wallyinoz Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Yesterday on the 27 May, wife and I set off for a picnic down Cambridgeshire way at RAF Lakenheath (actually all USAF). we we were astounded at the number of people in the viewing area and on the roadways,sure it was a bright sunny day, covid restrictions have been eased (though everyone was pretty much adhering to the social spacing requirements) so why all the interest? Well we lucked out that day, unbeknown to us a squadron of F-15s were returning from deployment in the middle east. There must have been 30 F-15s in the air (16 Lakenheath and around 14 - I didnt count - Mountain Home based jets.) I took 1000+ pics and spent 2 days going through them, they were a mixed bag quality wise, the sun position wasnt the best and it took a bit of time to get the right exposure but I find some of the silhouettes quite pleasing anyway, I had fun looking through them and I hope you do too, things to look out for: different stores load outs different paint schemes different helmets / flying suit colours kit bags spread around the cockpit coamings crew chief "In Loving Memory of..." Checkmate Eagle nose art, pod / tank with "Ride Hard, Shoot Straight and always Speak the truth" Eagle with bomb mission markings Eagle with 2 green star kill markings (?) I will chuck a few up on here but follow on to my photostream to see the rest, I had a great day, hope you like em 1P4A2594 4 ship silh 2 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A2609 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A2754-002 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A2860-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A2891-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A2902 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A2933 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A2948 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A2976 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3051 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3062 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3071-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3140-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3153 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3224 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3253-002 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3327-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3494 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3521 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3626-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3713 kit bag and bombing missions by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3756-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3786 202 kitbag by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3795 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr eagle vs eagle by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3870 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr 1P4A3353 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr What a great job! Aircraft spotters can be be a weird mob.. number takers, shutter snappers and these two: 1P4A2838 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr at the end of the private road there is some sort of alternative church, maybe they were from there, but maybe they are scooter riding Druid priestesses..who knows anyway please enjoy the pics cheers wal 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Beautiful photos. I was surprised to see the Lakenheath Eagles didn't have travel pods mounted while the Mountain Home Eagles did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, SAT69 said: Beautiful photos. I was surprised to see the Lakenheath Eagles didn't have travel pods mounted while the Mountain Home Eagles did. The homebased Lakenheath Eagles were undertaking normal local training flights whilst the Mountain Home based 389th FS Eagles were returning from a deployment in the Middle East so were fitted for a ferry flight. Excellent set of photographs @wallyinoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Great set. Thanks for sharing. My favourite is #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Excellent pictures, thanks for sharing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Great set of photos. It is surprising to see some old F-15C still flying. Regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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