Showing posts with label RAF Lakenheath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RAF Lakenheath. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 October 2019

F-15E Strike Eagles in Low Flying Area 7 (Mach Loop)

A quick day visit to LFA7 produced a 4 ship flight of F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath. A short ascent up CAD East and I found a position sheltered from the ice cold winds on the day. Had some superb passes from a four ship flight of  F-!5E Strike Eagle aircraft. Some images and video link below:

Video Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP0NHRMY11g







Wednesday, 24 October 2018

United States Navy F-18 Super Hornets in the Low Fly Structure

Four USN F-18 aircraft lead by two F-15 aircraft took the opportunity to use LFA7 for some low flying training. The aircraft from USS Harry S Trueman were hosted by RAF Lakenheath for a short time before re-embarking to their ship. Light was very poor, compounded by a camera error on my part led to some high ISOs being used. Still is was an awesome sight/sound coupled with a callsign "Viper" and I did get some images, so here they are: