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Hi all, Now the USAF are now new owners of the ex-RAF Harriers how will they collect them, surely their are too many to be taken by road so my guess would be that the USAF will pick them up early in the new year?

Although since last week Cottesmore has been lit up quite well including the hangars compared to past months and i did hear a low and large sounding aircraft during the night which was most probaly nothing but was not sure if it was some sort of transportation?

Anyone else with news on the matter?

Thanks, Cott09

cottesmore09 wrote:Hi all, Now the USAF are now new owners of the ex-RAF Harriers how will they collect them, surely their are too many to be taken by road so my guess would be that the USAF will pick them up early in the new year?

Although since last week Cottesmore has been lit up quite well including the hangars compared to past months and i did hear a low and large sounding aircraft during the night which was most probaly nothing but was not sure if it was some sort of transportation?

Anyone else with news on the matter?

Thanks, Cott09

Ithought it was the USN.USMC that had aquired thm not the USAF,and it seems they have started transporting them by road from whats been reported today[Thursday]

BOLLO wrote:

cottesmore09 wrote:Hi all, Now the USAF are now new owners of the ex-RAF Harriers how will they collect them, surely their are too many to be taken by road so my guess would be that the USAF will pick them up early in the new year?

Although since last week Cottesmore has been lit up quite well including the hangars compared to past months and i did hear a low and large sounding aircraft during the night which was most probaly nothing but was not sure if it was some sort of transportation?

Anyone else with news on the matter?

Thanks, Cott09

Ithought it was the USN.USMC that had aquired thm not the USAF,and it seems they have started transporting them by road from whats been reported today[Thursday]

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Can they leave the "cammo" one behind?

Thats another special c/s jet I've missed...

PR9 wrote:Can they leave the "cammo" one behind?

Thats another special c/s jet I've missed...

No, its one that's going. Seen as just an aircraft in fancy camo paint!!

PR9 wrote:Can they leave the "cammo" one behind?

Thats another special c/s jet I've missed...

If you get yourself up to the gate at RAF Cottesmore, you might just see it leaving in the next few weeks!

XPLUMBER wrote:

PR9 wrote:Can they leave the "cammo" one behind?

Thats another special c/s jet I've missed...

If you get yourself up to the gate at RAF Cottesmore, you might just see it leaving in the next few weeks!

Not necessarily the main gate, try near the deturner

Personally I'll just go on to camp and have a look around!

XPLUMBER wrote:Personally I'll just go on to camp and have a look around!

Same here, but told not publish the photos

Bon voyage, you went to soon!! :-(

Bon voyage, you were retired too soon!! :-(

well thats my dream of an emergency squadron to be re-entered into service!! hopefully a detachment in coming years?

What looked like engines heading south on the A1 today. More on low loaders parked up at Wittering.

Yes the engine move has started!

Three more years of grief to come from the

My own personal opinion and not that of FC - jag636 is spot on.

And no matter what lisping Milliband can throw back.....the deficit is all of Labours doing.

jag636 wrote:Don't blame this government, it was the last lot spending well beyond their means and money they had'nt got, if you look at history it's always the tories who have to clean up the mess left by labour.

Crap in my opinion - Labour do good tories are

Agree with jag36, last labour govt left massive black hole in MoD budget, committed to too many procurements without having the funds (or any chance of them in the future), hence MoD cutbacks have been even more severe than most other areas

i have no political leanings

just think that blackcat1 is right in that:
jags retired WAY too soon
SHARS retired WAY too soon

we could go on, couldn't we, but this has been ongoing for decades, including the TSR2 debacle, F111 farce, etc, etc

it's all 'politique' isn't it

always the grunts on the ground doing the job that suffer (IMHO)

hope i haven't offended anyone

best regards as always

paddyboy