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News concerning LFA17&LFA13
22- 26 March 2010 -
EXERCISE PEGASUS GROUNDHOG
This Exercise will take
place in LFA 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, and night sectors 3BE, 3BW, 4AN,
4AS, 4BE AND 4BW between 0900-1600 daily. The exercise will consist
of mixed formations of up to 8 helicopters including Merlin, Lynx,
Chinook and Apache.
22 Mar-1 April 2010
- EXERCISE TAC BLAZE 1
This Exercise will take
place in LFA 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, and night sectors
3BE, 3BW and 4AS. The Exercise will consist of 3 helicopters and
will be conducted by the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
30 Mar- 1 April 2010
– EXERCISE WYCOMBE WARRIOR 01
This medium scale,
joint multinational Exercise will take place in LFA 11, 12, 13, 16,
17, Tactical Training Area 20T and night sector 4AN. It will consist
of up to 60 sorties each day and is expected to involve a mixture of
ground and air assets.
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Exercises occasionally use the LFA17 area, for aircraft either to
transit through on route or to intercept, CAP's as they are known
(combat air patrols) this type of training has somewhat declined in the
area over the past few years. On occasions a FOB's (forward
operating base) are located here. Plus the training of FAC's (forward
air controllers) is carried out around the whole area.
Aircraft that transit on exercise are for all intents and purpose in a
simulated war scenario. They will be practicing radar evasion and
possibly detection from other aircraft as they head for their target.
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| FOB's are set up when units deploy to replicate being on the move away
from their own base, for what
could be a rapid deployment or a fast moving war situation. These
exercises can
vary in size and aircraft type depending again on the scenario.
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FAC's are for the training of ground staff to call in an air strike and
are very mobile but invariably these types of exercises utilize fast
jets, but can also call in air drops and the use of helicopters is
very common. |
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In the
northern corner of LFA17 is
Spadeadam LFA13. This is the
RAF’s largest base in Britain which is on the old Blue Steel
test establishment site, now the only
facility in Europe where aircrews can practise manoeuvres
and tactics against a variety of threats and targets
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Past
Exercises & Shows that were held
within LFA17 |
The following pages are of past exercises and shows that
have taken place within LFA17. These vary from small
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Carlisle airport owned by Stobart Air saw the return visit
of the Royal Netherlands Air Force for TAC Blaze 09-2 |
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The Windermere Air Show has now grown in
popularity into a full blown Air Show |
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The aim
of the deployment to Carlisle along with the exercise was to
enable the unit to prove that it can operate away from its
home base and be self sufficient. |
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 Once again over the weekend of 28th and 29th of July,
Windermere's Rotary Club staged their Gala day on the Glebe at Bowness |
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From 20th February till the 28th, Carlisle played
host to 3 Regiments 663 Sqn of the AAC as they took part in exercise
Lightning Force. |
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 The Second
World War Airfield of Walney was brought out of military retirement once
more for another training exercise |
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Exercise Herrick Eagle was a designed to test out
the rapid reaction of the 16th Air Assault Brigade. Most of this
two week exercise had been carried out on Salisbury Plain |
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 On the14th & 15th
September. Exercise Wycombe Warrior was to provide a
realistic coalition training exercise |
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Deploying to Carlisle from Dishforth, Apache helicopters of the 9th Regt AAC
a number of Lynx plus all their ground crew |
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 Over the weekend of 29th & 30th
July Lake Windermere in the heart of the Lake District became
the venue for what must be one of the most stunning places in
the country to hold and Air Show |
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The
following pages are of visits made and of trips taken
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Tactical ATC on Salisbury Plain |
Within
the many services of the RAF there is a small Tactical Air
Traffic Control unit responsible for initiating and setting
up of tactical landing areas
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Exercise JOINT WARRIOR is a 2 week UK wide tri-service
exercise conducted in the Spring and the Autumn of each year
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A service and fly-past has been held to mark the 65th
anniversary of the World War II Dambusters mission.
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Joint Warrior which was formally know as
Joint Maritime Course (JMC), is a biannual Air and Maritime
exercise held in Scotland, |
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Moments
later, Tristar ZD953 call sign Fagin 11 started its three
RB211 engines completed their checks and we were taxing |
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Leaving its usual operating
base of Florennes Air Force Base in Belgium relocated at RAF
Kinloss for the very first time |
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 Home to the Four operational Harrier Squadrons RAF Cottesmore is now the center of the Joint Force
Harrier |
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 The aim of Exercise SKYLANCE
was to provide joint collective training in a multi-threat
environment for UK units and invited NATO and Allied units
and their staffs |
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Exercise Saudi Green Flag 07 was the second half of a squadron exchange,
in which 617 Sqn at RAF Lossiemouth hosted eight Tornado aircraft from
the Royal Saudi Air Force |
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 The Marham
Wing is one of the largest and busiest in the RAF, operating 4
Squadrons of Tornado GR4 aircraft in the attack and
reconnaissance roles |
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 After departing its home base of Brize
Norton, the Tri-Star ZD951 of 216 Sqn headed to the air to air
refuelling area 6 |
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Before the team left the UK the new flying members where chosen
from this year’s applicants and flying training began in earnest |
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 The squadrons anniversary weekend began on Friday afternoon when a nine ship diamond formation
departed Leuchars and flew around the region to mark their years as an
RAF squadron |
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 Playing host to the Hornets at Lossiemouth was 14Sqn. The flying routine
for the Hornets became two sorties per day with four aircraft the fifth
aircraft staying at Lossiemouth as the spare |
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