Abandoned airfields:RAFG Bruggen

[henkderidder]

During the late 80-ties,early 90-ties I made several base visits to RAFG Bruggen. Those visits were all very different. I remember sitting inside a building listing to the station commander expaining how the Bruggen-wing operates, while outside the Tornado's took off..... and one time I was placed on a spot toward the sun..... but most of the visits were great and very intersting.
I like to thank all the RAF-personal end AGL members who made these visits possible.

A VC-10 coming in on a sunny day:


FJ with nr 12 sq markings parked in front off a nr 9sq shelter:


DY from 31 sq going out on a test flight:

BS from 31 sqcoming in

BD from 14 sq taxing to 09 runway side




AY from nr 9 sq coming in



VC-10 coming in:


BS about to touch down:


CX from 17 sq touching down at the 27 end


DZ taxing to the runway:


CB resting in the sun:


AK taking off from the 27 side:


Together with this 14 sq bird:


CA taxing back to its shelter :


17 sq ship coming in:


And one from 17 sq without the squadron markings:


DD from 31 going out for a morning training mission:


AY on the taxitrack:


BI parked in front of the maintenance hanger:


DC going out:


H in nr 2 sq markings parkedin 9sq shelter eara:


VC 10 XR 806 leaving:


DM from 31 sq coming out of its HAS for a morning mission:



THE BW with Roermond, Holland in the background:


Another shot of rhe DM coming out of its HAS:

The BQ coming in on thursday:

And on friday

The AB from no 9 sq taking off:

And one from no 14 sq:

[Arjan]

Very nice reports!! Great pictures!!

[spotter4life]

Indeed very nice images

[Hans Rolink]

Nice ones Henk! I remember that day on which you shot the grey Tornados. Must have been 20 July 2000. Also present on that day were the below:







Hans.

[Stephan Lodewijks]

Wow nice report, brings back some very nice memories!

[Aardvark]

Those were the days, the one that you loved. But the Bouys give up there guns.



Bruggen aug 1984. Thanks to Peter ten Berg how arranged a base visit in one day just for 3 spotters

[maurits]

Hi Henk,

Brilliant shots nice to see shots on base on the other side 09-runway, not much seen before!

Keep them coming.

regards,

Maurits

[Aardvark]

Bruggen approach, always tricky. You have to listen for jet sound and than somewhere from behind the tries .....?


aA Phantom F4G

[perrie]

Wow, great pics Henk.
Brüggen was great, brings back some good old memories.

Per

[maurits]

Hi,

Ten years ago, RAF Tornado G4s left RAF Bruggen. Here some additional pics of this great RAFG-air station.
VC-10 K4 ZA144/E from 101sq had a small issue, the local fire brigade did a small inspection, July 2000.

Usual sighting at the eastern last change point, two Tornado GR4s wait for clearance, ZA591/DJ from 31sq and ZA557/AC from 9sq, July 2000

Tornado GR4 ZD707/BU from 14sq in it's old camouflage scheme pulled over the taxi track,July 1999


Regards,

Maurits

[Key]

A VC-10 coming in on a sunny day:

Erik

[andel]

These two Phantoms where dumped/stored/moved out of the way at Bruggen whit two other somewhere half nineties.