12th June 1981

AORTA 92 56.30n 15w 07:38 F250 56n 10w 08:06, BEL/Belfast next, outside temp' -17°C, wind 270/60, we are a C-130 in the clear with nil turbulence or icing, ETA Mildenhall 09:28

USAF, C-130H from the 463rdTAW (working Croughton Airways on 6750)

AORTA 57 56.30n 15w 07:53 F230 56n 10w 08:22, 55.21n 008.09w next, outside temp' -17°C, wind 250/45

USAF, C-130H from the 463rdTAW (working Croughton Airways on 6750)

AORTA 42 47n 08w 08:24 F240 45n 15w 09:34, 43n 20w next

USAF, C-130 (working Croughton Airways on 6750)

All the above were part of the regular Bravo Squadron rotation to/from Mildenhall

PARIS 55 56n 10w 08:49 blocking F290/310 56n 20w 09:36, 55n 30w 10:22
These co-ordinates are good for all aircraft in our flight, i.e. PARIS 55, PARIS 51 and CONER 11/18
The destination for PARIS 51 is KPBG/Plattsburg AFB, NY, ETA 14:30

PARIS 55 was requested to call the KING 20 on 9011
(USAF HC-130 rescue support for the return deployment)

This was the return flight of the KC-10, 79-0434 that routed to the Paris Air Show on 2nd June (see my earlier report), supporting "Coronet Canvas", with eight A-7D's from the Tulsa, OK ANG routing back to their base from RAF Wittering after a two week deployment. (working Croughton Airways on 6750)

[Photo: One of the A-7's deployed © Steve Donald/via Ashley Annis/Peter Greengrass collection]