What were these jets overhead the other day?

Chris Wilson · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:10

Anyone able to ID this formation overhead the other day in North Shropshire please?

They shortly after split up and climbed. Looked like they had long range tanks on.

LeMson · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:23

zoomed in and oopps :X

Thekwango · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:26

blue arrows

Minusorange · 31 Jan 2021 at 15:01

They look like F-15's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle

Diddums · 31 Jan 2021 at 15:06

Pretty sure that's the military arm of the Jobs Procurement Division from Immigrants International™ coming to take all the jobs at your imaginary pub.

LeMson · 31 Jan 2021 at 15:18

Minusorange said:
They look like F-15's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle

I thought the same, but the blue arrows f18 suggestion makes sense, and when I zoomed in I think I can see f18, I dunno now tho lol

Vulcan · 31 Jan 2021 at 15:22

Those are definitely F-15s, not F/A-18s.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ying-training-timetable-25-to-29-january-2021

mmj_uk · 31 Jan 2021 at 15:52

Russian Sukhoi planes making COVID chemtrails, heard it on a CNN interview with a prominent Democrat they blame Trump.

Opisflap · 31 Jan 2021 at 16:06

mmj_uk said:
Russian Sukhoi planes making COVID chemtrails, heard it on a CNN interview with a prominent Democrat they blame Trump.

Yeah that's 5G radiation coming from droptanks

Roar87 · 31 Jan 2021 at 16:07

F-15's, USAF has lots of them in RAF bases across the UK

Luke · 31 Jan 2021 at 16:14

Predominantly based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.

Nasher · 31 Jan 2021 at 16:28

Could be anything, transitioning, exercises. Biden increasing troop numbers in the UK maybe.

arknor · 31 Jan 2021 at 17:26

pilots need flight hours

Troop · 31 Jan 2021 at 17:29

They came over me spaced about 1000m apart abreast, (Mid Wales coast last Tuesday) only time I ever see them like that is when they are transiting back to the US.

Chris Wilson · 31 Jan 2021 at 17:38

Diddums said:
Pretty sure that's the military arm of the Jobs Procurement Division from Immigrants International™ coming to take all the jobs at your imaginary pub.

<chortle> Round here they seem to find "jobs" begging outside Tesco, or when it was open, W H Smiths. Sadly my imaginary pub is shut, thanks to China.

Chris Wilson · 31 Jan 2021 at 17:41

Nasher said:
Could be anything, transitioning, exercises. Biden increasing troop numbers in t he UK maybe.

Thanks everyone, noisy devils, whatever they were. More used to seeing some vintage Russian fighter bomber up from Sleap, when the seventy odd year old pilot goes off to see his mistress (allegedly)

GinG · 31 Jan 2021 at 18:47

High speed Covid Patrols.

BUDFORCE · 31 Jan 2021 at 21:11

I see those F15's all the time over my house, I think my area is a preferred training area for military jets or something, maybe we are not far away from Lakenheath or Marham, the latter I think they fly the Eurofighter out of.

But not uncommon to see Chinooks, one went over the other day very very low. See plenty of Apache helicopters usually in pairs those, even saw the Vulcan fly over once.

They were out practice dog fighting the other night, really cool seeing the light of the afterburner in the night sky.