Tag: RAF Coningsby
Eurofighter Typhoon Spares – March 2011 Update
Following on from my two other posts on the Typhoon spares situation (linked below in related posts) the NAO report on the Typhoon reveals more information on the situation. Spares are provided by both a collaborative arrangement (all the partner nations) and individual contracts (each nation). The MoD has their commercial support contract with BAE [...]
Read moreRAF Taking £70M Fighter Jets Apart To Use as Spares
“RAF Taking £70M Fighter Jets Apart To Use as Spares” declares the Daily Express in this article. It isn’t a new story or a new process for the RAF (or any other military air arm). The process dates back to at least the Second World War, maybe further. The process is accepted practice, it controlled [...]
Read moreTyphoons and spares
May’s edition of Air Forces Monthly contains an article called ‘It’s Official – The RAF Really is Depleted’ about the availability of RAF aircraft. The article was based around a question from Dr Liam Fox MP to the Secretary of State for Defence about how many RAF aircraft of each type were (a) in service, [...]
Read moreRAF Coningsby 29th March 2009
If you are thinking about making your own trip to RAF Coningsby I wouldn’t go tomorrow! The station is on a training day so they won’t be flying unless the sortie is of operational importance i.e. QRA scramble.
Read moreRAF Coningsby Photos & Log
My pictures from RAF Coningsby are now on my main site… http://www.fast-air.co.uk/RAF-Coningsby-Pictures-100323.htm Here is the log…
Read moreRAF Coningsby – 23rd March 2010
Spent Tuesday at RAF Coningsby. A spur of the moment visit before the week or so of rain that is predicted arrives. My hopes to catch a 6 Sqn marked Typhoon ahead of the stand up next month didn’t pan out but I got some good practice with my Canon 7D ahead of air show [...]
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