gary1701 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) Gents, It wasn't meant to take me until December but finally nailed the second heritage F-15 at Lakenheath this afternoon. I got the 492nd early on back in May, the 494th is a bust as their yellow tailed jet is now back stateside at Warner-Robins on rework so will come back clean. The dark painted F-15C of the 493rd was the one I was desperate to get and the 48th have already said they're going to be painted out soon I knew I was running out of time. Today was the first visit (weather has been awful - even by UK standards!) in blue skies since the AFRES F-16s back in May. Sure enough, second wave from the 493rd after midday included the heritage jet as the No2 man of a four ship flight, callsign 'Hitman'. The sun goes around quite quickly in December and is down the runway centreline by mid afternoon, plus Mildenhall had thoughtfully put a tanker up on the East coast towline (grrr!), so it was touch and go whenever these guys came back in good light. Thankfully, for once, fortune favoured me. 'The King'; Would have been nice if he'd have gone into the circuit, but nobody this afternoon wanted to play - the morning wave did. 492nd have another jet showing a green star, presumably another drone from their 2017 Middle East deployment. Some also retain their mission tallies from 2017, unlike the 494th's rather flamboyant markings from 2018. Finally, the 493rd also have a new flagship. Last one before I called it a day. Gary Edited December 5, 2019 by gary1701 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Beautiful shots Gary! I'm glad you got your White Whale ... Err ... Dark Grey Eagle! Thanks for sharing! -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gary1701 Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) Hi gents, A few more I've sorted out, all pretty standard fare. I missed the latest batch of Saudi F-15SAs transiting through by one day! One of my test shots during the afternoon that I take to keep a eye on the light, didn't see the CV-22 sneaking into the left side of the frame! Gary Edited December 8, 2019 by gary1701 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Gary, Nice shots, all! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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