I had a few days at Leuchars in the summer of 1990 - the evening I arrived the OCU were doing night-quals until 2200. Same time there were four F-4F's and two RF-4F's there on exchange. And don't get me started on the 'visitors'. Happy and much missed days. All the best from New Zealand.
Leuchars was my first posting after training (1973), I worked in missile city - as it was known. In those days it was 23 Sqn Lightnings and 43 Sqn Phantoms. In Jan '74 I went on a Phantom weapons course at Coningsby, and in Jan of the following year I completed a course on the Jaguar at Lossiemouth, prior to being posted to Brüggen. Memories.
Flew into Leuchars in 1994 with a minor Royal as passenger, more service than we expected! Aircraftmen with multiple fire extinguishers, senior officers greeting us haha . Happy days indeed.
Back in the day, you could get anything at Leuchars. from the regular 12.00 flyby of F-111s to any tankers from the RAF or USAF & everything in between. Sad to see it close a RAF base, but that's progress !!.
Do I hear the faint sound of a radio scanner in the video? Someone must have had deep pockets 🤣 to have had an Airpsy R2 in those days would have been amazing.
I had a few days at Leuchars in the summer of 1990 - the evening I arrived the OCU were doing night-quals until 2200. Same time there were four F-4F's and two RF-4F's there on exchange. And don't get me started on the 'visitors'.
Happy and much missed days. All the best from New Zealand.
Leuchars was my first posting after training (1973), I worked in missile city - as it was known. In those days it was 23 Sqn Lightnings and 43 Sqn Phantoms. In Jan '74 I went on a Phantom weapons course at Coningsby, and in Jan of the following year I completed a course on the Jaguar at Lossiemouth, prior to being posted to Brüggen. Memories.
Flew into Leuchars in 1994 with a minor Royal as passenger, more service than we expected! Aircraftmen with multiple fire extinguishers, senior officers greeting us haha . Happy days indeed.
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One of my favourite postings. I worked on the simulator there for 5 years.
Love that you can hear the radar sweep from A/T control on the recording in the background 😍
Thanks. I've often heard those clicks on videos at Coningsby. Watchman no doubt. 👍🏻
I suspected that’s what it was, Thank’s for confirming 😁👍
My old Sqn, left there about 6 months before this vid. The jet with the blue fin will probably be XT900 (CO).
Thank you for your service, a long time ago I used to deliver fuel to Leuchers by train, long after the phantoms though, great memories.
When we had an airforce....
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One of those FG.1’s now at the Ulster Aviation Society, fully restored.
Back in the day, you could get anything at Leuchars. from the regular 12.00 flyby of F-111s to any tankers from the RAF or USAF & everything in between. Sad to see it close a RAF base, but that's progress !!.
QRA … lightnings
Phantoms. F3s typhoons
Loved the air shows
Very rarely saw lecuhars based phantoms at manston
I was Sqn Ops on the OCU at this time, something different for me. Had a great time during my posting, even had two trips in the back seat, fantastic.
Do I hear the faint sound of a radio scanner in the video? Someone must have had deep pockets 🤣 to have had an Airpsy R2 in those days would have been amazing.
It’s quite weird to see the flimsy wooden fence to keep the public out in those pre 9 11 days. I wish it was still the same!
WOW O nly word for me