Ramstein 31-07-2014
Not much going on this day. Local Hercules 08-8604 made a lot of approaches and 2 others returned. C-17 02 HunAF as well as a Charlston one came in. 5 or 6 departed from which only one taxied back all the way to the beginning of the run way. One C-5 took-off (luckily) with tail wind and further more an Army H-60, Atlas 747 and a local C-21 landed.
On my way back to the holiday park I stopped by Spandahlem and spotted 2 C-17's
Ramstein_20140731_003 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Ramstein_20140731_006 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Ramstein_20140731_061 by F-4 Jutter, on FlickrSpangdahlem 01-08-2014
The next day I went to Spangdahlem again and saw 6 C-17's and 7 F-16's.
Spangdahlem_20140801_004 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Spangdahlem_20140801_006 by F-4 Jutter, on FlickrSpotting at the east side is getting worse as the trees are growing bigger.
Wiesbaden 05-08-2014
As usual it is very quit here, but to catch a RC-12 this is the place. One white C-12 left and another one made some approaches. The wind was cross, so they changed the landing direction twice, but because of that I caught the C-12's while taking-off. Taking picture on the field is strictly prohibited and is checked by security inside the airfield and Polizei patrolling outside. But shooting pictures in the air is OK. The RC-12 took-off north and later on, when the sun came back, a UC-35 landed. Further more quit some UH-60's on the platform.
Wiesbaden_20140805_006 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Wiesbaden_20140805_012 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Wiesbaden_20140805_019 by F-4 Jutter, on FlickrBuchel 06-08-2014
Buchel is only 20 minutes from the holiday park, so I went for the morning mission as the sun is the best at that time. 6 Tornado's left between 10.30 and 11.30. After a long while ±2 hours they came back.
Buchel_20140806_002 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Buchel_20140806_010 by F-4 Jutter, on FlickrIn 2012 this was the Tornado with the Arctic Tiger painting.
Norvenich 07-08-2014
On our way back home we made a stop at Norvenich. Just before we arrived UH-1D 71+65 took-off. 6 EF2000's were only 15 / 30 minutes out. After a while all 6 came back together. After the other 5 had landed, the special painted 31+06 did some low approaches and flew very low full power right over our car where my wife and daughter were waiting, awesome.
Norvenich_20140807_001 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Norvenich_20140807_018 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Norvenich_20140807_020 by F-4 Jutter, on Flickr
Norvenich_20140807_045 by F-4 Jutter, on FlickrUnfortunately one big cloud with some rain blocked the sun when the Eufies returned. The only EF2000 landing with a little sun was the 31+06.
