Waddington~Lincs 28 February 2025 (John Tomlinson)

With Operation Cobra over, this was the last chance to see the participants.

Fortunately a family visit to Lincoln enabled me to catch them all, especially in that four, 2 x Turkish and 2 x French departed 30 minutes after I arrived!

Photographs at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums/72177720324182265/

Regards

John

Noted between 1230-1445hrs
( ) denotes not read off.

90-0020 and 93-0007 departed 1300hrs
90-0020 General Dynamics F-16 C C/n 4R-079 Turkish Air Force
93-0007 General Dynamics F-16 C C/n 4R-129 Turkish Air Force
92-0022 General Dynamics F-16 D C/n 4S-022 Turkish Air Force


339 and 330 departed 1256hrs
339 Dassault Rafale B C/n Unknown French Air Force Coded 4-FF
330 Dassault Rafale B C/n Unknown French Air Force Coded 4-IE
(308) Dassault Rafale B C/n Unknown French Air Force Coded 4-HA

Casa 235 arrived 1306hrs
156 CASA 235200M C/n C156 French Air Force Coded 64-IQ

Noted from left to right
634 McDonnell-Douglas F-15SA C/n 14xx Royal Saudi Air Force
635 McDonnell-Douglas F-15SA C/n 14xx Royal Saudi Air Force
633 McDonnell-Douglas F-15SA C/n 14xx Royal Saudi Air Force
636 McDonnell-Douglas F-15SA C/n 14xx Royal Saudi Air Force
629 McDonnell-Douglas F-15SA C/n 14xx Royal Saudi Air Force
638 McDonnell-Douglas F-15 SA C/n 14xx Royal Saudi Air Force


ZZ507 Beech 350CER C/n FM-55 Royal Air Force
ZM334 Embraer EMB-500 C/n 50000377 Royal Air Force Circuit bashing
XM607 Avro Vulcan B.2A C/n SET71 Preserved

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