Ample Strike - Fairford - September 2019

[andypspotter]

The exercise in Czech runs from 29 August to 20 September.

Fairford is due to host B-52s (and also possibly B-2s based on the origin of the support flights that have already visited).

The number of aircraft involved is not yet known.

The following may be a useful link :

lznamest.army.cz/ample-strike-2019

[andypspotter]

B-2s
Spirit of Georgia 89-0129
Spirit of Mississippi 82-1071
Spirit of America 82-1066

arrived in the small hours 27/8

B-52
60-0002 was a tech divert 28/8

Meanwhile, all three B-2s performed missions 28/8

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Would love to get up to Fairford to see the B2's but work commitments won't allow- cannot take the chance of going up when I do have the time and they have either gone out on a mission or are hangered.


AM

[andypspotter]

Am planning to get across there during the next week or so, and chance my arm to see the three B-2s in action.

If only they didn't need wrapping up in cotton wool, and could be dumped outside like the B-52s, it'd be a damn sight easier to get their serials, if nothing else.

The following websites can be useful in guesstimating their likely movements:

ffdmovements.blogspot.com/?m=1

ukga.com/airfield/fairford/notam

The latter provides runway opening / closing times.

[Deleted]

Thanks Andy


AM

[andypspotter]

17/9/19

B-52 60-0009 arrived all the way from Mildenhall, after its prolonged stay due to a double engine change.