29th August 1981

MILLER 55/56/57/58/59 Flight 50n 08w 10:00 blocking F220/240 50n 10w 10:10, 50n 20w 11:02
Turning points/times are as follows MILLER 59 at 10:38, MILLER 57 & 58 at 11:22, MILLER 56 at 50n 29.50w 11:57
We are on an ALTRV (altitude reservation) with fighters call-sign SHOOK11/16, departed EKSP/Skrydstrup 08:22, destination KCEF/Westover AFB, MA 17:30

MILLER 65/66/67/68/69 Flight, departed Mildenhall 09:18, with MILLER 65 ETA KGUS/Grissom AFB 19:05. The MILLER 66 ETA EGUN/Mildenhall 15:27, '67' ETA EGUN 14:20, '68' ETA EGUN 14:21 and '69' ETA EGUN 13:06
FIR at 50n 08w 10:35, blocking F220/240, departing FIR '65' at 50n 30w 12:34, '66' 50n 08w 14:28, '67/68' 50n 08w 12:21 and '69' 49n 08w 12:05
The turning points are as follows:-
MILLER 66 50n 20w 11:55
MILLER 67 50n 15.15w 11:29
MILLER 68 50.54n 30w 10:22
MILLER 69 50.54n 30w 10:22

We are with the SHOOK21/26 Flight, departed EKSP 08:52 and ETA KCEF 17:00

MILLER 75/76/77/78/79 Flight blocking F260/270.
MILLER 77 departing the FIR at 13:04 and MILLER 77/78 turning at 50n 23.30w
MILLER 77 51n 20w 12:56 blocking F260/270, 51n 15w 13:21, 50n 10w 13:47
MILLER 76 51n 29w 13:07 F270, 51n 20w 13xx

USAF, KC-135's/F-105's (working Croughton Airways on 6750/11176)

[This was a return deployment from Skrydstrup, Denmark to Westover AFB of 18, F-105D/F's, under 'Coronet Rudder'. They had arrived into Europe on 15th August, with the fighters using the 'LAMA' call-sign. One of the F-105D's (62-4372) crashed off the Danish coast into the Skagerrak on 26th August. This proved to be the last F-105 deployment to Europe.]

[Photo: one of F-105's involved © Jost Schreiber/Peter Greengrass collection]

KING 55 30w 132x, with 40w next

USAF, HC-130 providing 'duckbutt' support for the above mission, (working Croughton Airways on 11176)

MAC 50218 departed EKSP/Skrydstrup 13:08, F350 55n 10w 14:50, 56n 30w 16:38, ETA CYYR/Goose Bay 19:34

USAF, C-141, 65-0218 providing support for 'Coronet Rudder'