RAF Mildenhall, 26th March 2022.

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@terriellis5145
@terriellis5145 2 жыл бұрын
79-82/90-92 with the 48th TFW next door I remember when they had sr71's. When they redid the runways at mildenhall. Ssgt j.ellis retired. Keep up the excellent work!!!
@patriot03062
@patriot03062 2 жыл бұрын
I went to Mildenhall RAF back in 2006 as a Air Force Reservist I loved the history of and the pictures in the Dining Hall during WW2. The surrounding Countryside so nice and beautiful Nice small villages and Pubs Very Quaint
@rogernorman2621
@rogernorman2621 2 жыл бұрын
My Father was based at Mildenhall during the 2nd. World War. I was born there right at the end of the war. My Father was on 15 squadron flying Lancasters.
@Johnny64ism
@Johnny64ism 2 жыл бұрын
Thank You for His Service
@michaelczernicki2249
@michaelczernicki2249 2 жыл бұрын
First duty station 1994-1996. Absolutely loved it.
@Highland_Moo
@Highland_Moo 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I could see one in person….I live in the Scottish highlands and I love seeing all these videos, but I really wish I could get to see these close up. I never got the chance to fly in a DC10/MD11 and the KC10s are incredible!
@ewila5770
@ewila5770 2 жыл бұрын
Visiting the Scottish Highland was always among the top 3 on my bucket list - fingers crossed I'm going there in a couple of days as a birthday present - and I can see these magnificent birds from my window all the time :) So never give up your dreams mate!
@jamesberwick2210
@jamesberwick2210 2 жыл бұрын
Went through there four times while stationed at RAF Bentwaters / Woodbridge. I was with the 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, 1972-1974, we nicknamed RAF Mildenhall, RAF Moldyhole back then. All in good fun and teasing each other. I think they called us Crookedcreek,
@maxsdad538
@maxsdad538 2 жыл бұрын
I used to fly in and out of Mildenhall back in the 70's with USAF EC-121's, and it was easy to imagine, with the brick buildings covered with greenery growing up the sides, a time just a short 30 years earlier, when to many young men were flying and dying over the skies of Germany. The spirit of all those young men, American and British and all of her allies, still walked the streets and drank in the base clubs, ate in the mess and flew out out of the airfield and into eternity. To this day, I can remember the feeling of their spirits as I took to the skies, and I thank God for everything those brave heroes of old did in the name of peace. And I am forever grateful for our allies Great Britain... to the little mother, from her big son.
@grosvenorclub
@grosvenorclub 2 жыл бұрын
My mother worked for the American Red Cross based in Bath and Bristol in the UK during WW2 . She was English born in Bath . One of her enduring memories was of the Yanks ( as she called them ) freshly arriving from the US before D- Day all young and full of enthusiasm and then later as the wounded started to come from France , many terribly wounded .
@LMays-cu2hp
@LMays-cu2hp 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing..
@luciusjulius8320
@luciusjulius8320 2 жыл бұрын
That C-130 is a C-130H3 flown by the Minnesota Air Reserve. It differs from the C-130H in that it has an 8 bladed propeller rather than a 4-blade propeller.
@bob80q
@bob80q 2 жыл бұрын
934th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve Command
@geofslagle410
@geofslagle410 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice! I flew KC-10s brand new out of the factory on their first local missions. It was a fantastic privilege. Capt G.B. Slagle 77AREFS.
@richardmarshall2229
@richardmarshall2229 2 жыл бұрын
I was the Boom at March AFB on 135s and transferred to the KC-10 A at March. Loved every mission and the ride was great. I too felt it a fantastic privilege to be part of the flight crew. A very special time in my Air Force career.
