Tag: RAF Mildenhall
Former Tech. Sgt. Monica Elfriede Witt was charged with espionage on Feb. 13, 2019 Former Tech. Sgt. Monica Elfriede Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who had defected to Iran and who was charged with espionage on Feb. 13, 2019, served as an airborne crypto linguist on board a RC-135...
The USAF has started to prepare for the closure of RAF Mildenhall with about 530 USAF personnel and 740 dependants being relocated to RAF Fairford The U.S. Air Force’s 95th Reconnaissance Squadron (RS) and 488th Intelligence Squadron (IS) will relocate its RC-135 Rivet Joint mission from RAF Mildenhall to RAF Fairford as part of the European Infrastructure Consolidation. The U.S. Air...
"My call sign was 'Belmont 86' and my transmissions to approach control were something like this: 'Bodø Approach, Belmont 86, six-zero miles west, declaring an in-flight emergency, request straight-in approach to land on runway zero seven.' 'Belmont 86, say aircraft type, nature of emergency, souls-on-board, and fuel remaining.' 'Bodø Approach, Belmont 86, US Air Force Tactical, engine problem, 2...
"It is a race the SR-71 will not let us lose. The Mach eases to 3.5 as we crest 80,000 feet. We are a bullet now – except faster. Screaming past Tripoli, our phenomenal speed continues to rise, and the screaming Sled pummels the enemy one more time, laying down a parting sonic boom..." SR-71 Blackbird Vs Gaddafi's SAMs.
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"... The cadets now had 107 feet of fire-breathing titanium in their face as the SR-71 levelled and accelerated, in full burner, on the tower side of the infield, closer than expected, maintaining what could only be described as some sort of ultimate knife-edge pass..." The beautiful main image of this article feature the famous photo of an SR-71 Blackbird's...
The KC-135 tanker was a transient aircraft from McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey A U.S. Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker air-to-air refueller has declared an emergency over UK airspace. The tanker crew squawked the emergency #7700 code after having departed from RAF Mildenhall. According to the Flight Emergency monitoring service, the Boeing jet was at 11,000 feet and heading out...
A FARP is an austere location near a combat zone where fuel and supplies can be transferred from one aircraft to another On Ju. 26, 2017 F-15Cs assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron practiced Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) exercise at RAF Mildenhall, England. According to the commander of 493rd Fighter Squadron, Lt. Col. Jason Zumwalt, this is the first...
