RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19

[ian531]

11-0059 Bell/Boeing CV-22 Osprey- United States Air Force
12-0063 Bell/Boeing CV-22 Osprey - United States Air Force
12-0065 Bell/Boeing CV-22 Osprey - United States Air Force
09-0017 Boeing 757-200 - United States Air Force
07-7170 Boeing C-17A Globemaster - United States Air Force
01-0187 Boeing C-17A Globemaster - United States Air Force
10-0221 Boeing C-17A Globemaster - United States Air Force
57-1474 Boeing KC-135R - United States Air Force 'Miss Irish'
57-2605 Boeing KC-135R - United States Air Force 'Big As Bird'
58-0001 Boeing KC-135R - United States Air Force 'Our Gal Sal'
58-0100 Boeing KC-135R - United States Air Force 'Hundred Proof'
58-0113 Boeing KC-135R - United States Air Force 'All American Gal'
59-1513 Boeing KC-135R - United States Air Force 'Reluctant Dragon'
60-0344 Boeing KC-135R - United States Air Force 'Homesick Angel'
57-1493 Boeing KC-135R - United States Air Force 'Wolf Pack'
10-5714 Lockheed MC-130J Hercules - United States Air Force
11-5737 Lockheed MC-130J Hercules - United States Air Force
13-5778 Lockheed MC-130J Hercules - United States Air Force
97-0219 MD F-15E Eagle - United States Air Force

Images to follow later this week

Ian

[ian531]

A few images to illustrate the above log

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

RAF Mildenhall 03/06/19 by ian531531, on Flickr

More on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/136335878@N02/albums/72157708978254086/with/48020898852/

Ian

[radiostationx]

Nice set of images there Ian, very good details on the close ups.
The stratotankers HF radio antenna wire can be clearly seen mid tail as is the blade end insulator at the other end, this is where the wire enters the avionics bay behind the cockpit and that is where the antenna tuner unit is.
The C-17 has a combined HF wire antenna and self contained tuner unit built into the top tail, but it also has a pair of Ultra HF satellite communications patch antennas on top of the wing fuselage join.
These are visible in your c-17 photo.

These are a bit "spesh"..and not cheap by any means to swap out but I assume they get damaged by speeding dust/debris knocking them out of the very tight specs !

www.amc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/786666/mcchord-product-improvement-team-does-away-with-redundant-inspection-of-c-17-an/

[wadoki]

I visited twice on this date and can add the following:
CV-22 0033,0050,0052
MC-130J 95713,25760
C-17A 70047,99206
RC-135 14845

Gareth
...great photos in the report above btw