The grapevine told us they would be departing by 1030am, however it would be 1400 local by the time they got themselves sorted.
As we'd heard there were a few technical difficulties with the flight we had time to kill. A good catch up with Mr Tanner and the lure of a Walkers Special soon passed the time.
Only six had departed at 2pm, the other two may have followed but we didn't wait around.
Mildenhall 26-3-17
132FS / 142FW "Redhawks" Oregon ANG
80-0024 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 C Eagle 668
82-0016 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 C Eagle 829
84-0002 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 C Eagle 910
84-0003 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 C Eagle 911
84-0005 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 C Eagle 913
84-0020 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 C Eagle 930
84-0021 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 C Eagle 931
84-0026 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 C Eagle 937
305AMW "McGuire"
79-0434 Douglas KC-10 A Extender 48201
79-1947 Douglas KC-10 A Extender 48207
86-0036 Douglas KC-10 A Extender 48249
03-3126 McDonnell-Douglas C-17 A Globemaster III P-126
173ARS / 155ARW "Nebraska"
61-0276 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18183
91ARS / 6AMW "MacDill"
62-3573 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18556
336ARS / 452AMW "March"
64-14835 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18775
72ARS / 434ARW "Grissom"
60-0322 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18097
117ARS / 190ARW "Kansas"
57-1419 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 17490
38RS / 55WG "Offutt"
62-4138/OF Boeing RC-135 W Rivet Joint 18478
151ARS / 134ARW "Tennessee"
59-1517 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18005
55ECG
64-14862/DM Lockheed EC-130 H Compass Call 4089
351ARS / 100ARW
58-0069 Boeing KC-135 T Stratotanker 17814
58-0094 Boeing KC-135 T Stratotanker 17839
59-1464 Boeing KC-135 T Stratotanker 17952
61-0267 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18174
61-0321 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18228
62-3559 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18542
63-8884 Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker 18732
67SOS / 352SOG
10-5714 Lockheed MC-130 J Commando II 5714
11-5731 Lockheed MC-130 J Commando II 5731
11-5733 Lockheed MC-130 J Commando II 5733
11-5737 Lockheed MC-130 J Commando II 5737
7SOS / 352SOG
11-0057 Bell-Boeing CV-22 B Osprey D1036
12-0063 Bell-Boeing CV-22 B Osprey D1044
As Nay's camera was out of use he had an attempt at videoing the departures on his phone. I think he needs steadier hands...
