US Air Force Aircraft Spotted SURGE FLYING From RAF Lakenheath! ✈️ | Forces TV
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Read more on this story👉www.forces.net...
The US Air Force has been carrying out three days of intensive flying from RAF Lakenheath. The 'surge' saw the base's F-15 aircraft flying many training sorties, designed to test whether or not they are combat-ready.
Subscribe to Forces TV: bit.ly/1OraazC
Check out our website: forces.net
Facebook: / forcestv
Instagram: www.instagram....
Twitter: / forcesnews
#RAFLakenheath #USAirForce #USAF
I first saw the F-15 fly when I was stationed in Thailand in 1973 ... who'd of thunk, it would still be flying (and performing well) in 2020. Makes me happy and proud to see this beautiful aircraft still flying.
Yep, and it is said that it is the most successful fighter jet, having never been shot down by the enemy.
They are making brand new ones as I type this.
I saw one of the newest USAF aircraft I ever saw in 1983 during Moody AFB's Open House. An Eagle with
15!! hours on the airframe from First Fighter Group based at Langley. The youngest F4 we had on base was
about 3200 hours :).
Bill Irvin
+ Interesting mucker, F-15 didn't enter USAF service until 1976, first fight of the F-15A July 72, the F-15B 73, but not in Thailand, unless you know something I don't.
I saw them mix it with Sea Harrier FRS1 just before the Falklands War, the FRS1 getting the better of them some of the time, which surprised the Yanks.
This was one of the first production model and it was on a tour of US bases in the Pacific and Asia, letting the troops see the new fighter.
Kayleigh is beautiful and Love the UK.
Thankyou for your SERVICE GOD BLESS YOU ALL 💎🇬🇧💎
Are you British ? Do you like the USA and Americans ?
TheIceman567 Yes I’m British ... Yes I like USA why ?
Gav G 89 II UKTV II cool I’m American and I love the UK. In fact I my fiancé is English and we have twins due in December. First in my family to be born in Britain in over 200 years. Do you live in England if I may ask? 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
As a civilian for DOD I worked at RAF Lakenheath for a year and a half in the mid 80's. They flew F-111s then. The locals didn't like those loud things no matter what time they flew!
I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall from 88 to 91. And yes the F 111's were loud
I'm glad we have 75 US aircraft in the UK. Our air force isn't that big, so 75 aircraft is a considerable increase in presence. Always good to see us working with allies such as the US.
Its a shame they keep crashing them 🤷♂️ our RAF need to show them how to fly
@@jix9898 They crashed one?
@@BigBoomOfDoom2 Very recently in the North Sea. RIP
Well the UK is more a vassal these days I would say
Spartan 101 Thats funny
Why do I hear about this now 🙄 always miss out
Do you always expect an event being covered by the news before it happens?
Hammerschlägen M cheers good buddy. It’s always a pleasure to the USAF in Britain’s skies. Maybe I’ll get to see the F35...
EnglishAndy are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?
Look on raf fairford movements,Also pprune, Everything there I got my shot of 2 b2 stealth bombers landing
Last year 👍
Ian Briggs thanks Ian, I bet that was a sight to behold.
Our US Brothers are welcome over here any time! By me anyway. Spent time in San Diego and met the "Best of the Best". God Bless.
@@TheIceman567 would his comment be clearer with a picture ? lol
mark lloyd hmmm? Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans
Long live the US-UK alliance. Nothing could break this sacred cooperation even if it's politics.
@Anglus Patria hehe. Happy weekend.
Nishkid641 are you British?
God will, as you will see.
Absolutely awesome aircraft, great to have their support
Superb footage. Very enjoyable. Thank you. 😊
I wondered what was up. We had a pretty good air show for 3 days over our home, mostly F15s but we had one sighting of some RAF Typhoons. Our only complaint- With low cloud, we can hear them but can't see them. I'm tempted to write to RAF Lakenheath and ask them to fly lower!
Do it! The noise would be much better than all the cars farting on gearshifts, which at this stage is basically mandatory background noise.
@@juniorballs6025 I know what you mean. We live about 0.5km from a bypass and when the wind is from the West, there is constant traffic noise (plus sirens!)
Thanks for cheering us on, folks!
Had such an enjoyable trip to the UK last year - thank you friendly friends!
Always great to inspire the next generation. FAITH in UK!FAITH in USA!
You are both doomed and you are not crusaders of this planet, do I make myself clear?. This massive lie you are living, sinful, very, very sinful indeed Sir.
Graggle5 It’s talk like yours that keeps us on our toes and progressing. So keep it up
love those birds we are an unbeatable team
75!! Thank you 🇺🇸 for supporting our 🇬🇧 airspace :)
America don't contribute anything to British airspace, they are just there as a forward base for NATO. Protection of British airspace is done by the RAF.
75 F15’s flying in our airspace sure is contributing, semantics mate
@@chrisward7582 They contribute nothing other than their presence.
Presence and deterrent is everything. Ask the people that serve on the boomers
@@chrisward7582 The main and only deterrence to a peer attack on the UK is the 200 plus nuke warheads that the UK processes, conventional forces have been stripped to the bone
Great reply! He loves the noise?
They need a B1b lancer to take off on full reheat that will definitely shake your rib cage ,haven't seen a b1b display since 2007 and I've been going fairford for 20 yrs ,RAF Mildenhall should do a Airshow like the old days now it's staying open.👍
Yes I am British and I really respect the American's
cool I’m American and I love the UK. In fact I my fiancé is English and we have twins due in December. First in my family to be born in Britain in over 200 years. Do you live in England if I May ask? 🇬🇧🏴🤝🇺🇸
Yes
Costas Savvides nice 🇬🇧🏴🤝🇺🇸
🇺🇸🇺🇸🤝🤝🇬🇧🇬🇧
Likewise, bud!
