Midlands |
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| Piper Cheyenne 3A D-IOSD also diverted in from East Midlands.... Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| .... parking on the Elmdon apron - it was soon on its way back to Leipzig |
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| Icelandair Boeing 757-223 TF-ISY operated their flight to Reykjavik/Keflavik |
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| easyJet Swiss Airbus A319 HB-JZS operated the flight to Geneva in place of the usual G- aircraft |
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| Bin Air Metro III D-CAVA spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron |
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| Falcon 7X M-LJGI was an afternoon departure back to Dublin |
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| Cirrus SR-22 N549CD was a late afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron |
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Sunday 17 January 2016 - US Air Force Boeing C-40B 01-0040 made a morning visit to the Elmdon apron
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| US Air Force Boeing C-40B 01-0040 was a morning departure off Runway 15.... Photo: Paul Townend |
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| .... it had earlier positioned in from Andrews AFB near Washington to collect the passengers |
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| .... who were originally planned to depart on Boeing VC-32A 98-0002 - that aircraft had been reassigned to transport the Americans released by Iran and had positioned out to Geneva on Saturday evening |
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| .... with Boeing C-40B 01-0040 taking the US Defence Department staff visiting the UK back to Washington |
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| Small Planet Airbus A320-233 SP-HAH operated their flight from Paderborn.... |
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| .... its first visit to BHX |
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| Vizion Air Fokker 50 OO-VLP operated the VLM flight to Waterford |
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| Titan Boeing 757-256 G-ZAPX operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Chambery |
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| flybe Embraer 195 G-FBEM which is in a "Cancer Research UK" logo scheme was a morning arrival from Faro when it diverted in due to poor visibility at Cardiff |
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| GlobeAir Cessna 510 Mustang OE-FCB was a morning arrival parking up to night stop |
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| Piaggio P-180 Avanti M-PIRE was a day stopping visitor from Rotterdam |
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Saturday 16 January 2016 - US Air Force Boeing VC-32A 98-002 is an early evening departure
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| US Air Force Boeing VC-32A 98-0002 was an early evening departure Photo: Nick Broome |
More photos later!!
Thursday 16 August 2012 - US Air Force C17A 02-1110 is early morning arrival
US Air Force C17A 02-1110 spent the day parked upon the Elmdon apron.... Photo: Mike Hollick
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.... it had arrived in the early hours of the morningoperating a medevac flight
Friday 25 November 2011 - US Air Force C17 90-0532 early morning diversion
US Air Force C17A 90-0532 was an early morning arrival whenit diverted in because Mildenhall was closed for the Thanksgiving
Holiday - after unloading on the Elmdon apron it repositioned
to park up on Taxiway Tango Photo: Mike Hollick
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Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200 G-CFKW which had arrived on Thursdaywas loaded onto a trailer on the Elmdon apron to be moved to the
NEC for "The Flying Show".... Photo: Mike Hollick
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.... leaving the site via Hangar Road.....
.... and causing some rush hour queues on the A45 Coventry Road!!.
More photos later!!
Tuesday 14 December 2010 - Omni Air DC 10 N270AX operates a trooping flight
Omni Air International Douglas DC 10-30 N270AX.....
....was a lunchtime arrival operating a trooping flight..Photo: Ron Kosys.
.... pity about the weather!!.. Photo: Ron Kosys.
.... parking up on Stand 85C.
RAF Hercules C4 ZH872 visited to collect passengers off the DC 10.....
.... while RAF C17 ZZ172 operated a medevac flight.
US Air Force Learjet C-21A 84-0081 was a morning visitorwhen it diverted in due to poor visability at Mildenhall
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Falcon 50EX D-BETI was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron
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