Fairford 16-07-2018 (departure day)

Hej!

I finally managed to edit all pictures from the Departure Day at Fairford. All in all we had an enjoyable day, with sometimes clouds and sometimes very hot weather. So, here's an impression of the 155 pictures that made the cut.

1. Always good to see the Gripen, there quite good looking I think.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/860/2...e20869d4_b.jpgJAS39-SWEAF-39825-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

2. The two F-16s of the Hellenic Air Force were looking quite tired:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/938/4...01cccc6f_b.jpgF16-HAF-529-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

3. Lots of RAF aircraft were wearing a special red RAF 100 years-tail, like this Voyager:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/850/4...53f0d344_b.jpgVoyager-RAF-ZZ330-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

4. Swiss PC-7 demo team lining up for runway 27:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/933/4...c5fc1e35_b.jpgPC7-SWF-A934-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

5. Pretty Rafale of the Armee de l'Air:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/931/4...1df4b9f6_b.jpgRafale-FAF-130-FFD16jul18-2 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

6. The French Navy was also present with Rafales, including this one with a special tail:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/940/4...6d5a5e12_b.jpgRafale-FNY-5-FFD16jul18-2 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

7. Impressive Sycamore of Red Bulls, painted in RAF-colors:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/931/4...169321ea_b.jpgSycamore-RBL-OEXSY-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

8. Impressive Black Falcon livery on this Belgian F-16:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/941/4...51caeba9_b.jpgF16-BAF-FA101-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

9. Very colorful tail on this Pakistan C-130E:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/859/4...d74cc250_b.jpgC130E-PAF-4178-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

10. The Dutch send this F-16 with a special tail celebrating 75 years of 322 sq:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/851/4...dd1e8eec_b.jpgF16-KLU-J879-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

11. Another special tail could be seen on this ERJ135 of the Belgian Air Force:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/856/4...d58fb5e0_b.jpgE135-BAF-CE02-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

12. One of the prettier special liveries at this year's RIAT was painted on this CF-188A of the Royal Canadian Air Force:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/940/4...1ea01131_b.jpgCF188A-RCAF-188776-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

13. This Mirage 2000 of the French Air Force was also celebrating something:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/849/4...bf609215_b.jpgMirage2000-FAF-624-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

14. Definitely one of my personal highlights at the RIAT was this C-2 of the Japan Self Defence Force:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/928/4...e0e9286a_b.jpgC2-JASDF-681203-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

15. Qinetic has recently took delivery of this PC-21:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/930/2...c7defc70_b.jpgPC21-QIN-GETPA-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

16. The Ukraine delegation took off in the opposite direction:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/856/4...a0de4a7b_b.jpgIL76-UKR-78820-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

17.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/928/4...b55d2779_b.jpgSU27-UKR-58-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

18. Always pretty these Piaggio P180s:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/856/4...5420f827_b.jpgP180-ITAF-MM62159-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

19. My first RAF Sentinel:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/930/4...b257ff3d_b.jpgSentinel-RAF-ZJ692-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

20. Yet another special tail; this time on this Royal Jordanian Air Force Hercules:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/931/4...ae8e2957_b.jpgC130-RJAF-344-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

21. Quite nice were the two NH-90s of the Finnish Air Force:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/856/4...d38b5df8_b.jpgNH90-FIN-NH221-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

22. Boring white, but still nice, this E-6B Mercury of the US Navy:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/939/4...ba060f2e_b.jpgE6B-USN-163918-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

23. Still going strong is this Antonov An-2 of the Estonian Air Force:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/934/4...8a0615eb_b.jpgAN2-EST-41-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

24. American air power by two USAF F-35As:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/851/4...5971a776_b.jpgF35A-USAF-155125-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

25. Another highlight for me was this E-7A Wedgetail of the RAAF:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/932/4...9ffecfe8_b.jpgE7A-RAAF-A30001-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

26. Turning onto runway 27 is this KC-135R of the USAF:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/856/2...6417271f_b.jpgKC135-USAF-610321-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

27. And I end my selection with this impressive RC-135W of the RAF:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/939/2...4b9e754b_b.jpgRC135W-RAF-ZZ665-FFD16jul18 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

I hope you liked them. You can see the whole set at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeli...h/42975638334/

Cheers!