Mildenhall for the Swede's - 12 January 2013 Ade Hairsine
A run out today to break the duck on 2013, The Swediah AF Grippens were on their way to the US for an exercise yesterday when one had a problem re-fueling and ended up with part of the KC-10 tankers fuel probe stuck on the end of the refuelling probe so they all turned round and diverted into Mildenhall. In total there were 20 visiting aircraft down there today so one or two went in the bag but only the one American (Grrr) the only helicopter we saw on the trip. The alarm went off at 3am and logged on the trip were these items
Mildenhall 12-01-2013
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Visiting Aircraft
39278 J39C Gripen
39264 J39C Gripen
39284 J39C Gripen (departed as SVFQ01)
39249 J39C Gripen
39255 J39C Gripen
39252 J39C Gripen
39282 J39C Gripen (departed as SVFQ01 / arrived back as SVFQ01)
39269 J39C Gripen
39254 J39C Gripen (arrived as SVFQ01)
84-0188 KC10A
85-0032 KC10A
84-0082 C21A
02-1098 C17A (departed)
The Seven expected tankers turned up well spread out over the morning and into early afternoon so they kept us busy with the cameras even none were req'd
62-3575 KC135R (arrived as RCH825)
63-8877 KC135R (arrived as RCH869)
57-1454 KC135R (arrived as RCH897)
58-0069 KC135R (arrived as RCH415)
62-3568 KC135R (arrived as RCH105)
63-7978 KC135R (arrived as RCH335)
57-1502 KC135R (arrived as RCH271)
Based Aircraft seen;
(69-15979) OH6A (ground instructional)
64-14830 KC135R
63-8008 KC135R
62-3565 KC135R
58-0016 KC135R
59-1492 KC135R
62-3499 KC135R
61-0304 KC135R
62-3540 KC135R
58-0100 KC135R
61-0295 KC135R
63-7979 KC135R
88-0195 MC130H
88-1803 MC130H
65-0991 MC130P
64-14854 MC130P
65-0992 MC130P
66-0220 MC130P
87-0023 MC130H
East Midlands 12-01-2013
Seen from the M1 as we passed
(N340UP) B-767 UPS
And that was it, As per usual many thanks to Phil A and Josh H