Exercise Yorknite, RAF Leeming, 23.11.21

[jonf45]

Hi,
Some shots from a cracking day at RAF Leeming on Tuesday, some great light for the Swiss F-18s operating during "Exercise Yorknite 2021"

FA-18C J-5001 + FA-18D J-5234 RAF Leeming 23.11.21 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18D J-5234 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-2 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18C J-5018 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-1 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18C J-5024 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-4 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18C J-5024 RAF Leeming 23.11.21 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18D J-5234 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-4 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18C J-5016 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-3 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18D J-5234 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-7 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18C J-5001 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-3 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18C J-5024 + J-5018 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-2 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

FA-18C J-5008 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-9 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

Hawk T.1A XX246 + XX198 RAF Leeming 23.11.21 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

Hawk T.1A XX246 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-2 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

CL-604 T-751 RAF Leeming 23.11.21-2 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

Loads more in my Flickr, and video is here:


Thanks for looking
Jon

[paul day]

Nice to see the hawks still flying. I was part of the team that took 24 hawks out of storage at Shawbury, took them to Boscombe Down, did a major servicing on them and retuned them to 100 Squadron and the Royal Navy in 2017.I read somewhere recently that they are due to retire then in the next two years.

Regards Paul Day.

[jonf45]

Yeah, they dont have lone left unfortunately. Ive always had a sof spot for them as i lived near RAF Chivenor as a kid, probably the last time ill get to see them other than the reds