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C-2A Greyhound at RAF Lakenheath (and others)

October was a busy and exciting month at RAF Lakenheath with the deployment of F-22 Raptors and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the USS Harry S Truman. However due to work commitments I couldn’t make the journey down from Yorkshire until the 25th October and I watched the news of them both departing with a little disappointment.

So on the night of the 24th Ocotber I went to bed early with the alarm set for 4:15am still unsure where to go (Manchester south side, RAF Coningsby and/ Waddington or down to Mildenhall and Lakenheath).

In the end I held my nerve and took the near 3 hour journey to Suffolk, still not sure if I would see much.

As it turned out I had an amazing trip to RAF Lakenheath with the arrival of one of the USS Harry S Truman’s C-2A Greyhounds running in to Lakenheath. This was especially nice as I saw my first Greyhound in September 2017 taking off from RAF Mildenhall and I was convinced that I wouldn’t get to see one again.

Here’s my C-2A Greyhound shots and a couple from the home team. Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them…and starting with my favorite image from the day

C-2A

'ROMEO GULF 02' | Grumman C-2A Greyhound

C-2A on approach

'ROMEO GULF 02' | Grumman C-2A Greyhound

'ROMEO GULF 02' | Grumman C-2A Greyhound


Rampage14 (ZK307 | 3(F)Sqn) on an approach to Lakenheath

Rampage14 | ZK307 | 3(F)Sqn

Based F-15’s

F-15E | 492nd Fighter squardron

F-15E | 492nd Fighter Squadron

F-15E | 494th Fighter Squadron

F-15C | 493rd Fighter Squadron

F-15E

Number one is a beauty, well done with those

Hi Lee

Cracking shots, mate

Superb light into the bargain

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

HI Lee,

Absolutely stunning set! Number one is brilliant.

They all make it worth the trip, and nice to see some of the C-2's

Take care

Thanks chaps, much appreciated

That first Greyhound is especially nice - glorious Autumn light!

Very nice pics!

You must have been standing close to me..... I had the van with the ladders up the side of it!

Drewn0810 wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:09 pm

Very nice pics!

You must have been standing close to me..... I had the van with the ladders up the side of it!

Yes I was at the end in the forest entrance enjoying a bit of piece and quiet from normal life

Very nice and crisp pictures of a special day.

(And i am glad i was also there when it happened )

Hi Lee,
What a cracking shot that first one is, that said they are all great
Great light, glad it all worked out for you.
All the best
Andy

Hi Lee
Loved those C-2's in and out in that light we had, you've captured it very nicely.
Regards Nick

Thanks folks for the comments, much appreciated.

Superb set there.