Notam 31st August

[sschofield]

Ah, that makes sense then!

[Supra]

That's all to logical for me! How about this?... For just one moment the USAF thought they could pull the wool over the eyes of the fantastic guys posting information on here, by cunningly disguising the U2 movements as a tanker?
That'll be '11 out of 10' for a Fail then?

[page_verify]

Supra, The U-2 guys (and broader USAF) know everything that gets posted about them on here so if they're trying to fool anyone by using the Quid call sign then it's not someone here...

[Supra]

Absolutely! as acknowledged in the post above yours. Sorry, I forgot the final 'wink/whistle' for tongue-in-cheekiness

[Timmo]

B-1s arrived as a fairly tight two-ship and landed around 15:50 local.

[BOLLO]

May be of interest to some ??

https://airrefuelingarchive.wordpress.com/tag/u-2/

[Timmo]

U-2 in the circuit at 16:23 local

[saint1]

U2 landed and back in hangar already. Approx 8 hr 30 min flight.

[sabrejet]

Please gents: we've already had the mods on about the "U2" jokes, and it won't be long before someone else joins in with the coat hangar routine. So please - it's "U-2" (with a hyphen) and "hangar" (with two 'a's').

Unless you are after all talking about Bono's wardrobe, in which case this isn't the correct forum.

Perfick.

[saint1]

Please gents: we've already had the mods on about the "U2" jokes, and it won't be long before someone else joins in with the coat hangar routine. So please - it's "U-2" (with a hyphen) and "hangar" (with two 'a's').

Unless you are after all talking about Bono's wardrobe, in which case this isn't the correct forum.

Perfick.

Thanks for the added value, just giving some info from Fairford earlier. By the way, perfick is spelt perfect, unless you are talking about Only Fools and Horses or the Darling Buds of May, in which case this isn't the correct forum...!!

[graham luxton]

Anyone know why the U-2 is using a "Quid" callsign which is normally assigned to Mildenhall-based tankers? Just curious really!

QUID was originally a callsign used by 9th SRW KC-135Qs when deployed in support of SR-71 missions, which then became a permanent detachment, and eventually the 100th ARW.

In theory, both 100ARW and 9RW have 'dibs' on the callsign!

From my recollection it wasn't like that. The first time I remember SR's A/Ring with Quid's was during Operation El Dorado Canyon in 1986. When SR-71 ops began at Mildenhall their KC-135Q's were assigned to the 100ARW at Beale, 6 and sometimes 7 of which were detached at the 'Hall in support. Tanker c/s were changed for every mission the SR flew ( why make it easy for the other side) and when the Q's were re-assigned to the 9 SRW in '83 that continued. For example, on 26 Jan'85 the SR flew as "Owl" but its Q's flew as "Jig". On 28 Mar'85 the SR was "Ardic" and its Q's were "Union".

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The big difference now is that they want t'other side to know they're coming.

[Knife 04]

Anyone know why the U-2 is using a "Quid" callsign which is normally assigned to Mildenhall-based tankers? Just curious really!

QUID was originally a callsign used by 9th SRW KC-135Qs when deployed in support of SR-71 missions, which then became a permanent detachment, and eventually the 100th ARW.

In theory, both 100ARW and 9RW have 'dibs' on the callsign!

From my recollection it wasn't like that. The first time I remember SR's A/Ring with Quid's was during Operation El Dorado Canyon in 1986. When SR-71 ops began at Mildenhall their KC-135Q's were assigned to the 100ARW at Beale, 6 and sometimes 7 of which were detached at the 'Hall in support. Tanker c/s were changed for every mission the SR flew ( why make it easy for the other side) and when the Q's were re-assigned to the 9 SRW in '83 that continued. For example, on 26 Jan'85 the SR flew as "Owl" but its Q's flew as "Jig". On 28 Mar'85 the SR was "Ardic" and its Q's were "Union".

OK - books out time (prior to the net) - from Mike Vine's and David Davies Superbase 5 book 'Mildenhall' they have 17971 flying as 'Quid 76' and Ops Director 'Quid 54' operating from the tower for an SR mission with the Commander of Det 4 operating mobile as 'Quid 73'. From the book it is unclear whether these are from the same mission although it does appear that the SRs did operate with the callsign 'Quid' (unless I am more naive than I thought and it is for the book only) - possibility that it is a historical 9th SRW (RW) callsign??

Book is well after Mr Luxton's recollection anyway with El Dorado Canyon being 1986 and the book published in 1989

Darren

[R1nger]

So Quid was a Beale callsign that the 100 ARW kept when they re-located to the 'hall.