RAF/USAF Alconbury

[MD]

I drove my car around the base actually, really!

loll did the same at west raynham !!

great shots mate

 

[Black Shuck]

loll did the same at west raynham !!

great shots mate

MD you were lucky Secca din't stop you at Raynham.

 

[MD]

MD you were lucky Secca din't stop you at Raynham.

there is a trick to avoid him !!! and he can't do a thing !! lol
i drove along the runway too

 

[King Al]

Amazing as always Hal, looks bloody brilliant

 

[John_D]

Great shots, would love to have a proper look round there, only time I have been on the base was just over a year ago, but only got to drive some new Saab turbo's and a couple of HGV's on the runways.

 

[tigger2]

Our photos from the day are fairy similar (mine not technically as good however!), so I'll add a couple which I hope extend the coverage and complement what Hal has already posted rather than duplicate things.

Engine testing building

A-10 pilots names (same ops building as the warthog graphic shown by Hal):

Runway threshold lighting:

Tab-Vee door motor:

Tab-Vee air-con control panel

Building 4000, U2 readyness shed. This is a seriously cool door mechanism - think horizontal bi-fold door:

Rear view (taken from the earth banking round the magic mountain)

Not posting my arty vent shots so another view of "Oh Johnnie"

Better stop before I get carried away. Took a lot of photos despite the light being dismal and people often getting in the way!

Oh, one extra....we were there at 11:00 on the 11th of November and observed the two minute silence in front of the original watch office:

 

[sYnc_below]

You got a lot of stuff I missed, nice one...particularly the Hush House....my ignorance/my loss!

 

[krela]

I still hate A-10s. Love the photos. Thanks.

 

[hydealfred]

I still hate A-10s. Love the photos. Thanks.

Dont be mean to the old Warthog - it cant help being ugly

 

[krela]

I actually think they look pretty cool. They SOUND ugly though.

 

[godzilla73]

I still hate A-10s. Love the photos. Thanks.

Ah, the A10. If ever a plane looked like it had been put together by a 3 year old out of stuff stuck down the back of Curtis Le May's sofa......

Godzy

 

[hydealfred]

I actually think they look pretty cool. They SOUND ugly though.

Agree there - they sound more like an airliner than a ground attack aircraft.

Here just for you - A-10's at Lakenheath last year

 

[Curious Dragon]

I love the two pieces of artwork... maybe its because it adds the human element to the buildings/structures?

 

[flyboys90]

Great photos.

 

[tigger2]

A couple more photos from Alconbury from a brief visit today.

Building 73 was one of the training sections. Central corridor with classrooms on each side.

Typical classroom

A bit more artwork

 

[nelly]

Oh!!! WoW!!! I love that!!!

 

[SeffyboyUK]

Good stuff there dude