Planspotting At RAF Mildenhall February 8th 2020

[@boeingman777]

Been there many times while serving in the USAF. A LOT of great memories made there.

[@georgewilson3184]

Great video! Spent 5 years at RAF Mildenhall in the '90s. Logged over 7000 hours on the RC135 and hundreds on 132. Wonderful memories.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Howdy George. I remember you from Helenikon.

[@jakedawg7785]

Love the singing birds......and the Jet noise.

[@jamespark1447]

That bird is gorgeous.

[@luv2fly452]

Awesome video! Had a Navy buddy did a lot of flying out of RAF Mindenhall back in the day. Thanks, for sharing.

[@colonialdad1]

Superb video, Thank you. Still cannot believe they are still closing this great air base. Had some fantastic days at their air displays in the 80's.

[@AirshowWorld]

They have just announced that the base will be active until at least 2027 and it could be expected again, fingers crossed

[@colonialdad1]

@@AirshowWorld Thank you for the good news. Too good to close.

[@CarlosSantos-gc8uy]

Thanks guys for sharing your passion for beautiful planes and manouvers take off and landings from Carlos Portugal

[@jaadow77]

It's been a long time since I flew in and out and in and out and..... of RAF Mildenhall. The 70s was my era.

[@moneymandan6217]

That you John? We flew together back in de day.

[@jaadow77]

@@moneymandan6217 I'm not recognizing your name, and John Doe....isn't the name that was on my flight suit name tag.

[@batfly]

90s 4 me

[@johncone9516]

Flew out of Mildenhall with the British Army on a ANG KC135 to Douglas Air Force Base Wisconsin back in 97, the built date on the aircraft was 1957, no digital cockpit and still using Astra navigation.

[@batfly]

The US Navy had a medical detachment stationed at Mildenhall. I think they flew the Beechcraft C-12 Huron. They had space A hops between Mildenhall and ROTA Spain in the Early 90s. I wonder if it's still there?

[@glennlittle1580]

WOW! I thought they closed Mildenhall. I was stationed there in the late 80's. Lived in Beck Row. Thanks for sharing this. I was a Fireman. The station was attached to the ATC Tower. Can still close my eyes and picture the whole area.

[@jontorres8210]

Current firefighter there now station is still looking good! Thank you for your service

[@glennlittle1580]

@@jontorres8210 Thank you for serving. Stay safe.

[@johncone9516]

Mildenhall and RAF Honington have the same finals approach path right over my house. Although Honington is out of use at the moment. Milldenhall don't have as much traffic as they used too. In the 60's when they Cargomasters, Stratocruisers, use to be non-stop 24hrs a day

[@The58stupot]

Wonderful stuff. Anybody know if the RC 135's still planning to be based at Fairford in future ?

[@jjw_videos8745]

How do you know when the arrivals and departures are?

[@adamleewicks8529]

Amazing video I was wondering where abouts you go to film milldenhall as want to visit but never been . Is there any directions where can go as live in norwich and would like to know where can film from thanks adam

[@AirshowWorld]

I would suggest you do a Google search for John's Field mildenhall. They charge £1.50 per person to park. They also have a campsite at the same location that's open from April but the field for viewing is open all year providing it's not too wet

[@adamleewicks8529]

@@AirshowWorld thank you also heard of nook campsite do you have to pay to view there just day visit or do you have to stay few days . Keep up great work look forward your reply

[@williamjohnson7699]

I've just noticed the KCs don't have reverse thrust any particular reason?

[@davehodges6258]

Outstanding day spotting at the hall, Great close up shots too, 10/10 well done,.

[@arnaudjean-claude6367]

merci pour cette video. ( très beau reportage. ) il manque ou pas ...le Boeing 767 ravitailleur ? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 🇫🇷

[@RoshR]

Boeing 707s and MD DC-10s....... classic.....

[@morgus8384]

4132 was a good jet during my days there.

[@Ian-hv1dc]

Edmond Rogers still is good jet

[@AirCambodiaHD]

wow beautiful spotting never see this before brother

[@shauntrailskinner9645]

*MONDAY MAY 11 2020 1:47 PM CDT* Normally, if the Air Traffic Control calls out instructions to the pilot, the pilot then acknowledges by reading back those instructions to ATC, just to make sure he understood. That wasn't the case for the KC-10 pilot, there was no acknowledgment from the KC-10 pilot after ATC gave the pilot the wind speed/direction and cleared him for takeoff. Just total silence after that ATC transmission at 12:11. Beautiful takeoff though. 😁 Tony 59-year-old Black Air Force VET 🇺🇸✈

[@kevincook2591]

Our Allies and Friends always welcome

[@EliteHobbies]

Hey, can you do a live video with ATC of EMA again because of the high winds today please?

