We are in the middle of a wave of spam at the moment and, as Gary has said he was likely caught in that or did not access the forum within a couple of days or post in the newbie forum. I have just deleted 14 spam sign ups in the last 24 hours, Gary has approved one new member and there are two quest...

List updated on the 6th June to delete 165739 USMC which departed today having arrived on the 24th June 24.

Pesmog wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:07 pm

Ah, so the helicopters have arrived then.

Poor old RAMP RAT is going to be writing them up all through the summer. Still, many of them will be copy and paste.

Yep, copy paste all the way to October

Air Tanker have an exclusive agreement with the MOD until, I believe, 2035 by which time I understand the aircraft will be reaching their fatigue limits.

Steve, I have approved the posts, I have also merged the KC46 posts into the KC46 thread, https://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=287&t=196040. With regards to the others the OTT/Heads up is not the correct place so I have moved them to the fighter control mess https://www.fightercont...

1st June 2025 1223 C17 31st May / 12:06 UAF1231 UAE AF. DU-141 AW139 31st May / 16:08 DU141 Dubai Air Wing. DU-141 AW139 17:18 / 5th June DU141 Dubai Air Wing. 2nd June 2025 DU-142 AW139 31st May / 14:55 DU142 Dubai Air Wing. DU-142 AW139 16:39/ Nightstop DU142 Dubai Air Wing. 4th June 2025 97-0400...

ZH888 arr. 8th December 20 RAF (stored). ZH875 arr. 7th April 22. RAF (stored). ZH874 arr. 12th September 22 RAF (stored). ZH878 arr. 19th December 22 RAF (stored). ZH877 arr. 30th January 23 RAF (stored). ZH872 arr. 9th February 23 RAF (stored). ZH879 arr. 28th February 23 RAF (stored). ZH866 arr. ...

There should be a UAE C-17 in tomorrow 15:45 possibly reg 1223. There is also a rumour that the Maximux AN-124 might visit lunchtime tomorrow from the UAE as well. Sometimes they are classified as military. But, what's the betting it turns into another UAE C17? :S Could this be helicopter arrival d...

NorfolkNomad wrote: ↑

Sat May 31, 2025 6:51 am

There is going to be a large reduction of civilian staff at Lakenheath this October, could this possibly be a knock on effect?

I believe October is the end or start of the new financial year for the US Military. More likely to be connected to that than anything else.

Trailspotter wrote: ↑

Fri May 30, 2025 12:42 pm

Trailspotter wrote: ↑

Tue May 20, 2025 2:03 pm

USMC 170280 departed today (20th May 2025) as HRCLS61, having arrived 22nd April 2025.

This departure is still missing from the updated list.

thanks, I was away last week and missed your post, corrected now.

Spectacular flying and the Thunderbirds do not go hand in hand. The dullest fast jet team in existence. The flying is without a doubt spectacular, possibly not visually but certainly in precision. They explain at one point in the performance the leader is flying the Jet into the ground and the only...

I have just watched it, for my money its a good watch and shows a lot of the behind the scenes. There is a lot of background on the pilots and the impact that it has on their family life. there is also a lot of the spectacular flying.

sdad wrote: ↑

Sun May 25, 2025 8:27 am

Any news on the King's departure? Canadian timings suggest he can leave it till Monday morning.

A Canadian A330 arrived at Brize this morning.

US accepts gifted Qatari plane to join Air Force One fleet https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq855lx87z3o

So they accepted the gift, let’s see if it ever goes into service.

Hi all, ‘m Joseph, from South London, but regularly at the bases around Suffolk and Lincolnshire. Also spend quite a bit of time on the scanner. Any ideas which forums to post in to be able to get to the 10 to get into movements? Cheers The best posts are ones that provide logs or assist others, th...

Hi LJC that exactly what the C-17 - ZZ173 - which came in on Easter Monday did, arrived, taxiied to the taxiway from 06 parked for a short time then departed. I actually had time to get from the Airport that day down to Cramond and saw it on departure from there....... Likely pilot training and the...

I am not sure how it would work as it would require the sort of "facilities" to be installed that are currently delaying the two VC25B's. I am not sure the current white house team understand that.

Most of the RAF ones are outside but other than that you just have to be lucky.

Placeholder for any military movements through Stansted in May 2025. 3rd May 2025 1228 C17 03:35 / 4th May UAF1228 UAE AF. 1229 C17 22:33 / 5th May UAF1229 UAE AF. 4th May 2025 1228 C17 3rd May / 22:34 UAF1228 UAE AF. 5th May 2025 1229 C17 3rd May / 13:35 UAF1229 UAE AF 9th May 2025 05-0730 C40 06:3...

ZH888 arr. 8th December 20 RAF (stored). ZH875 arr. 7th April 22. RAF (stored). ZH874 arr. 12th September 22 RAF (stored). ZH878 arr. 19th December 22 RAF (stored). ZH877 arr. 30th January 23 RAF (stored). ZH872 arr. 9th February 23 RAF (stored). ZH879 arr. 28th February 23 RAF (stored). ZH866 arr. ...