Late Winter in the Cotswolds

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Late Winter in the Cotswolds

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Morning all,

Thought I'd share a handful of images from my first couple of trips out this year, both to Fairford. Neither went to plan as well as I had hoped, but happy to come away with something slightly different from each visit.

Firstly, a visit at the end of February to catch the returning BUFFs

ImageBoeing B-52H Stratofortress | 61-0039/MT | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 24/02/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageBoeing B-52H Stratofortress | 61-0018/MT | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 24/02/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Then a return last week in the hope of doing the same, but to no avail. The circuit bashing U-2 saved the day, whilst a quick trip over to Brize yielded a C-17 in some nice light too. Shame the MC-130J largely managed to avoid the sunshine at Fairford....

ImageLockheed U-2S | 80-1080 | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageLockheed MC-130J Commando II | 13-5778 | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageBoeing C-17A Globemaster III | ZZ171 Royal Air Force | RAF Brize Norton | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageBoeing C-17A Globemaster III | ZZ171 Royal Air Force | RAF Brize Norton | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageLockheed U-2S | 80-1094 | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageLockheed U-2S | 80-1094 | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageLockheed U-2S | 80-1094 | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageLockheed U-2S | 80-1094 | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageLockheed U-2S | 80-1080 | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 17/03/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Thanks for looking, hope they were of interest

Shaun
My shots on Flickr and Airliners

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