Fairford NOTAM

[Brevet Cable]

[Big Eric]

First one of the year, unless I'm mistaken....

B) FROM: 20/01/03 15:30
C) TO: 20/01/03 17:30
E) FAIRFORD MIL ATZ ACTIVE, AD, RWY 09/27 OPEN

You're mistaken, this was yesterday's but nothing flew :-

U0009/20 - FAIRFORD MIL ATZ ACTIVE, AD, RWY 09/27 OPEN. 02 JAN 11:30 2020 UNTIL 02 JAN 17:45
2020. CREATED: 02 JAN 10:50 2020

[Brevet Cable]

I checked yesterday morning, in the afternoon ( around 16:00hrs ) and again late in the evening but no NOTAM was up on the NATS website.....was it taken down early?

[Big Eric]

It was removed at around 12.15 yesterday (possibly due to the crosswind), you're not being abusive to me - are you feeling OK?

[Brevet Cable]

I'm lulling you into a false sense of security....or saving it until the next time I'm bored, or something.

Given the various goings-on over the past few days, I was expecting it to be NOTAMed as open if only in case of possible diverts.....sod's law that the only previous one was in between the times I checked.

[Big Eric]

Quite a lot of F-15s were doing regular training flights from Lakenheath earlier today and their diversion airfield was Ramstein in case of the runway at Lakenheath being closed for any reason, not Fairford and not any RAF base.

[Puddlejumper]

Fairford NOTAMed as runway active 08:00 to 23:30 Local, if anyone checks this thread anymore?

[T_J]

B-52Hs out of Fairford. Currently on Planefinder Dump 12 &13. Dump 11 also launched with them. I can't see it on Planefinder. Apparently all 3 in formation and eyeballed near Northampton.

https://planefinder.net/flight/DUMP12

https://planefinder.net/flight/DUMP13

[Pen Pusher]

On ADS-B I tracked Dump 12/13 flying over Mildenhall before heading south now over North Sea towards Belgium and 2x Belgian F-16 heading their way.

[T_J]

Belgian F-16s

https://planefinder.net/flight/BAF432

https://planefinder.net/flight/BAF431

[IATthenRIAT]

Have some more Buffs gone into FFD ontop of the Six there?

[Big Eric]

Have some more Buffs gone into FFD on top of the Six there?

No.

2 night-stopped elsewhere last night and have just got back to Fairford along with the pair that went out this afternoon for a short exercise over the North Sea.

[IATthenRIAT]

on ADS-B one was showing with a different serial from the six already there - i cross checked it agianst the FFD mil site 61-0032.

[IATthenRIAT]

Also on ADS-B about an hour ago there was Four arrivals into FFD Two were the Bush flights (one had the serial 61-0032 and the other one had no serial showing and the othe two arrived from the North East, the Two Bush flifgts arrived from the South.

[Big Eric]

on ADS-B one was showing with a different serial from the six already there - i cross checked it agianst the FFD mil site 61-0032.

ADS-B is wrong! Do NOT believe the serials you see on these military radar sites.

[IATthenRIAT]

The two from the south had the flight names - Thief (My mistake)