@WaddleAero
@WaddleAero 2 жыл бұрын
They looked better back then. Miss the Blue and White and the Shamoo paint jobs
@neilsmith6461
@neilsmith6461 2 жыл бұрын
The guy who put the tanker down at the end made a perfect landing
@Robchaser1981
@Robchaser1981 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video 👍
@HRHolm-bi6zu
@HRHolm-bi6zu 2 жыл бұрын
I visited or passed thru this base a few times during my service years from 1975-81. Really good and classy mess hall, of particular note. (Air Force had the best dining facilities, at least vs. U.S. Army.) Wouldn't have minded being stationed there if I had been in the Air Force, although I would have more preferred someplace like RAF Greenham Common further southwest (was there for a training exercise in 1976, plus RAF Sculthorpe in 1978; didn't care for Sculthorpe nearly as much.) Anyway, I wonder if that little English cafe is still just inside the main entrance to Mildenhall, if anyone knows. It was so distinctive located at that spot.
@leonard4101
@leonard4101 2 жыл бұрын
Right there at the gate of Mildenhall before you go in? Kind of sitting in an odd area for a pub or cafe I never went in there my ex-wife was stationed at Mildenhall from 1990-1992 and the pub was still open. I was retired from the AF by then so I was following her around and taking care of the kids....lol (fun) :)
@HRHolm-bi6zu
@HRHolm-bi6zu 2 жыл бұрын
@@leonard4101 I could have sworn it was just inside the main gate, its own standalone building. Looked kind of like one of those old-style American highway diners from the 1930s-40s, actually. But it was a civilian Brit place. You know, time fades many memory details, and it's been 40+ years now since I passed thru the base. It was not a 'pub' per se, though. I can't remember specifically about the type of fare served, either. But at the time I thought it was OK for what it appeared to be. But again, those Air Force mess halls, serving those 'midnight chow' breakfasts, too. I shoulda gone Air Force.
@leonard4101
@leonard4101 2 жыл бұрын
@@HRHolm-bi6zu Yea that area wasn't like most AF bases where everything is inside the main fence of the base....at Mildenhall the operations function of the base was fenced in, even the gas station was on the inside but the BX, Commissary, Hospital and housing and the club, etc... was open on the outside. We lived at Lakenheath housing off base, moved from Thetford and drove to Mildenhall it was a nice assignment but her assignment was cut short wish we could have stayed longer I got tired of moving...... cheers :)
@chuckfinley6156
@chuckfinley6156 2 жыл бұрын
love the nose art on the 135, the McGuire/P-38 slash on the KC-10 tail, oh, and all of the captures were sweet.
@VersedNJ
@VersedNJ 2 жыл бұрын
I don't live far from McGuire in Toms River, NJ. I frequently see C-17's and probably that jet flying over my home, getting ready to land or flying over the pond. Was stationed at Rhein Main AB from 77-80 and in the USAF from 75 to 1980.
@mikepeover9379
@mikepeover9379 2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video. I used to stay in Johns field 3 times a year camping, over the years. Such a good place Mildenhall when the movments are good.
@leddielive
@leddielive 2 жыл бұрын
Sure is a beautiful sunset especially considering its still March here in the UK.
@jasonthomas9364
@jasonthomas9364 2 жыл бұрын
The 135 is old and looks great in gray, still a slick jet after all this time
@gailcrook2687
@gailcrook2687 2 жыл бұрын
So glad Mildenhall wasn't closed down, it would have wrecked the local economy
@Hattonbank
@Hattonbank 2 жыл бұрын
Sod the economy, what about the aircraft enthusiasts? wink wink
@gregsmith4056
@gregsmith4056 2 жыл бұрын
I flew C130s from Langley to Mildenhall 3 to 4 times a year back in the 60s
@kevbrown1867
@kevbrown1867 2 жыл бұрын
Great camera work Unfortunately I am old enough to remember the Vietnam war , Kinda good to see the same planes being used today in 2022 makes me feel young again
@chrisp4190
@chrisp4190 2 жыл бұрын
Those C5's are HUGE
@simonjamesdean2307
@simonjamesdean2307 2 жыл бұрын
Cool video! I live under the circuit for Mildenhall and there has been a noticeable increase in traffic over the last month, perhaps not so surprising considering the world situation.
