RAF Coningsby
'Fighter Town (UK)'
January 2012
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| A brief photo-report from a day outside RAF Coningsby. Two of today’s 3(F) Squadron Typhoon were taking part in Exercise Taurus Mountain 1 in preparation for Olympic security training. The exercise ran from January 24 to 26. Another air defence exercise this week involved Coningsby Typhoons working with an E-3D Sentry and a Cobham operated Falcon 20. |
| 11(Fighter) Squadron Typhoon FGR.4 (ZJ919 'DC') resplendent with 15 mission marks for weapons dropped over Libya as part of Op ELLAMY in 2011. |
| Left to right: Typhoon FGR.4 (ZJ919 'DC') of 11(F) Squadron. Typhoon FGR.4 (ZJ920 'QO-A') of 3(F) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon T.3 (ZJ815 'BN') and Typhoon T.1A (ZJ813 'BL') of 29(R) Squadron. Typhoon FGR.4 (ZJ914 'AF') of 17(R) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon FGR.4 (ZJ915 'BY') and Typhoon T.3s (ZJ815 'BN' and ZJ806 'BE') all of 29(R) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon FGR.4s (ZJ928 'BX' and ZJ910 'BV' both with one Op ELLAMY mission mark) and Typhoon T.3 (ZJ806 'BE') all of 29(R) Squadron. |
| Typhoon T.3 (ZJ800 'BC') of 29(R) Squadron |
| Left to right: Typhoon T.3 (ZJ800 'BC') of 29(R) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon T.3 (ZJ811 'BP') of 29(R) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon T.3 (ZJ803 'BA') of 29(R) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon FGR.4 (ZJ925 'QO-R' with two op ELLAMY mission marks and ZJ936 'QO-S') of 3(F) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon FGR.4s (ZJ912 'AB' and ZJ946 'AG') of 17(R) Squadron. |
| Typhoon FGR.4 (ZJ946 'AG') of 17(R) Squadron |
| Left to right: Typhoon FGR.4s (ZJ914 'AF' and ZJ946 'AG') of 17(R) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon FGR.4 (ZK328) unmarked. |
| Left to right: Falcon 20EW (G-FRAW) of Cobham - Aviation Services. |
| Left to right: Tornado GR.4A (ZG707 'EB-Z' ' with two Op ELLAMY mission marks) of 41(R) Squadron departing for Warton where it night-stopped, on its return it suffered a bird-strike when landing at Coningsby. |
| Typhoon T.3 (ZJ806 'BE') of 29(R) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon T.3 (ZJ806 'BE') of 29(R) Squadron. |
| Left to right: Typhoon T.3 (ZJ915 ' BY') of 29(R) Squadron. Typhoon FGR.4 (ZJ939 'DXI') of 11(F) Squadron. |
Left to right: Super King Air B200 (ZK450 'J' and ZK455 'O') of 45(R) Squadron from RAF Cranwell.
Hawk T.1A (XX284 'CA') of 100 Squadron from RAF Leeming. |
