FighterControl

Hi All,

What appears to be becoming an annual exercise there were three B-52 Stratofortress Bombers on temporary deployment to RAF Fairford in support of Baltops 15 and Saber Strike exercises. I managed to catch one returning to base on the last Wednesday afternoon and the final sortie on the Thursday morning both launch and return to base. I have to say despite the BUFF acronym I think they are a spectacular looking machine. Here's just a small seleciton of those two movements.

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USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 'Neanderthal' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr

Cheers

They are very v nice bud.

Great stuff, I was almost going to make the huge journey down there. Last one is spectacular.

Lovely set
Andy

Superb!

Hi Buddy

IMHO, some of the best 'BUFF' shots I have seen

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

Wow, never seen this beast so close, superb photos an impressive carbon foot print shot with No7

Wow, great pics. Agree about the BUFF name being friendly rather than true.

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Absolutely stunning, thanks for posting, can I ask what gear you are using...
Cheers
Pune

Pune wrote:Absolutely stunning, thanks for posting, can I ask what gear you are using...
Cheers
Pune

Thanks Pune, These were shot with the 100-400 MK II IS L with the 7D MKII Body.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments

Lovely set here. The last one is great, certainly a bit of a different sky scape