Mildenhall pics 7th, 8th and 9th

[Jeff]

I spent the Weekend at the Willows campsite at the end of the Runway at Mildenhall, not realising that monday was Labour day in the US with curtailed any movements still not to worry.
The campsite had it very own viewing deck which over over looked the base and all movements could be seen and most def heard especially the 5am depts !!

IMG_1629 - Copy by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

IMG_1653 - Copy by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

IMG_1684 - Copy by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

IMG_1687 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

We packed away on the Tues morn and made the short trip to Johns field....for a £1 a day you cant really beat it for viewing

IMG_1710-001 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

there were a couple of Valour Learjets doing curcuits all morn

IMG_1718 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

IMG_1726 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

and 5 Ospreys on the ground....reggies of 4 eluded me

IMG_1737 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

the added bonus was the returning F15s to Lakenheath passed over Mildenhall....it was like spotting at 2 airfields at once..lol

IMG_1745 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

IMG_1761 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

with the wind very calm the the arrival and dept runways seemed to be down to the pilots discretion

IMG_1771 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

and finally a SNOOP flight made an appearence

IMG_1788 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

IMG_1789 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

IMG_1791 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

and finally it was off to the viewing area at Lakenheath before the drive home....5 dept in 20mins made a good finish to a great weekend

IMG_1836 by Eelmoor Farnborough, on Flickr

[graham]

Cracking shots Jeff, shame about not being able to ID those four Ospreys though. Is there a Mildenhall movements website that might be able to tie them up for you?

[graham]

Just had a nose around the web Jeff and these are the based Ospreys so if you have any shots with part reggies, you might be able to tie them in

07-0033 CV-22B Osprey
08-0050 CV-22B Osprey
11-0057 CV-22B Osprey
11-0058 CV-22B Osprey
12-0062 CV-22B Osprey
12-0063 CV-22B Osprey
12-0064 CV-22B Osprey

[Jeff]

there were 5 visible on the ground when I was there, one dept about 12.30 "0057" another was "0033" and the third looks like "0052" (The furthest right)

[Jeff]

any takers on the furthest Osprey to the right, Im seeing 0052....but Im old...lol

[graham]

Deffo 0052 Jeff, saved the shot to my photo editing prog and zoomed in a bit tighter. Although not a based frame, one of the military forums said about it being deployed to Mildenhall along with another one for a few weeks

Ospreys by Graham Brown, on Flickr

[billsamuels]

Sept 10, 2015 21:22:59 GMT Jeff said:

any takers on the furthest Osprey to the right, Im seeing 0052....but Im old...lol

And getting older by the day!!  At this rate you'll be catching up soon.... LOL....

Bill

EDIT - Lovely shots mate... Might fancy a bit of camping meself!!!  Bet the egg/bacon smelt good in the morning!!!!

LOVERLEE.....

Bill

[Jeff]

Sept 11, 2015 6:44:06 GMT graham said:

Deffo 0052 Jeff, saved the shot to my photo editing prog and zoomed in a bit tighter. Although not a based frame, one of the military forums said about it being deployed to Mildenhall along with another one for a few weeks

Ospreys by Graham Brown, on Flickr

Any idea on full reg

[graham]

Fiscal year 11 Jeff so 11-0052 c/n D1033

[Jeff]

Thanks mate

[smudger98]

Nice set there Jeff...

[Jeff]

Thanks smudge

[Jeff]

Can anyone help with the reg for 64-842 the Snoopy 707 in the above photo........ Ive put 64-0842 into my database but it comes back as a Phantom !!! I hate mil reggies...lol

[davebasing]

Hi Jeff - its an RC135V 64-14842.

[Jeff]

Thanks Dave :-)

[davebasing]

Jeff - I assume you ended up OK with the Herks. If not there's a list of them noted at mid-day on the 5th (which was the day you got there I think) on the Fighter Control Forum, including the gunship which was on on the visitor's ramp

[Jeff]

I did see that report thanks Dave, managed to tie everything up...... Other half wants to go camping again up there next summer as well :-)