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RAF BRIZE NORTON
1/4 61-2670 OC-135B USAF Open Skies dep 6th.
12/4 16+01 A340-313X FBS, German AF. 15/4
84002/842 Tp-84 Royal Swedish AF. 16/4 104/
XJ TBM 700A ET00.043, French AF. 17/4 A41-206
C-17A 36 Sqn, RAAF dep 19th; N48-024/24 MH-
60R 816 Sqn, RAN dep 19th; 105/XK TBM 700A
ET00.043, French AF. 18/4 A41-207 C-17A 36 Sqn,
RAAF n/s; N48-008/08 MH-60R 816 Sqn, RAN n/s;
UR-82073 An-124-100 Antonov Airlines n/s, dep to
USA with Chinooks ZH776 & ZH895; E115/705-MR
& E94/705-RH Alpha Jet Es EAC00.314, French AF.
19/4 5836/61-PO C-130J-30 ET02.061, French AF
also 19th & 20th. 19/4 98-6006 C-32B 150th SOS,
NJ ANG dep 21st. 20/4 96-0002 C-17A 437th/325th
AW, USAF dep 22nd. 23/4 1290/SU-BEW C-130H
Egyptian AF. 24/4 54+08 A400M WTD61, German
AF o/s. 26/4 5629 C-130J-3 335 Skv, Royal
Norwegian AF.

RAF CONINGSBY
18/4 11-0057 & 07-0033 CV-22Bs 7th SOS, 352nd
SOW, USAF. 26/4 ZK359 Typhoon FGR4 arrived on
delivery from BAE Systems Warton.

RAF FAIRFORD
5/4 07-7189 C-17A 437th/315th AW, USAF.

LEUCHARS
25/4 E163/705-RB & E166/705-RW Alpha Jet Es
EAC00.314, French AF.

RAF LINTON-ON-OUSE
3/4 0452 C-295M 242.tsl, Czech AF.

RAF LOSSIEMOUTH
9/4 165833 C-40A USN. 10/4 168980 C-40A USN.
12/4 165834 C-40A USN. 16/4 130617 CC-130J
436 Sqn, RCAF n/s. 17/4 168848/LK P-8A VP-26,
USN dep 4/5; 164993/BD C-130T VR-64, USN n/s;
3297 P-3C 333 Skv, Royal Norwegian AF n/s. 18/4
168430/LK P-8A VP-26, USN dep 4/5; 50+72 Transall
German AF; 140118 CP-140 RCAF. 19/4 60+05
P-3C MFG3, German Navy dep 26th; 3299 P-3C
333 Skv, Royal Norwegian AF dep 3/5; 092/YL Xingu
EAT00.319, French AF n/s. 20/4 168587/AM-04 &
155349/AM-06 MH-60S HSC-22, USN both dep

27th. 23/4 123/62-IM CN-235M ET00.062, French
AF; 5699 C-130J-30 335 Skv, Royal Norwegian AF.
24/4 18 Atlantique 2 French Navy dep 28th. 28/4
4 Atlantique 2 French Navy dep 4/5. 30/4 166695
C-40A, USN.

RAF MARHAM
27/3 ZA469/029 Tornado GR4 dep by road to IWM,
Duxford.

RAF MILDENHALL
4/4 89-1051 AC-130W 16th SOS, USAF. 6/4 77-0356/
OK E-3G 552nd ACW, USAF dep 20th; 164993/BD
C-13T VR-64, USN n/s; N8200R Dash 8-202 USAF.
9/4 900528 C-26D AOD Naples n/s. 13/4 02-4452
C-32B 150th SOS, NJ ANG. 15/4 15-1584 Beech
350 US Army also 20th o/s. 16/4 H45 A109BA 1
Wing, Belgian Defence – Air Component also 20th.
18/4 5105 Challenger 601-3A 241 dsl, Czech AF;
E115/705-MR, E94/705-RH & E128/705-TM Alpha
Jet Es EAC00.314, French AF all n/s. 18/4 125/XO
TBM 700A ET00.041, French AF also 20th. 18/4 70-
01947 C-130E 222 Filo, Turkish AF n/s. 23/4 98-0001
C-32A 1st AS, 89th AW, USAF o/s. 25/4 E634/705-
RB & E166/705-RW Alpha Jet Es EAC00.314,
French AF both o/s; V-11 Gulfstream IV 334 Sqn,
Royal Netherlands AF. 28/4 61-2666 NC-135W
645th ASS, USAF dep 3/5. 29/4 CE-01 ERJ 135LR
15 Wing, Belgian Defence – Air Component.

RAF NORTHOLT
3/4 253 CN-235M 101 Sqn, Irish Air Corps. 16/4 258
Learjet 45 102 Sqn, Irish Air Corps; KAF-308 Fokker

70 Kenyan AF dep 22nd. 19/4 891/MCE PC-6B
ETCM, French Army n/s; 078/XE Xingu EAT00.319,
French AF n/s; 017 C-295M 13.3ltr, Polish AF.

RAF SHAWBURY
13/4 ZJ257 Squirrel HT1 Cobham dep to
Bournemouth for storage. 19/4 ZH835, ZH846 &
ZH856 Merlin HM2s 820 NAS, RN. 27/4 ZZ414
Wildcat HMA2 815 NAS, RN; ZZ384 & 386 Wildcat
AH1s 847 NAS, RN; ZJ119/C Merlin HC3 & ZK001/
AF Merlin HC3A 845 NAS, RN.

RAF VALLEY
26/4 M-510 EH101 Mk.512 Esk 722, Royal Danish
AF dep 26th; M-516 EH101 Mk.512 Esk 722, Royal
Danish AF dep 27th. 17/4 064/YY & 083/ZE Xingus
EAT00.319, French AF. 25/4 12-1023 & 12-1054
F-15SAs Royal Saudi AF o/s. 30/4 12-5760 MC-
130J 67th SOS, 352nd SOW, USAF o/s.

RAF WADDINGTON
10/4 95/XH TBM 700A ET00.043, French AF n/s.

RNAS YEOVILTON
17/4 E115/705-MR & E128/705-TM Alpha Jet Es
EAC00.314, French AF both o/s. 19/4 E115/705-MR
& E94/705-RH Alpha Jet Es EAC00.314, French
AF both o/s. 24/4 ZH962/N-4001 Super Lynx 21A
Leonardo/Brazilian Navy o/s also 25th o/s. 25/11
11-0061 & 12-00633 CV-22Bs 7th SOS, 352nd SOW,
USAF.

Key: n/s night stop; o/s overshoot

AIR BASE MOVEMENTS FROM MAR


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72 Aviation News incorporating Jets July 2018

AIR BASE MOVEMENTS


A selection of the most interesting aircraft to visit air bases in the UK recently.


Specially painted A-10C Thunderbolt II, s/n 81-0994, of the 107th FS Red Devils/Michigan Air National Guard at RAF Mildenhall. It was painted last
year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the squadron and was one of eight that arrived on May 31 en route to Latvia for Exercise Saber
Strike 18. Two of the aircraft took part in a D-Day commemoration  ypast in France on June 3. USAF/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Cooper

Royal Saudi Air Force Boeing F-15SA Strike Eagle, s/n 12-1060, taxying after arriving at RAF
Lakenheath on May 14. It was accompanied on delivery by 12-1021, 12-1063 and 12-1064.
They all departed on May 17. Peter Foster

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