By: jack windsor - 21st May 2016 at 19:31
hi again,
you may also try banterops.blogspot.co.uk which does give movements for Mildenhall and Lakenheath…
regards,
jack…
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By: plainmad - 21st May 2016 at 19:19
Ok thanks everyone if its not busy at the weekend i might have to have a trip down in the week this summer,but i have looked at a recent overhead picture and one of the hangars has been demolished ,which is worrying
By: trumper - 21st May 2016 at 19:18
You can guarantee that if it’s cloudy they will fly over ours LOL,but a nice clear day not a glimpse.
By: jack windsor - 21st May 2016 at 19:12
I know this could be in the wrong forum but it was’nt read in the modern military page .I was thinking of going to the above airbase next weekend ,maybe for the last time with its imminent closure and would like to know which is the best day to see the c5.kc.10 and ospreys and which of the bank holiday weekends days will be the busiest.I have noticed reports on here when c.5 land on a sunday and i might even go down on the friday.Hope someone can help.,…..thanks
hi
try fightercontrol.co.uk/forum scroll down to spotters area and look for RAF Mildenhall under East Anglia, not sure how up to ate it is…
regards,
jack…
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By: Sabrejet - 21st May 2016 at 19:08
I’d suggest looking/posting on Fighter Control forum.
By: warhawk69 - 21st May 2016 at 18:34
Its luck of the draw to be honest as it is with any military base. You do get weekend visitors and you can never tell what will turn up. Johns field is an excellent place to watch any action from.
By: DragonRapide - 21st May 2016 at 17:57
I live fairly close and very little seems to be airborne over the weekends. I do hear large transports occasionally on a Sunday, as you say, but not often. I don’t think Mildenhall is due to close just yet – I believe the USAF have said they will be gone by 2022 but I assume it will be a gradual wind-down. I don’t know if there are any regular scheduled movements, but somebody must know that! Maybe there is a spotters Facebook page? I see occasional KC-10s and C-17s but haven’t seen a C-5 for a while. Ospreys and Hercs fairly often, KC-135 regularly of course, with a AWACS from time to time. Civilian airliners sometimes. And Lakenheath’s Eagles, with added Raptor recently!
Hope someone can be of more help to you.
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