RAF Mildenhall - Redhawks Depart 26th March 2017

Post by **stuart n** » Mon 24 Apr 2017, 6:06 pm

Was a lovely sunny day at the scheduled departure time for the Orgeon F-15's but when they finally departed at just after 14:00 the sky had clouded over and the hazy light was a pig to say the least. Only 6 of the F-15's departed on the Sunday in the end, along with 2 KC-10A's:

Trend 11:

F-15C Eagle 84-0005 - 123rd Fighter Squadron Redhawks - Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon by stu norris, on Flickr

Trend 12:

F-15C Eagle 84-0021 - 123rd Fighter Squadron Redhawks - Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon by stu norris, on Flickr

Trend 13:

F-15C Eagle 84-0020 - 123rd Fighter Squadron Redhawks - Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon by stu norris, on Flickr

Trend 14:

F-15C Eagle 80-0024 - 123rd Fighter Squadron Redhawks - Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon by stu norris, on Flickr

Trend 15:

F-15C Eagle 84-0002 - 123rd Fighter Squadron Redhawks - Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon by stu norris, on Flickr

Trend 16 kept low after take off:

F-15C Eagle 82-0016 - 123rd Fighter Squadron - Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon by stu norris, on Flickr

F-15C Eagle 82-0016 - 123rd Fighter Squadron - Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon by stu norris, on Flickr

Blue 61:

KC-10A Extender 79-1947 - 305th Air Mobility Wing - McGuire AFB by stu norris, on Flickr

Blue 71:

KC-10A Extender 86-0036 - 305th Air Mobility Wing - McGuire AFB by stu norris, on Flickr

Two KC-135R's arrived during the morning in the better light:

RCH 152:

KC-135R Stratotanker 59-1517 - 151st Air Refueling Squadron - McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base by stu norris, on Flickr

RCH 107:

KC-135R Stratotanker 57-1419 117th Air Refueling Squadron - Forbes Field Air National Guard Base by stu norris, on Flickr

Couple more here:

https://flic.kr/s/aHskUdRFh5