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SOG exercise??

Post by GVLCN » Fri May 06, 2016 7:47 pm

Hi all,

Noted this afternoon at MoD St Athan were the following:

11-0057 knife 71, was operating when I left then filed for a 20.15 departure back to mildenhall, unsure if now departed!
11-0061 knife 72
11-5731 mc-130j departed around 5 or 6pm
12-5757 mc-130j departed around 5 or 6pm

Hope this helps,

Cheers Andy T

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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by GVLCN » Fri May 06, 2016 7:57 pm

Just had the two Ospreys depart back to mildenhall 5000ft heading Gloucester way, seen over Newport.

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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by BOLLO » Fri May 06, 2016 8:31 pm

GVLCN wrote:Just had the two Ospreys depart back to mildenhall 5000ft heading Gloucester way, seen over Newport.
Heading in to D208 Stanta before they come back to the Hall.
http://www.airfighters.com/photosearch.php?phgid=SHED" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; LOADES
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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by Blackcat1 » Fri May 06, 2016 9:59 pm

Yes sma!l exercise over the weekend , they should be back tomorrow operating until Monday/Tuesday
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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by BOLLO » Sat May 07, 2016 5:58 pm

No CV 22's or MC 130's departed today,are there some still down in Wales at all ??
http://www.airfighters.com/photosearch.php?phgid=SHED" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; LOADES
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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by GVLCN » Sat May 07, 2016 6:10 pm

Nothing turned up today as far as I know possibly due back Monday or near future

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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by Blackcat1 » Sat May 07, 2016 8:12 pm

2 MC130s and 2 Ospreys departed St Athan Friday evening. Now it's just a rumour they will be back.
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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by GVLCN » Sun May 08, 2016 7:05 pm

As I stated above Gareth, only rumours! Best off not discussing in depth what happens on a public forum, with what they do at st athan with the Ospreys due to the nature of the exercise.

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Post by Cornish-guy » Sun May 08, 2016 8:49 pm

GVLCN wrote:As I stated above Gareth, only rumours! Best off not discussing in depth what happens on a public forum, with what they do at st athan with the Ospreys due to the nature of the exercise.
Dont think anyone assumed it might have been an operational situation - if it was, just the normal training type thing.

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Post by Blackcat1 » Mon May 09, 2016 7:52 am

It's all over Facebook and the SWAG with photos and logs ,hardly a secret.
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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by GVLCN » Mon May 09, 2016 7:38 pm

08-0050 knife 71 looks like it's inbound shortly

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Post by David Thompson » Mon May 09, 2016 8:02 pm

Blackcat1 wrote:It's all over Facebook and the SWAG with photos and logs ,hardly a secret.
I was curious as to what SOG stood for and the perceived secrecy so I Googled it and found details of a Special Operations Group deployment to Fairford in 2013 ;
http://www.aeroresource.co.uk/exercise- ... -fairford/
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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by GVLCN » Tue May 10, 2016 1:29 pm

11-5731 strix 62 just passed over Newport looks inbound

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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by Al dunn » Tue May 10, 2016 1:40 pm

Possibly gone into Cardiff???

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Post by Blackcat1 » Tue May 10, 2016 2:34 pm

Yeah landed at Cardiff now departed back to the Hall
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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by BOLLO » Tue May 10, 2016 3:18 pm

And about to depart back down again .
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Post by Blackcat1 » Tue May 10, 2016 3:21 pm

Brightening up slightly!! Hope they take scenic route lol then again I'm off to a birthday party to the pub so I'll probably miss them!
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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by GVLCN » Tue May 10, 2016 4:54 pm

Only one turned up now departed any word on the second herc?

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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by Knife 04 » Thu May 12, 2016 9:11 pm

Sounds like you have inbounds tonight guys - Couple of Strix at least

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Re: SOG exercise??

Post by Al dunn » Fri May 13, 2016 6:47 am

3 MC-130Js turned up just between 0020 and 0040

Taken from SWAG

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Landing at 00:18 from Mildenhall is "Strix 61" MC-130J 11-5731 ..departed at 00:38 back to Mildenhall
Landing at 00:25 from Mildenhall is "Strix 62" MC-130J 12-5737 ..departed at 00:48 back to Mildenhall
Landing at 00:33 from Mildenhall is "Strix 63" MC-130J 13-5778 ..departed at 00:52 back to Mildenhall

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