AWACs in the dark

[nigelblake]

The E3 that was circuit bashing at Mildehall tonight.....


Boeing E-3 Sentry at dusk by Nigel Blake, on Flickr


Boeing E-3 Sentry at dusk by Nigel Blake, on Flickr


Boeing E-3 Sentry at dusk by Nigel Blake, on Flickr


Boeing E-3 Sentry at dusk by Nigel Blake, on Flickr


Boeing E-3 Sentry at dusk by Nigel Blake, on Flickr


Boeing E-3 Sentry at dusk by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

[LN Strike Eagle]

Oooh, nice! What time was this?

Came home from Lakenheath after the last jet of the afternoon wave was back in at around 17:00. Were they flying nights too?

[nigelblake]

This was about 6:50 onwards, I was at LN for a while before that and Marham earlier!

[LN Strike Eagle]

This was about 6:50 onwards, I was at LN for a while before that and Marham earlier!

Oh, whereabouts at Lakenheath? We were at the forest entry in the morning and afternoon, with a break for lunch at Mildenhall.

Did anything else from Lakenheath fly this evening?

[nigelblake]

I was at the spotters car park for the last arrivals, I don't think anything else flew, looked like Marham were up later though!

[captain scarlet]

Absolutely brilliant nigel, am always impressed (and very envious) of your night shots.

Am drawn to the last one - like the light beams shining ahead of it.

Richard

[redbearing]

you got em, well done when do the speeding tickets arrive?, you said the light was good, but you were wrong, it was stunning, a great set as always

vulgaris

[rv8tor]

Love the last one,ethereal i think is the word.
Sunshine and showers tommorow so Marham will be bathed in wonderful light,just hope there are some sunlit aeroplanes to frame
against the angry skies....

[Davef68]

LOvely photos - definitely an RAF E-3, no-one else has the wing tip pods

[Hawkkeeper]

LOvely photos - definitely an RAF E-3, no-one else has the wing tip pods

plus you can see the UK national marking roundel & Sqn colour bars on the fuselage side.

[jonf45]

Stunning shots, such beautiful colours

jon

[nigelblake]

Many thanks for the comments, It's ZH101 an RAF E3D AEW1.

[gallers74]

truly stunning

[JackyRIATWilson]

STUNNING. Absolutely stunning!

We'll struggle to get better sunset shots than those in a while! Angry looking skies too. 1, 4 and 5 for me, well done Nigel