Swiss AF F/A-18C departing Payerne 20-May-2025
DSC_5032 by Ian Marshall, on Flickr

As I was in the area and had some free time I paid a visit to Payerne, weather was mixed but stayed mainly dry for my visit. Taken from the Museum car park, fence gets in the way but you are very close and when the Museum is open (it wasn't when I took this photo), there is a first floor viewing dec...

I have some time to spare on a trip to Switzerland at the beginning of July and a tour taking in Dubendorf, Emmen and Alpbach bases appears feasible. I was going to add Meiringen but it appears that there is no activity in July there, so leaving that out. Does anyone have any tips, advice etc based ...

Payerne Log for 12:00 to 16:45 20 May 2025 F-18's active: J-5007, J-5015, J-5018, J-5020, J-5023, J-5024, J-5234 F-18 hangar is partially obscured from view by earth mound and they were only outside when active, i.e. on return they went straight back into their hangar. Helicopters active: EC-35's: T...

Is it the same three Ospreys as the first week?

MC-130J's visible from road near B-2 hangars at 09:30 BST this morning were 09-6207, 12-5759 and 13-5778

Is the exercise over as far as Fairford is concerned, or are the MC-130's and Ospreys expected back this week at all?

thevulcan wrote: ↑

Sun May 11, 2025 10:06 am

3 Ospreys and 3 MC-130Js all parked on the northern loop by the B2 hangars.

Thanks

Sorry for this question, but I've been away last week and trying to catch up with what's happening at Fairford. Reading the thread I can see that most (if not all activity) takes place in the evenings/overnight. So my question is really about what is at Fairford, I think it's three Osprey's, but I'v...

Does any know the serial of the Merlin on the back of RFA Tidesurge that left Lerwick around 1pm on the 9th May?

My photos from Sumburgh Head confirmed the ship was RFA Tidesurge A138, but too much haze to identify the Merlin

Noted between 15:45 and 16:30 BST

Jupiter: ZM500

Juno's ZM506, ZM507, ZM510, ZM515, ZM518, ZM520, ZM522, ZM523, ZM524, ZM527, ZM528

Great set, thanks for sharing

I'm hoping to be able to get a few hours to spend at Payerne next month during a business trip. Other than the museum, I have seen reference to a viewing deck at the Aeropole site. However, the information I was reading is 10 years old, so I wondering does anyone have any recent experience/informati...

Great set, thanks for sharing

Great set, thanks for sharing and I must get up to Coningsby some time soon

Did anybody ID the Puma parked outside as Warlock departed ? guessing it was a spare Working through my photos and the light wasn't helpful but it's looking like code V, Y or X I don't think there's any pumas with those letters still operating, only two I know of of that weren't part of the flypast...

colt99 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 26, 2025 11:17 am

Did anybody ID the Puma parked outside as Warlock departed ? guessing it was a spare

Working through my photos and the light wasn't helpful but it's looking like code V, Y or X

There was a cluster of aircraft south of the runway near a hangar. I know the serials of the Typhoon, Chinook, Poseidon and A.400, but does anyone know the serials of the C-17 and Voyager?

Thanks in advance

Great set, thanks for sharing

David Moore wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:41 pm

On Friday 14.02.25 I could see that it had a German flag on the tail. FR24’s on the ground list showed 54+27 as being there, having arrived 15 days previously.

Regards, David

Thanks