Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

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JonoUK
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Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

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Hi All,

What appears to be becoming an annual exercise there were three B-52 Stratofortress Bombers on temporary deployment to RAF Fairford in support of Baltops 15 and Saber Strike exercises. I managed to catch one returning to base on the last Wednesday afternoon and the final sortie on the Thursday morning both launch and return to base. I have to say despite the BUFF acronym I think they are a spectacular looking machine. Here's just a small seleciton of those two movements.

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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 'Neanderthal' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '60-0047' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
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ImageUSAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress '61-0018' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr

Cheers :icecream:

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Re: Saber Rattling Buffs at Fairford - Baltops 15

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Great set but that last shot is something else! :clap: :worship:
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