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US Air Force bomber is roaming skies over Gloucestershire: B-52 took off from RAF Fairford before circling in constant loop after issuing emergency 'squawk' code
2022-09-14
  • A nuclear-capable B-52 bomber is roaming the skies over Britain

  • The US Air Force jet took off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire

  • It started to circle in a constant loop after issuing an emergency Squawk

  • The bombers were deployed to the UK after Putin's Ukraine invasion
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  I think this comes under the heading of just one of those things.

Just one of those things... like leaving your turn signal on whilst you merrily drive down the highway.
"Do you hear a beeping noise?"
Posted by: SteveS   2022-09-14 12:32  

#7  Is it still circling the patio? Perhaps we should call someone.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-14 09:38  

#6  I did see a headline yesterday about "Live updates from the Queen's funeral."

Which seems like an unfortunate turn of phrase.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-09-14 09:34  

#5  
#4 ? So not something to do with the Queen's funeral?
Posted by: Mercutio 2022-09-14 09:20

Mercutio,

As the saying goes, 'Never say never', but my guess would be no - we've been rotating Buffs through the UK on a fairly regular basis for some time now, and I think this comes under the heading of just one of those things.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-09-14 09:32  

#4  ? So not something to do with the Queen's funeral?
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-09-14 09:20  

#3  ...Keep in mind that there are emergencies, and then there are Emergencies. Had it been anything truly serious, they would have landed at the first field with a long enough runway.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-09-14 06:38  

#2  Flying a refurbished antique, yeah, that will work...Look, says the Chief Maintenance Officer, my grandpa initialed his endorsement of flight readiness for this airplane in 1953, see, here is his John Handcock, right here, almost 70 years ago!
Posted by: Thinens Flaque6526   2022-09-14 01:35  

#1  Kinda expensive to run in orbit as a funeral jammer.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-14 00:49  

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