Love those 10 turn 10 turn 10 turn 8.... keeps you very busy
Thank you for taking care of our men and women while they visit your beautiful country . 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Pardon the noise 🥰
Brings back memories, Operation Readiness Exercises followed by an ORI. I liked the surges myself, but then I just
had to fix the jet, not fly it :).
Amazing.
The USAF has more active fighter jets stationed in England than the RAF does!!
No it doesn't mate they have two bases which are the UK's but we let them use them. If they started getting to big headed they would be booted out. Mate we have alot of camps still active
How many?
USAF has just 3 fighter squadrons based in England, but nice try, troll!
@Aj The Typhoon is a disaster, Tempest will fail, the UK should just quit and buy Rafales and then invest in FCAS.
Aj WTF are you babbling about? The UK had absolutely zero to do with the Dassault Rafale and what does India have to do with anything?
Somethings not right here, something is going down something BIG!
God bless our US allies.
Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?
Great, I wish I could have got there.
Let's hope fairford happens next year ticket already paid for ,hopefully I'll be down there this year if there's a NATO exercise all the way from Nottingham England. 👍
Omg 75 f15s!! Twice the number of combat aircraft of RAF? We should be truly ashamed of ourselves . ...... Combat aircraft that actually work too.
If we stop giving people benefits that simply just don't want to work then we would have the money to do so. Far too many people getting everything handed to them when the money could be better spent elsewhere.
The typhoon works perfectly, and would beat an F15.
@@anglonig1 how many typhoons do we fly? To the tax payer paid Tony Blair for 175 of them....
I understand why the US air force is based in the UK with the threat from the east. They do appreciate being in the UK I know that. We have a couple of units out in the states but not as big as there presents.
Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?
Hammerschlägen M are you British. I take it you’re german?
Wonder if this has anything to do with the moving of troops to Poland, bordering Belarus
Perhaps. The US has had troops in Poland for a few years haven't they?
@@tlrad2007 True, although they're bringing in a few more
@@diggledoggle4192
Really. I hadn't heard.
Did you not watch the video? It’s a unit readiness eval. It’s routine.
@@afcgeo882 They say it's routine...
The American uniform still looks a bit old fashioned. And unlike ours, not in a good way.
It would be soo cool to see a surge in action though.
Yeah would agree, they just look ugly
Well I didn't even see a uniform on that video - only fatigues. The uniform is more up to date that the RAF.
That was a combat uniform, not a parade ground uniform. Our USAF dress uniforms are sharp.
We love the yanks,we will always fight whoever with them!
Looking forward to seeing F-35’s passing overhead through the Lichfield corridor , hopefully the F-22’s will visit again.
Hate people who uses ladders at airshows and airbases for viewing aircraft th is ruins it for everyone
Adam lee Wicks Why actually?
@@dylanwagemans7718 because it obstructs views for others who try and take pictures
Invasion stripes f15!?
Shame Anna souklas is not aloud to fly back to the uk
REFORGER!!!
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💪💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?
Interesting. If they were all in Maryland while this was happening, at that distance from each other, nearly everyone would be wearing masks...
richard hall what riots?
Anyone see the u2 spy planes and the v22 osprey at fairford?
No only the UFO's ! !
😂
Adversary from your own government? That’s maybe too late.
Justice For Harry
What the hell is “surge flying”? lol
Basically flying at an unsustainable sortie rate. Your not keeping up with maintenance but putting more jets in the air for a key time.
David Houseman That’s any training event. lol The video states it’s a unit readiness eval. Pretty normal stuff.
@@afcgeo882 it is pretty normal, just a higher sortie rate.
Lets keep pretending this has any other purpose other than to keep flight hours up for the flight crews . Sure hope we dont need all that fuel later .
@@klakdbeik38r8 I didnt say there was anything wrong with it , I said they should be HONEST about why they are doing it .
Think Kayleigh Fry needs to find herself a man instead of watching plans with her mummy and daddy 🤣👍
😂😂😂😂😂
Some of the comments on here are laughable. The RAF just doesn’t have the same capability as the USAF. We act like a big player but the reality is we couldn’t act without American support. Our Armed Forces have been in perpetual decline for decades. We haven’t been a major military force for ages.
No one has the same capability as the USAF but they aren't the competition. We can can act alone in a lot of situations and compared to the vast majority of countries we at still a big player.
David Houseman we can only act in a limited role. Our Armed Forces openly admit that we need American support. The RN is a pathetic size and RM capability will be scaled down due to the cost of those new carriers. The Army will lose more people and we can’t recruit enough as it is. People are deluded if they think we could handle any serious threat in an actual war fighting role.
TheIceman567 yes I am and yes I like the USA
@@ghostwriter2031 every country except the US can can only act in a limited manner. We can handle basically any threat to the UK, because no one (except the US) can project an large force across distance at sea.
Ghost Writer cool I’m American and I love the UK. In fact I my fiancé is English and we have twins due in December. First in my family to be born in Britain in over 200 years. Do you live in England if I may ask? 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
over paid - over sexed - and over here
Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?
I don’t like the fact they have a base here what if Britain ever went to war with USA
It'd be an easy way to take out some of there jets. It.also wouldn't happen.
David Buckley The UK is probably the closest allies to the USA. War wouldn’t happen between us
Brandon are you British?
Aside from the fact that Britain would lose in a couple of months in either case? They’re very close allies. Why would they war?
@@TheIceman567 why do you keep asking everyone that? Lol