This week has also seen the start of Exercise Joint Warrior. With no land-based fighter element, the Hawk T.1s being based in Aberdeen rather than Prestwick and the MPA participants being spread across several different bases, it's been a fair bit quieter compared to previous editions. Nevertheless, plenty of quality of movements to keep me entertained!
Firstly a quick visit to Prestwick from a couple of weeks ago with Wissam24. A very quiet day unfortunately, with just a pair of Dobbins based C-130Hs heading back to the US.
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USAF Lockheed C-130H Hercules - 93-1040 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr2)
USAF Lockheed C-130H Hercules - 92-0552 by ledwooddaniel, on FlickrEdinburgh has also seen a small number of military movements over the past couple of weeks. Two C-37s, an A and a B variant, in the space of a week.
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USAF Gulfstream Aerospace C-37B - 09-0525 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr4)
USAF Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A - 99-0404 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr5) Last week involved another trip over to Prestwick to try catch some of the Joint Warrior participants. As explained before it was relatively thin for JW movements, with the only MPA movement being one of two French Navy ATL2s.
French Navy Breguet Atlantique ATL 2 - 16 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr6) Other JW related movements included the venerable Cobham Falcon 20s, with some of the airframes now being in excess of 50 years old. In total, seven different Falcon 20s airframes seen in total during the day.
Cobham Aviation Services Dassault Falcon 20EW - G-FRAP by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr7)
Cobham Aviation Services Dassault Falcon 20EW - G-FRAI by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr8) Couple more US movements, including this rather smart RO-6A...
United States Army Bombardier RO-6A - 16-00590 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr9) ...And a rather plain looking US Navy C-40A Clipper, which made a brief visit from NAS Sigonella.
United States Navy Boeing C-40A Clipper - 168981 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr10) But if we're talking about plain schemes, this wins. A rather inconspicuous looking King Air B350 owned by Lasai Aviation. Apparently however this aircraft is used by the US Army in the Far East on various surveillance flights around North Korea.
Lasai Aviation Beechcraft B300 King Air 350 - N291AS by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr11) At points Prestwick felt like an RAF base. Three Voyagers meant it was basically a northern version of Brize Norton.
Royal Air Force Airbus A330-243 (MRTT) Voyager KC.3 - ZZ338 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr12)
Royal Air Force Airbus A330-243 (MRTT) Voyager KC.3 - ZZ334 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr13)
Royal Air Force Airbus A330-243 (MRTT) Voyager KC.2 - ZZ331 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr14) Further Brize Norton based aircraft included ZM402, which made a handful of approaches in the afternoon.
Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas C.1 - ZM402 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr15) A visiting Texan T.1 on what I believe is a first ever visit for an operational RAF airframe.
Royal Air Force Raytheon T-6C Texan T.1 - ZM326 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr16) Couple of four-engined heavies as well, including this RCAF CC-177 basking in the autumnal Scottish sunlight.
Royal Canadian Air Force Boeing CC-177 Globemaster III - 177701 by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr17) And whilst it's not military, the early morning light on the Cargolux 747-8F was spectacular.
Cargolux Airlines International Boeing 747-8R7F LX-VCC by ledwooddaniel, on Flickr
