Marham
RAF Marham, Norfolk, UK
The final home of the RAF Tornado fleet. Now home to the F-35B Lightning force.
The final home of the RAF Tornado fleet. Now home to the F-35B Lightning force.
Mildenhall
RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK.
Houses the 100ARW, The Bloody Hundredth, with 351ARS KC-135R/T Stratotankers plus 352SOW/752SOG with 7SOS CV-22B Ospreys & 67SOS MC-130J Commando IIs and the 321STS of AFSOC.
Mission marks
Markings applied to aircraft signifying operational ordnance employment and/or "kill" marks
Museums
• Virginia Air & Space Center
• South Yorkshire Air Museum
• RAFM Cosford
• RAFM Hendon
• Norfolk & Suffolk Air Museum
• Midland Air Museum
• South Yorkshire Air Museum
• RAFM Cosford
• RAFM Hendon
• Norfolk & Suffolk Air Museum
• Midland Air Museum
Nellis
Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The USAF Home of the Fighter Pilot. The USAF Warfare Center hosts more squadrons than any other Air Force Base, including the USAF Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds.
The USAF Home of the Fighter Pilot. The USAF Warfare Center hosts more squadrons than any other Air Force Base, including the USAF Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds.
Night
Dusk or night, floodlit or moonlit.
Oceana
NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
USN East Coast / Atlantic Fleet Master Jet Base.
USN East Coast / Atlantic Fleet Master Jet Base.
Ordnance
Aircraft carrying weaponry - typically training/drill or mockups on static displays. Some live weapons.
Paris Air Show
Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France
Like Farnborough, an executive airport and host to a biennial airshow.
Like Farnborough, an executive airport and host to a biennial airshow.
Raptors
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
The world's finest air dominance platform.
The world's finest air dominance platform.
Rotary wing
Helicopters & tilt-rotors
Shawbury
RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, UK
Special Schemes & Nose-art
Aircraft with special paint schemes (including temporary camo), markings or nose-art and includes single ship demonstration team aircraft schemes.
Will doubtless include anything "out of the ordinary", but not aerobatic teams.
Super Hornets
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
The multi-role backbone of US Navy airpower. Includes the EA-18G Growler.
The multi-role backbone of US Navy airpower. Includes the EA-18G Growler.
Tornados
Panavia's Mighty Fin - the venerable Tonka. The world's best low-level interdiction strike aircraft.
Typhoons
Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH's finest.
UK Armed Forces
Royal Air Force, Royal Navy / Fleet Air Arm, British Army / Army Air Corps & UK Government agencies
US Armed Forces
US Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, National Guard, Reserve & US federal agencies.
Waddington
RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK.
Home to 34AEW and the majority of the UK's ISTAR fleet - 13 Sqn (MQ-9 Reaper), 14 Sqn (Shadow) & 51 Sqn (RC-135W); also hosts 54 Sqn (ISTAR OCU) & 56 Sqn (ISTAR OEU).
Home to 34AEW and the majority of the UK's ISTAR fleet - 13 Sqn (MQ-9 Reaper), 14 Sqn (Shadow) & 51 Sqn (RC-135W); also hosts 54 Sqn (ISTAR OCU) & 56 Sqn (ISTAR OEU).
Warbirds
Historic aircraft being kept in the air (or in taxiable condition).
Yeovilton
RNAS Yeovilton / HMS Heron, Somserset, UK
Home to Merlins of the Commando Helicopter Force, Wildcats of the RN Wildcat Force & Hawk T1s of the Naval Flying Standards Flight and hosts an annual airshow.
Home to Merlins of the Commando Helicopter Force, Wildcats of the RN Wildcat Force & Hawk T1s of the Naval Flying Standards Flight and hosts an annual airshow.