@simonsupersi2225
@simonsupersi2225 2 жыл бұрын
Use to go here alot when they had the viewing area next to the road hope they open back up. Great video i guess the camp site is the only place now?
@simonsupersi2225
@simonsupersi2225 2 жыл бұрын
What scanner frequency?
@jbizzletx3420
@jbizzletx3420 2 жыл бұрын
God speed 🙏 U.S.A. #1 Hooah!!
@Machine4977
@Machine4977 2 жыл бұрын
135s are so mean with the engine upgrades
@yb8080
@yb8080 2 жыл бұрын
Why is a C5 landing there?
@malcolmdale
@malcolmdale 2 жыл бұрын
Was hoping to see the camp but all I saw was some planes.
@gailcrook2687
@gailcrook2687 2 жыл бұрын
During the Vietnam war, my sister lived near Wethersfield air base, she used to complain about a huge plane that flew low over her house, coming in to land, I was there one day, OMG, the size of it and the noise, I thought it was going to take her roof off
@thezanzibarbarian5729
@thezanzibarbarian5729 2 жыл бұрын
_Hmmmm.... Preparations for what, exactly!!??_ 🤔😶🤫
@derekcoe9633
@derekcoe9633 2 жыл бұрын
Given the current situation with Russia I wonder what these aircraft are actually doing?
@Hattonbank
@Hattonbank 2 жыл бұрын
Most activity is the RC-135 Rivet Joint Elint (electronic gathering aircraft which patrol to the west of Belorussia and south of Ukraine borders, in conjunction with RAF Rivet Joints from RAF Waddington. KC-135 and KC-10 tankers support them as well as supporting local NATO fighter units deployed to the Baltic states and Romania.
@popovoleg70
@popovoleg70 2 жыл бұрын
@@Hattonbank and two avacs as well everyday.
@Hattonbank
@Hattonbank 2 жыл бұрын
@@popovoleg70 And the occasional E-8
@popovoleg70
@popovoleg70 2 жыл бұрын
@@Hattonbank it is.. are there a fighters really ?
@Hattonbank
@Hattonbank 2 жыл бұрын
@@popovoleg70 No fighters are based at Muldenhall. The nearby Lakenheath base of the 48th TFW has 3 squadrons of F-15S/E models with an F-35 squadron currently being added. Lakenheath is the only USAF fighter base in the UK. The USAF also have 2 squadrons at Aviano, Italy (F-16's) and two squadrons at Spengdahlen. Germany (A-10's), that is the total of USAF combat aircraft in Europe currently.
@markherzog9484
@markherzog9484 2 жыл бұрын
At 7.49 it’s nice to see the world’s most powerful Air Force still gets bird shit on the vertical stab…….
@Nucleus51
@Nucleus51 2 жыл бұрын
In US Millitary cops be all over my ass if i was taking pictures this close.
@mboel1179
@mboel1179 2 жыл бұрын
E4 Nightwatch plane allso
@stephenord3403
@stephenord3403 2 жыл бұрын
Send them to Russia
@dougle03
@dougle03 2 жыл бұрын
Shame you didn't stay later since the President touched down later on in the evening 😎
@jfaviationvideos.
@jfaviationvideos. 2 жыл бұрын
Yes I did it is the video before this one. 😊👍
@dougle03
@dougle03 2 жыл бұрын
@@jfaviationvideos. Awesome, just seen it - nice one
@Marktastic11
@Marktastic11 2 жыл бұрын
That explains the E-4B at the start of the video.
@dougle03
@dougle03 2 жыл бұрын
@@Marktastic11 It does.
@dgsolve
@dgsolve 2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your excellent coverage puts a whole lot more context to my ADS tracker !! I follow these guys every day... right up to the last inch of NATO soil sometimes 🤫 god bless.
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