[@AirshowWorld]

Sorry for the late reply, we had very little flying at EMA for a live stream on that day.

[@glenmorris8389]

Great video. Can anybody list the planes for me and thier role, please?

[@bmc9504]

How often are the movements at this airport? Worth a day visit? Thanks

[@franioka2986]

I love AIRPLNES!!!!

[@jerrydowse5061]

The mighty KC10.I helped unload the very first one to ever leave the US.It came over with the Oaklahoma ANG if i remwmber right.Happy days.

[@cheytacpraetoriancomposite3413]

Beauty she is and the glorious sound of GE's

[@Ian-hv1dc]

Great video of our brilliant airbase at raf Mildenhall the aircrews on base do watch these videos.

[@johnfawcett3503]

Looking forward to my first visit in April, hopefully plenty to see at Mildenhall and Lakenheath

[@Ian-hv1dc]

John Fawcett Hi John you will love it just be careful of the Easter holidays.

[@AirshowWorld]

Thanks Ian, I'm looking forward to returning to Mildenhall very soon

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Ian 100th the big square D yep

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Ian 100th the big square D not for much longer you move

[@timb4655]

What is the aircraft type with the fairing bulges on the front sides of the body and the white / grey colour scheme. Noted an RAF example also ? Great quality footage, thanks 👍

[@HighFlight]

Also known as 'Rivet Joint' - see here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_RC-135

[@timb4655]

High_ Voltage thanks for the info. I'd only seen the KC version of the good old 707 before 😀👍

[@timb4655]

High Flight thank you 👍

[@MrAvant123]

This is the type of aircraft that was mulling around when Korean Air flight 007 was mistakenly shot down by the Soviets

[@MrAvant123]

@@christophercook723 -- not sure what you mean ???

[@BH-BH]

Great video!

[@majorclanger8997]

Always wondered why the RAF RCs had a USAF paint scheme.

[@slyninja2298]

They were brought from the US

[@slyninja2298]

It was brought from the US

[@alchezy3845]

Fantastic

[@Droneaway-72]

Love going there super cool

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

Great work thanks for sharing was this filmed from the campsite?

[@stacy-qm4qq]

This looks like it was filmed from the mound

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

@@stacy-qm4qq ok thanks not sure where the mound is not been to Mildenhall for a few years

[@stacy-qm4qq]

Some of this looks like it was filmed at the mound which is next to industrial estate at the 29 end , other bits look like folly rd , and Pollards lane and also the old crash gate near the s.o.w ramp

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

Stuart Hayton Ah ok so is it worth visiting the camp site to film then?

[@stacy-qm4qq]

Yes the willows campsite or John's field on pollards lane AKA the nook campsite .....both great places to stay

[@Swaggerlot]

Glad to see they re-engined those RC birds, they were as noisy as f*ck.

[@charleswatson1093]

What's "planspotting"?

[@AvgeekCarGeek]

Beautifully modified 707s ❤❤❤❤❤

[@lesterrobinson3169]

Hi great video, could you link to the location via Google maps as it too far from us?

[@liloldme1210]

Unusual day...No C 17s.

[@MrBryan86]

What do you use to track military movements?

[@AirshowWorld]

I use my own virtual radar server, if you want to know more about vrs do a search on my KZbin channel for virtual radar server

[@emilywilliams3191]

Fully American run on British soil. Nothing RAF about this base anymore. Take it back!

[@AirshowWorld]

I Love RAF Mildenhall and very proud to have the USAF over here, it's our little bit of USA in England. The Airbase is called RAF Mildenhall though and I can't change that.

[@markduncan6690]

An early warning aircraft!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Some challenging crosswind conditions.

[@romeo9017]

Respect...

[@AndreiTupolev]

An RC-135 in RAF Markings? Serial ZZ666? That looks very much like a cover story. Looks like someone had their tongue decidedly in their cheek there

[@mrpusser0348]

RAF own 3...its on Wiki

[@Pesmog]

Aye, they bought them to replace the failed Nimrod project

[@batfly]

um that's 99922

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

I know this place