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Ex Wycombe Warrior 18 & 19 July

LFAs 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 & 17

Ex Wycombe Warrior is a medium scale multinational exercise that will consist of up to 80 sorties each day.  The exercise involves a mixture of ground, sea and air assets and is designed to train operators at all levels, both on the ground and in the air, to function effectively in a hostile EW environment.

RAF Benson

A families day is planned for Thursday 30 August

RAF Coningsby

6 Squadron will host an event to make the retirement of the Jaguar on 29th June, see Cosford for delivery dates.

RAF Cottesmore

A families day is planned for Friday 27th July

RAF Kinloss/Lossiemouth

Exercise Neptune Warrior 07/2 starts on 17^th September and end 29^th September.

Kings Lynn

4xTornado GR4 will be carrying out a flypast of Kings Lynn at 1430 July 22nd as part of the 'Freedom of Kings Lynn' parade.

RAF Lakenheath

The 81^st FS from Spangdahlem are currently in residence until the end of July while the runway is re-surfaced, the A-10s are using the East and West Coast ranges.

Linton on Ouse

A families day is planned for July 26^th

RAF Marham

A families day will take place here on July 26th

RAF Odiham

A families day is planned for Thursday 26 July

RAF Scampton

The Red Arrows families day is planned for August 22nd

RAF Shawbury

A families day is planned for July 27th

RAF Valley

July 11th There will be a flypast of RAF Valley between 1115-1215 and 1420-1515 by nine Hawk AC.

19 Squadron will host a detachment of Polish Mig-29s sometime in the spring.

The next scheduled visit from the Meteor Gripen Team is for August

Photo Call Thursday 16th August - A photocall is planned for August 16th.  Ticket details here photocall_page.htm

Participation so far; Tucano's, Marham Wing Tornado GR4's, 99 Sqn C-17 for circuits, Hunter T7, Bulldog, Irish AC Alouette [last visit before retirement in September] and the new AW 139. USAFE and French Navy will agree types in next six weeks.

RAF Waddington

Two IL-76, two IL-78s and six Su-30s have arrived to take part in an exercise. One IL-78 and the IL-76s will depart on the Saturday 29^th June, coming back Sat 14th July with the detachment departing back to India on Tuesday 17^th July.

RAF Wittering

A families day is planned for Thursday 5th July

Written and compiled by Neil Dunridge with Credit to:

Neil Dunridge  http://njd-photography.co.uk

Valley Aviation Society http://www.valleyaviationsociety.net/

Fighter Control Forum http://fightercontrol.co.uk

Scramble http://scramble.nl/sis/index.html

Tony Osborne http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/tonyosborne2/index.ht

Chris Chambers http://www.warplane.co.uk

Cottesmore Aviation Group  http://cottesmore-ag.com

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