RAF Lakenheath 12/03/12

pdw8 · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:51

OK. first post in this part of the forium and i am in no way pretending to know anything about photography. Bought a Fujifilm HS20EX recently and I had to go near Lakenheath today for work so stopped by. It was very foggy and it was looking a bit of a no show when about 10 cars suddenly turned up and people jumped out with pro cameras with huge lenses. Thankfully it turned out to be quite a show with about 20 F16s all converging to the apron and taking off. Most of these are static shots and through a fence so not going to win any awards. Thanks to the USAF!

Daze · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:54

Nice photos man! Love the F-15Es

gavsta1981 · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:54

nice shots there

Zefan · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:55

Nice shots, but yes as said they are F-15s!

pdw8 · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:56

ah yes, sorry, got confused as there were some single seaters as well.

Daze · 12 Mar 2012 at 19:30

Yeah it looks like an F-15C in the background in the first picture.

vanandjuanunited · 14 Mar 2012 at 09:52

nice shots, one of my many destinations this summer for photos.
What time did you get there, are they from the car park?

pdw8 · 14 Mar 2012 at 15:47

vanandjuanunited said:
nice shots, one of my many destinations this summer for photos.
What time did you get there, are they from the car park?

Arrived in the viewing area car park about midday but it was very foggy and was thinking of leaving an hour later. However, we could see some activity around a plane and it had its canaopy up. Waitied another 45 minutes and about 2pm it all started.
These shots were taken through the fence about 400m away from the car park along the small road that leads to some religous sect place!

The thing that struck me as strange was most the ground crew were in civvies and didnt have hi-vis clothing on.

Cosimo · 14 Mar 2012 at 16:03

You've got some nice shots.

wildman · 14 Mar 2012 at 20:33

how do you get access to a military air base ? Do they simply let visitors walk in or do yo uhave to have family in the forces. Also can you just walk about with a camera taking photos ? I would love to go to an airbase but with my looks I am sure they would think i was planing something fishy !!! especially with a DSLR hagning aroudn my neck ?

Zefan · 14 Mar 2012 at 20:53

wildman said:
how do you get access to a military air base ? Do they simply let visitors walk in or do yo uhave to have family in the forces. Also can you just walk about with a camera taking photos ? I would love to go to an airbase but with my looks I am sure they would think i was planing something fishy !!! especially with a DSLR hagning aroudn my neck ?

Zoom through the fence

Troop · 15 Mar 2012 at 14:02

When they are out playing in the wild in the "Mach Loop" you can get shots like this,..... they need to be free lol!!!

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s223/xup1/OCuk1024.jpg