Military Movements 07/03/2017

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Good Morning,

Situation as at 10.15Z:-

The following have all departed Mildenhall on their homeward journeys:-

"RCH439" KC-135RT 58-0124 [AE04C0]

"RCH434" KC-135R 60-0355 [AE0264]

"OLIVE56" RC-135W 62-4131 [AE01CC]

"BALDY71" CV-22B 11-0058 [AE540A] has departed Mildenhall and is over the North Sea at FL100 heading for COA.

"RRR2302" Voyager ZZ333 [43C6F6] is passing S of Canterbury heading Eastbound for KOK and on...

"DRAGN86" U-2S 80-1080 [AE095B] has gone into Fairford.........serial confirmed.

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11.14Z "CTM1013" 075/F-RAJA [3B7782] Southbound at FL370, passing over Whitchurch, heading for the South coast

11.27Z Passing over Ascot, heading in the direction of Brighton.

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12.13Z "CFC4001" CC-177 177704 [C2B3F5] Westbound over Central London at FL190 heading > CPT (at present).....inbound Brize Norton.

12.20Z Passing S of Wallingford, Westbound at FL160.

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Didn't spot this earlier.

12.18Z "MJN7" C-130J-30 525 [70C07D] has departed Cambridge Eastbound and is currently plotting over Germany....good thing I called in Cambridge yesterday!!

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12.27Z "DRAGN21" Westbound U-2S should be arriving at Fairford very shortly

It is not plotting and has only made one contact (at 11.45Z) with Fairford tower so far (credit FC).

12.31Z On Fairford Tower 338.225, 8 miles out for straight in on Rwy 27 (credit FC).

Serial reported on FC as being 68-10337.

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13.42Z "BALDY71" CV-22B 11-0058 (see 1st post in thread) Westbound at FL120 crossing the Belgian coast at COA, heading (at present) in the direction of CLN........RTB Mildenhall

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14.39Z "RCH1815" 99-0169 [AE080F] Westbound at FL280, over the North Sea routing > MONIL > EMLON > OTR

15.06Z Passing OTR for NATEB.

15.23Z Passing over Durham, now turned for MAC.

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14.42Z "RCH804" 10-0219 [AE4F13] Westbound at FL360, crossing the Dutch coast by The Hague, routing > NAVPI

14.52Z Passing NAVPU and turned for MAM > EXMOR.

15.22Z Passing Cirencester

15.25Z Visual from Melksham whilst passing over Yate........could see a/c and trail through the high cloud cover.

15.31Z Crossing the Somerset coast E of Watchet, routing (at present) > GITUS.

...........Passed S of the Lizard.

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15.11Z "RRR2144" Voyager ZZ331 [43C6F4] Southbound climbing through FL200, passing by Newbury, and turning for the South coast.

15.17Z Just crossed the South coast by Worthing at FL270, heading > VEULE.

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15.16Z "BDN60" Hercules ZH866 [43C009] is up from Boscombe Down in the Boscombe area.

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15.43Z "RRR5733" Hercules ZH873 [43C1AA] Northbound descending through FL235, crossing the French coast at ETRAT, heading in the direction of Bognor Regis.....inbound Brize Norton.

...........course changed to heading in direction of Ventnor.

16.03Z Passed over Ventnor, heading NW

16.11Z Not long passed over Lyndhurst, heading (roughly) towards Salisbury, descending through FL197.

16.15Z Over the A303/A36 intersection, passing through FL165, heading towards Melksham - to join TR1 for home(?)

16.20Z Yep.......Passing over Calne, descending through FL091.

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16.02Z "RCH214" C-130H 91-1235 [ADFE66] Eastbound out of Prestwick climbing through FL212, passing DCS, heading > LAKEY.

16.24Z Passing over Scampton at FL230, heading towards Skegness.

...........Went into Ramstein.

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16.13Z "RCH968" C-5M 84-0061 [AE055C] Westbound at FL320, passing over SPY, heading > OTR(?)

Routing thought to be SPY > BERGI > LONAM > RODSI > FINDO.........what a Northerly diversion from the normal route!!

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16.17Z "RMAF130" GLF3 CN-ANU [02004C] passing SALCO descending through FL300, heading > BHD/DAWLY (at present).

16.22Z Passing E abeam BHD, heading (at present) towards Sidmouth

...........has curved round to head for SAM............for Farnborough again?

16.28Z Passing over Dorchester, descending through FL265.

16.33Z Passing over the IOW heading E descending through FL148

16.36Z Just passed over Bembridge, still heading E and descending.

16.40Z Crossing the coast at Littlehampton, heading NW

16.46Z Passing by Haslemere, descending through 3500ft

16.53Z On short finals to Farnborough.

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16.59Z "RRR4940" Atlas ZM404 [43C5DE] Eastbound climbing through FL213, passing over Basingstoke, heading E > KOK.

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17.15Z "RCH617" C-17A 06-6155 [AE1459] Westbound at FL280 over the North Sea routing > MONIL > EMLON > NALAX/OTR

17.45Z Now at FL300, passing OTR.

17.57Z Passing over the NW North York Moors and is cutting the corner, heading NW on a direct line for OTT a bit N of Prestwick..

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17.21Z "TUAF106" C560 93-004 [4B8209] Westbound passing over Rotterdam at FL340, heading > CLN > LAM

17.50Z Passing over LAM at FL070.

17.56Z On finals to Northolt.

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19.58Z "RCH532" 86-0026 [AE0577] Westbound at FL320 crossing the Dutch coast S of Hook of Holland, heading (at present) towards the Norfolk coast

20.14Z Crossing the coast N of Southwold, heading in the direction of MAM.

...........cut across to (approximately) TACAN waypoint WD3 and then turned down the usual routing to wards EXMOR.

20.27Z Plotting SE of Warboys

20.39Z Passing over Bourton-on-the-Water and appears to be veering off over Chepstow and Barry.

20.51Z Crossing the coast SE of Porthcawl heading towards MERLY.

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20.04Z "RRR2303" Voyager ZZ333 (see 1st post in thread) Westbound through Germany at FL400, plotting W of Nuremberg.......returning to Brize Norton.

20.59Z Now at FL200, passing TOBIX for LAM.

21.09Z Passing over FINCH for CPT and commencing further descent.

21.15Z Passing just N of Reading and turning NW for Brize Norton..

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21.29Z "STOKE73" CV-22B 12-0064 [AE571E] Northbound at FL100, crossing the coast at (the infamous) Sangatte, heading N for RTB Mildenhall.