Mildenhall last week - all the President's men!

[canberraman]

As many of you will be aware, President Obama made a three day visit to London last week on what is probably his final visit as President. During that time RAF Mildenhall and RAF Northolt payed a supporting role, being the stations where the helicopters and Ospreys flew from and at Mildenhall, where the presidential motorcade arrived at and departed from. With the generally good weather, plus the bonus of having the 12 Tyndall Raptors deployed up the road at RAF Lakenheath, the bases were a magnet for spotters and photographers keen to witness the movements. Here's a few shots I took between Tuesday and Sunday.

HMX-1 MV-22, one of three that were operated from Mildenhall in support of the Presidential visit.

A heavily cropped shot from atop the 29 end 'mound' on Sunday April 24th as the Ospreys return from their supporting mission.

One of the two elderly VH-3D Sea Kings that ferried the President between Stansted and his visit destinations in London and Windsor, seen returning to Mildenhall on April 24th

This C-5M brought over a fleet of vehicles to be used by the President and his entourage during their stay in the UK

One of the locals, CV-22B 11-0058 operated by the resident 7th SOS/352 SOW.

Currently deployed to Mildenhall is this RC-135W from 55tth RW, operated by a crew from the 95th RS.

Also temporarily based at Mildenhall while the repairs to the runway at RAF Waddington continue, are the two RC-135W Airseekers from RAF 51 Sqn including ZZ664 wearing the squadron's centenary markings.

KC-10A from the 305th AMW at McGuire AFB NJ about to depart from Mildenhall runway 11.

This KC-135R, from the 916ARW at Seymour-Johnson AFB SC, is currently on Temporary Duty at Mildenhall and has been regularly flying AAR missions in support of the 48th FW F-15s and the deployed Raptors.

Thanks for looking, hope these are of interrest.

Mark

[M_Sinclair]

Oh man I gotta visit England. So jealous of all the fantastic aircraft you guys get to see!

[Jinxman]

Lovely set, and looks like you had some nice weather as well,

Thanks for sharing,

[F-32]

[Colin W]

excellent

Thanks for posting

Colin

[tonyot]

Lovely photos and best still,.......Obama has gone and won`t be coming back,....Anglophobe idiot!

Tony

[phildagreek]

Nice shots, thanks for putting them up.

[canberraman]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments and likes.

Mark