RAF Coningsby – Dec 2011

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RAF Coningsby December 2011

The Locals

The locals were busy with eighteen airframes flying in a four hour period.

RAF Typhoon T3 ZJ806 29(R) Sqn
RAF Typhoon T3 ZJ806 29(R) Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ950 3 Sqn RAF Typhoon T3 ZJ806 29(R) Sqn RAF Typhoon T3 ZJ808 11 Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ950 3 Sqn
RAF Typhoon T3 ZJ806 29(R) Sqn
RAF Typhoon T3 ZJ808 11 Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ915 29(R) Sqn RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZK307 6 Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ915 29(R) Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZK307 6 Sqn

Mission Marks

A number of airframes are wearing mission marks from weapons dropped over Libya as part of Op ELLAMY.

RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ928 29(R) Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ928 29(R) Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ916 3 Sqn RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ919 11 Sqn RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ921 3 Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ916 3 Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ919 11 Sqn
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZJ921 3 Sqn

Visitor

A Shadow R1 (now operated under the 14 Sqn number plate) from nearby RAF Waddington did a number of touch and goes.

RAF Shadow R1 ZZ419 14 Sqn
RAF Shadow R1 ZZ419 14 Sqn

New Deliveries

Two new deliveries arrived in the form of ZK325 and ZK326.

RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZK326 RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZK325
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZK326 New Delivery
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZK325 New Delivery

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