New Fairford Bomber deployment

[lossiemouth]

Heading towards Bordeaux at the moment.

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when is the Fairford NOTAM scheduled to end today?

[Brevet Cable]

Therein lies the problem -- there isn't one.
They only tend to issue NOTAMs for anything scheduled to arrive / depart outside of the normal airfield open hours ( off the top of my head, I think that's something like 07:00-17:00hrs ) or on weekends / bank holidays, and even then they aren't guaranteed to do so.

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SPICY has gone off ADSB in a puff of smoke, there are a couple of KC135 and even an AWACS in the area

[Brevet Cable]

It's currently showing as up South of Bordeaux

[Brevet Cable]

SPICY's on the way back, currently approaching Le Havre

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Coasting in, Bournemouth

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dang! it was heading right my way before it turned mid Channel

There's always Jersey!

[Brevet Cable]

NOTAM up for tomorrow morning ( times corrected to show BST ) :

- FAIRFORD MIL ATZ ACTIVE, AD, RWY 27/09 OPEN FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS ONLY. ALL OTHERS PRIOR PERMISSION REQUIRED.
01 SEP 06:38 2022 UNTIL 01 SEP 07:30 2022

A rather precise time for the commencement!
I have a feeling it's a U-2 changeover transit flight, happy to be proved wrong, though

[Brevet Cable]

Been listening & checking ADS-B Exch. since around 05:00hrs, not heard anything in or out & nothing showing on ADS-B.
NOTAM's still up, although due to expire in about 5 minutes

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REACH 462 ( C-17 ) currently Eastbound over South Wales, inbound Fairford

[Brevet Cable]

Rumour has it possible airshow attendance this weekend and maybe next Saturday too, so keep an eye out.

The rumour would appear to be true...if the airshow.org website is correct, there's a B-52 displaying at Bournemouth Air Fest on Saturday
https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2021/09/pr ... ival-2022/

[Mike]

Sanicole too next weekend, perhaps?

I hope so, as I'm going there because I heard they have an F-35 displaying

[capercaillie]

Cancelled due to rain forecast apparently.

[Brevet Cable]

BLACK 01 presumably inbound, just reported being at FL600

Edited to add...
Confirmed inbound, just called Swanwick reporting ready to descend

[Brevet Cable]

A nice long NOTAM for tomorrow ( times corrected to BST ) :

FAIRFORD MIL ATZ ACTIVE, AD, RWY 09/27 OPEN FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS ONLY. ALL OTHERS PRIOR PERMISSION REQUIRED.
02 SEP 07:00 2022 UNTIL 02 SEP 19:00 2022.

[Brevet Cable]

SPICY's up, currently heading Eastbound

Edited to add...
Or maybe not!
Definitely up, but from the sounds of it seems to be stooging around in the local area.
Unfortunately, usual crappy reception means I'm only catching snippets of the comms.

Edited again to add...
And they're off again, currently heading East(ish)

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From ADS-B Exchange, showing as SPICY 52, looks to be coasting out to the East around Great Yarmouth

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Off to bomb Russia, by the looks of it!
Last seen on ADSB-Exch. routing up over the Baltic Sea, approaching Gotland

[Brevet Cable]

Guess that confirms there are 2 B-52s up.....
Didn't hear any comms, but ADS-B Exch. is showing SPICY 51 currently up over the Kattegat heading towards Sweden, with SPICY 52 now showing heading roughly North abeam Gotland.

Maybe they're both off to bomb Russia!

[grant_w]

Getting a bit close to Russia now

[Brevet Cable]

Presumably not in a hurry to RTB, they look to be AARing with HOBO 40 ( KC-135 ) off the Estonian coast

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Look to be on their way back, currently routing SW down through Sweden.

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Coasting out over Gothenburg

Getting a bit close to Russia now

Nah, it was a classic bit of trolling by the USAF, skiffing around within spitting distance of the Russian border.

Edited @ 17:20 to add...

Ah, well, they aren't on their way back just yet -- currently both playing over Denmark again.

[Brevet Cable]

Back on track, coasting out from Denmark