A busy day at Prestwick

[AndyHam]

This morning at Prestwick there were six USAF KC135 , two USAF C17 and a Polish Air Force C130E on the ground at one time and Trumps 757 was hiding round at the terminal.
Although not quite as old as the tankers the Herc was the pick of the bunch. 1505 started life with USAF in 1971 as 70-1276.
Those present were 57-1486 , 58-0079 , 58-0083 , 59-1448 , 59-1453 , 61-0321 , 00-0178 , 04-4137 and 1505

04-4137 C17 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 (1) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr00-0178 C17 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 (2) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr
00-0178 C17 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 (1) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr04-4137 C17 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 (2) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr57-1486 KC135 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 (2) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr57-1486 KC135 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 (1) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr58-0079 KC135 PIK 03 May 2023 (3) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr58-0079 KC135 PIK 03 May 2023 (2) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr58-0083 KC135 USAF 03 May 2023 by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr59-1448 KC135 PIK 03 May 2023 (2) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr59-1448 KC135 PIK 03 May 2023 (1) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr59-1453 KC135 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 (5) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr59-1453 KC135 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 (7) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr61-0321 KC135 USAF PIK 03 May 2023 by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr1505 C130E Polish AF PIK 03 May 2023 by Andrew Hamilton, on FlickrPIK 03 May 2023 (1) by Andrew Hamilton, on FlickrPIK 03 May 2023 (2) by Andrew Hamilton, on Flickr

[slogen51]

I like that, a good photo log

Plus Blue 11/12 later that evening

The USAF must make up the bulk of the jet movements? When I last visited there was a couple of Ryanair, an Air France Triple and a Cargolux lump!

[paddyboy]

Excellent record there, Andrew

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[DanBeeden]

Wow - quite the line up of USAF heavies. It always seems incredible to me that the USAF use Prestwick so heavily given the fees that must be associated with each movement. Just regular landing and handling fees, etc, for aircraft of this size. Given that they could land at actual USAF bases in the UK for a fraction of the cost? I must be missing something!!?

Thanks for sharing - I like the panoramic shot especially.

[ringo747]

Anyone have the serials for the Blue c/s that arrived around 7pm'ish?

[gvr]

Wow - quite the line up of USAF heavies. It always seems incredible to me that the USAF use Prestwick so heavily given the fees that must be associated with each movement. Just regular landing and handling fees, etc, for aircraft of this size. Given that they could land at actual USAF bases in the UK for a fraction of the cost? I must be missing something!!?

Thanks for sharing - I like the panoramic shot especially.

Yeah, that's puzzling. I guess RAF Mildenhall had enough capacity to handle this?

[SkyMan]

Wow - quite the line up of USAF heavies. It always seems incredible to me that the USAF use Prestwick so heavily given the fees that must be associated with each movement. Just regular landing and handling fees, etc, for aircraft of this size. Given that they could land at actual USAF bases in the UK for a fraction of the cost? I must be missing something!!?

Thanks for sharing - I like the panoramic shot especially.

So whats the cost to land at a USAF base then if you are so confident it's cheaper than anywhere else?

[teeonefixer]

That's a great selection!

Anyone have the serials for the Blue c/s that arrived around 7pm'ish?

From the Heads Up section:
Two Tankers just departed from Bangor, nothing on ACARs yet but guessing BLUE81/2
KC-135 [AE04CD] Showing on ADSB as 62-3503
KC-135 [AE058F] Showing on ADSB as 58-0045