The rarest Western military type to visit the UK
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Israeli kc707, or the iiaf kc707 that was impounded at Manchester in the early 80s?
Or that big nosed Gulfstream that popped up at Prestwick once. Israeli I think?
Or that big nosed Gulfstream that popped up at Prestwick once. Israeli I think?
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The Saudi electronic warfare aircraft at East Midlands (can’t remember the designation) last(?) year.
People were back and forth between Castle Donnington and Waddington like twitchers on heat.
People were back and forth between Castle Donnington and Waddington like twitchers on heat.
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Saudi af kc135 back at one of the air fetes once?
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I think that you are talking about the RE-3A that went into Waddington (with the A330 MRTT supporting it at EMA).
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Israeli KC-707 are fairly regular visitors to Prestwick (and one came to Cobra Warrior at Waddington a few years back) - exotic and interesting, but perhaps not rare.
A G550 CAEW also appeared in the static display at Farnborough in 2008.
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But I'd say the Iranian kc707 is very rare undeed here
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USN Skywarrior... is my fav
But depends how you define rare -plenty of aircraft types just made one visit
But depends how you define rare -plenty of aircraft types just made one visit
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The Rota based ones were often at Mildenhall
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Fair call
Yes I know I saw a few . Even if it's a stretch to say 'often' .
I still think of them as rare in the UK. And certainly were in the OP's timeframe!
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Not quite, they retired in 1991 shortly after the one appeared at Fairford, so just miss the 30 years. Sadly that was the only one I saw in the UK, although did see that one again at Van Nuys sporting an F-15 nose and got to sit in the TA-3 in the hangar back in 1997. Happy days.Andyph wrote: ↑Fri 26 Aug 2022, 7:32 amFair call
Yes I know I saw a few . Even if it's a stretch to say 'often' .
I still think of them as rare in the UK. And certainly were in the OP's timeframe!
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Apologies if this has already been said, and not to get too conspiratorial, but perhaps the rarest western military type to visit these shores is a type we don’t know about, or don’t know has visited
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Ignoring the 30 year thing
Cant get much rarer than:
Mirage 4000
YC-15
YF-17 Cobra
B-1A
EAP!
Cant get much rarer than:
Mirage 4000
YC-15
YF-17 Cobra
B-1A
EAP!
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But its been more than once Tom, so the Calima still has it.
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The OP has (un?)intentionally started a great debate.
By not outlining any specific criteria for the definition of 'rare' the debate can be open ended and wide ranging. Is 'rare' defined by the number of visits to the UK? Is 'rare' defined by the number of airframes for that type, regardless of the number of visits to the UK? Do experimental/ development aircraft count? Etc Etc
By not outlining any specific criteria for the definition of 'rare' the debate can be open ended and wide ranging. Is 'rare' defined by the number of visits to the UK? Is 'rare' defined by the number of airframes for that type, regardless of the number of visits to the UK? Do experimental/ development aircraft count? Etc Etc
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You mean the a/c that crashed at Boscombe, was very quickly sheeted over and disappeared back to the USA in a C-5; Aurora or a never disclosed variant of the YF-23?
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As the Canadian Lancaster has been mentioned, what about the Boeing Peashooter at Flying Legends in 2014?
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No has visited on numerous occasions.
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Not really it has made several visits to Mildenhall in that period. The two NASA Nuclear sensor Gulfstreams that visited a few years ago are far rarer.
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Is Brazil "Western", surely South American!?
Yawn which we all know wasn't actually anything secretive (or the YF-23) at all. That story has been proven incorrect over and over.
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Wrong! None of which were in Military sevice but all company demonstrators.
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Really?- maybe my relation who was on duty that night and saw everything was having a dream.Gregson wrote: ↑Fri 26 Aug 2022, 11:16 amIs Brazil "Western", surely South American!?Yawn which we all know wasn't actually anything secretive (or the YF-23) at all. That story has been proven incorrect over and over.
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Not in the timeframe given in this thread, but it was seen as such before the revolution (which is why they got and still fly Tomcats).
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Just within the 30 year period since final visit, and it was hardly a regular visitor anyway......RAAF F-111?