RAF Lakenheath and Mildenhall "Day and Night"

Spent the day at Lakenheath and Mildenhall on the 16/02, I thought some of you may be interested in some of the pics and video :smile:
1. An F15E Strike Eagle taxies to the runway after being armed.
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3. About 5 miles down the road is RAF Mildenhall were the KC135R Stratotankers took off to support the Eagles
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4. The second KC135R done a sharp turn after take off to get out of the wake turbulence of the first Tanker
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5. Alot of the 100th air refuelling squadron have nose art remembering the 100ths history with B17's during the war.
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6. The "D" on the tail was worn by the B17's during the war, The 100th was one of the hardest hit squadrons and was known as the Bloody 100th.
If you've got 10mins here's an interesting read
http://www.aeroresource.co.uk/articles/2010/bloody100th/
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7. Back to Lakenheath, Here's 2 F15D's returning after having a scrap with RAF Typhoons
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8. F15C
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Here's the video, Which includes F15E strike eagles taking off at night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0OXQQ6cazo
Thanks for looking
 

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