It seems unthinkable now but back in 2003 a Russian Navy Frigate moored up in London. It coincided with a state visit by Vladimir Putin. I went to take a few pictures and was astounded to be invited on board for a tour. On the flight deck was a KA27 helicopter. I asked if I could take pictures in th...

Couple of weeks ago I spent at couple of days at Lakenheath & Mildenhall for Cobra Warrior. Weather was not the best but here are my efforts. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53221502693_d4fe125e55_o.jpg a268A6208 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53221699185_77...

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Thu 07 Sep 2023, 9:43 pm

Cool - where is the second one taken from?

The mound at the 28 end. Its getting really overgrown. Anyone got a chainsaw?

Quick after work trip over to the Hall. As I arrived everyone else left! Desperately trying to get a day off next week. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53170852147_bb022720e9_h.jpg a268A4857 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53171871115_9f7ff6839c_h.jpg a268A4923 b...

A couple of days at Waddington for Cobra Warrior. Thanks for the company to everyone I spoke with. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52754971941_a80436b587_h.jpg a268A3535 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52755460008_f223b5aeed_h.jpg a268A3506 by timothyholden , on ...

It was a sad Saturday Morning when the last 2 Phantoms departed Wattisham. They blasted into the air followed by a Hawk chase plane. The hawk reefed into a turn immediately after lift off nearly digging its wing tip in the ground. The 2 Phantoms did a few passes of the field before flying off to Con...

A few visitors to Wattisham. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52728275555_32ef43ab8b_o.jpg a268A3259 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52728274535_91a01576ed_o.jpg a268A3431 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52728274565_2afb1337f3_o.jp...

Echoes of the past. Lightning tail at the fire section. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52720523540_08e1bc962e_h.jpg a268A3174 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52720368799_b00868ee5b_h.jpg a268A3172 by timothyholden , on Flickr Old gate guard https://live.staticfl...

I started cycling up to Wattisham in the late 70's. Alas I did not have a decent camera at the time. By the time I had a camera it was the late 80's/early 90s. Original photos taken on an Olympus OM10. Flying shots were never great due to the awful Hanimex 200 zoom lends and even worse 2x teleconver...

A couple of days at Lakenheath. They are trialling a new air to air fit for the F15E known as the "Slick Eagle". They have removed the conformal fuel tanks to make them less draggy and lighter to fill the air to air gap now the C models have gone. I did not know that the AMRAAM recesses on...

Back in March I spent a day at Coningsby hoping to get some armed Typhoons on their way to patrol over Poland. It did not pan out but I got a few reasonable shots. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52051552262_ba291b9686_o.jpg a268A1953 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65...

Slightly delayed post from a couple of weeks ago. Slightly surprised to see F16's with rocket pods and what looked like dumb bombs. The dumb bombs look like they have a JDAM tail unit on them?? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51992799018_6d74e5e4f3_h.jpg a268A1492 by timothyholden , on Flickr ht...

A few more. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51922780165_06a69d0003_h.jpg aIMG_9640 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51922493059_b40bc4a47c_h.jpg aIMG_9645 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51922253883_e828e469b9_h.jpg aIMG_9646 by ti...

With the cold war firmly back on I got nostalgic for the days when we were all friends. I went back through my old photo albums and digitised a few Russians & Ukrainians from days gone by. Sadly most of these types are now fighting each other. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51921190657_c0c5...

Hoped to get a get a few of the new birds in-between the showers today but the only 2 on the line were towed back to the hanger. Maybe next time. A few of the old birds flew so it wasn't a complete bust. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51733964308_74012bf4ae_o.jpg a268A1035 by timothyholden , on...

Oh My! Got to love the 225. Never managed to catch it. Would have loved to see it parked with the 747 to get a sense of scale. Nice shots.

Hi All A bit of a surprise at Wattisham on Thursday. 4 Regiment were conducting exercise Aquilas Strike at Stanta. Visiting Chinooks and Pumas were loading up with troops and inserting them into Stanta. They were escorted in by the local Apaches. Watching them on ADSB the Apaches stayed on station t...

Few F35's from Marham last week. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50160409332_d3a5bd22e6_h.jpg a268A7823 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50160162601_efbac7c2e5_h.jpg a268A7832 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50160162211_c142cac0d8_...

Mighty Tonka indeed! I remember going to the Buccaneer stand down and there was a fair bit of anti Tornado sentiment! 12 sqn were considered to be going backwards from real aeroplanes to having a toy machine. Exactly the same sentiment at the Tornado stand down at Marham. :) A lot of Lightning bash...

Popped along to Coningsby this week to get some shots of the 12 SQN jets. Last time I photographed 12 SQN they were flying the mighty Tonka. I was not disappointed. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50148869743_f7e9916ba0_h.jpg a268A7495 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/6...

A few Eagles from Lakenheath and a couple of bits from Mildenhall. US Navy Herk was nice. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50126873898_ff73946b86_h.jpg a268A7337 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50127664712_23e4d0a5cf_h.jpg a268A7343 by timothyholden , on Flickr ht...

Spent a day at Marham. The weather was grey but for Marham it was quite busy. Nice variation in approaches and take offs, some conventional and some VSTOL. They do like to play on the 01 VSTOL strip and nearby hover pads which is frustrating for photography. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50123...

Spent some days around Mildenhall & Lakenheath over the last couple of weeks. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50076893092_d00b1872f0_h.jpg a268A6015 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50076642541_ae9ea8e845_h.jpg a268A6122 by timothyholden , on Flickr https://li...

The AN 148 makes me wish we had gone ahead with the twin engined BAe146 and kept building them in this country. it was another great British missed opportunity.

Nice set. For someone that's never been to Wattisham, whereabouts in crashgate 2? Are ladders required? Fence is tall! Historically security is not keen on ladders. They have been a tad more relaxed though. The razor wire on top of the fence is dense, 2 rolls side by side and difficult to shoot thr...