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Tuesday 23rd April 2019

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honest man
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by honest man » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:16 am

Should be not a bad day the Omega tanker all being well in this evening with 2 F18s
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by prefontaine72 » Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:41 am

Ive been told 6pm tonite Or does anybody know any different ?these 2 heading to Finland I believe F-18Gs

Dougie :)
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by zero_gravity » Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:12 am

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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by Callum1998 » Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:37 am

prefontaine72 wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:41 am
 Ive been told 6pm tonite Or does anybody know any different ?these 2 heading to Finland I believe F-18Gs

Dougie :)
Would’ve thought it’s a pair of F-18E/F going to Switzerland seeing as their trial starts next week for the Swiss fighter contract. Could be wrong tho?
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by Trevd » Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:58 am

Further to yesterdays heads-up for DRAGN22 this is showing on ADSB as being just SW of Iceland and is 169009

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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by NGY1L » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:05 am

RCH171 C17A 66158 early morning gas & go departed 03:45L
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by honest man » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:37 am

Callum1998 wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:37 am
prefontaine72 wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:41 am
 Ive been told 6pm tonite Or does anybody know any different ?these 2 heading to Finland I believe F-18Gs

Dougie :)
Would’ve thought it’s a pair of F-18E/F going to Switzerland seeing as their trial starts next week for the Swiss fighter contract. Could be wrong tho?
This is exactly what they're doing going to Switzerland
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by NGY1L » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:45 am

Tanker and F18s delayed until Wednesday apparently.
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by venom » Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:00 am

cheers many thanks
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by honest man » Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:12 am

NGY1L wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:45 am
 Tanker and F18s delayed until Wednesday apparently.
Yip Omega10 and Roman11 and 12 delayed 24h
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by dinger » Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:58 am

Roman suggests that they could be from VFA-106 Gladiators out of Oceana.

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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by honest man » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:49 pm

dinger wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:58 am
 Roman suggests that they could be from VFA-106 Gladiators out of Oceana.

Dinger
Could well be ,the tanker went Norfolk to Bangor
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by Gary » Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:10 pm

Both are F/A-18F, they arrived at Bangor too

169653 & 169654

ALTRV is likely up viewtopic.php?f=139&p=1080195#p1080195
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by prefontaine72 » Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:42 pm

Apologies for my bad info lads got me wires crossed somewhere

Dougie :)
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by venom » Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:15 pm

is it 1720 or 18 20 il just get down for 4
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by honest man » Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:13 pm

venom wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:15 pm
 is it 1720 or 18 20 il just get down for 4
Message I got Hornets are 1830
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Re: Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by venom » Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:49 am

honest man wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:13 pm
venom wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:15 pm
 is it 1720 or 18 20 il just get down for 4
cool thanks
Message I got Hornets are 1830

cool thanks nud
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