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747 with 5 fighter jets as escort ???

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Gary30uk
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747 with 5 fighter jets as escort ???

Post by Gary30uk » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:41 pm

ok today at 9,30am over rayleigh in essex,
I saw a plane which was the size of a 747 4 engine jet.
it was high 25000ft at least,
it had 1 fighter on left wing and 2 on right wing, And they were close,
The 2 to the rear were at least 10 plane lengths away.
They were heading towards london and never changed direction for the 5 mins that i was able to view them.
I have seen one post with regards to this on the fightercontrol website.
does anyone know what this could be ? i have worked in rayleigh for 14 years and have never seen the RAF train like this ???

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Re: 747 with 5 fighter jets as escort ???

Post by EGVP » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:38 pm

USAF F-15s and a KC-135 on their way to Spain. There's photos on Fighter Control.

Gary30uk
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Re: 747 with 5 fighter jets as escort ???

Post by Gary30uk » Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:31 pm

Must of been my lucky day, what a treat that was.
So loud even at they height they were at.
Thankyou for the reply

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