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Это же советский МИГ-23!!!

I used to make bread delivery's there the same time as this video, loved sitting in my van watching the flying

AMAZING , even after 30 years . F 111 we miss you

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And what was the F-111 named…..?

I sympathize for the citizens living in Lower Heyford and any area near RAF (USAFE) UH. If I wasn’t busy working I loved getting a coffee and watching the ground crew pre- flight the 111 prior to departing. Wearing ear protection of course.

When Upper Heyford was active local people responded to noise complaints by calling it 'the sound of freedom'.

That used to be going to sleep music and waking up. Does anyone have one of those sleep noise machines that we are used to? Thats a million dollar idea??????

Low level in a F-111E in the 55th. It's not great quality because of the way I had to edit the video tape in 1988. Enjoy. th-cam.com/video/PgLADsfxptg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gm9fghWwAnb3PoAq

Was a dependent there from '73 to '76. My father was the "First Shirt" of AMS.

I was there 84-87

Great footage!

My late husband Mark was stationed at Upper Heyford as a age mechanic left in 86. while living on base I worked at the four seasons store. I loved it there at Heyford. There was so much to do. Went to Banbury a lot. We had other friends and family stationed in England to viisit.

I can still smell the JP4.

Thanks for sharing this video. I was stationed @ RAF Upper Heyford 1974 - 1976. Security Police. Saw many liftoffs and many elephant walks. Lived in Brackley.

I was on the deployment in July 90' after we had been there a few weeks desert shield 🛡️ started I was with the 77th and they were going to send our squadron back and bring a collection of people from heyford from different squadrons for the war so they needed volunteers to stay to bring in the war personnel and there were five a1c's and a tsgt named Mike zaske I was one of the a1c the rest of our squadron left upset that they weren't going to get a medal or more money we stayed for another month or two we didn't get anything for it but I'm proud I stayed

Went to a few airshows here in the 80's.Great memories,wonderful aircraft.Saw the Thunderbirds there on there first tour with the F16,superb..Thanks for the memory.🤙

I served at UH from 76 - 80 and 90 till the base closed. 79th TFS both times.

Load Clear 🪂

The most beautiful plane to ever grace our skies 😍

Stationed at Nellis AFB, 1968 to 1971. 430th. TFS.. they were grounded a couple times ..arrived 7/11/68..saw one go down just off base ...pilots survived .. grounded 6 months ..

Any crew chiefs 91-93/ 77th(T)FS?

Great video and brought back some great memories! Husband was stationed at Upper Heyford in the late 70s. We lived in the village there. Wonderful times and met a lot of great people there, including the locals. Beautiful countryside surrounding the base. Was the best experience of a lifetime! ❤️

I quite enjoyed this video having worked at Upper Heyford from March 75 to June 2008 brings back a lot of very good memories.

It’s great that the one at Duxford is marked with UH

Awesome footage

Great video from back in the day. I was at Heyford from from 88 - 90. I have some great memories. I was in the 42 AMU specialist flight, MA/ electro environmental. Being on the EF-111a’s was a challenge for my career field, with so much electronic heat load on the jet compared to the other F-111’s. We stayed busy all the time and worked many hours. Still it was a great experience.

Loved video, was at LAKENHEATH in 77 we brought the F111F model to England that year . Brings back old but good memories

Awesome!... we used to get RAAF F111's at Kiwi airshows... cheers from down under👍🇨🇰

I recall a poster on the wall at local pub featuring a skinny wizened (ancient) Ardvark pilot holding a smouldering joint in his lips whilst at the controls. The caption below the his image stated ’Sleep tight tonight, Hayford's on alert'. I wish I had a copy, it still makes me smile.

This is the only airplane I worked on in my 10 years with the USAF. I thought It was a great airplane. My boss said it was a weapons platform but I always thought it was an airplane. Most people would not believe the noise that thing made just idling on the ground. It was just slightly above the pain level for me. I was an Instrument / autopilot tech. The sofictication of the autopilot system was amazing. I don't think that some pilots understood it very well. I didn't understand it until I became an instructor.

I was stationed at Upper Heyford as a firefighter from 1974-1975. The base has a great history going back to WWII. Great memories of a time long since passed.

The Russians hated the F-111 because it was so advanced. The Democrats hated it because it was expensive and use money they could spend on their lobbyists and themselves. The Republicans liked it, it could do it's mission. So what's that tell youu?

Love this plane

I was lucky enough to get up close with the last operational 111's in australia. 2010, their final airshow. Amazing airplane. For years on the walk to work i went past a cafe at the same time every day. They must have been flushing the steam out of their coffee machine or something but the sound it made was EXACTLY like an idling f111. Every single time it would remind me of them.

Were you on base in 1992 when the mishap on September 17th took place? My uncle was one of the aviators who lost his life in the crash

we were stationed at UH from 79-82. dad was a WSO in the 79th. used to love watching them take off in the dark with full afterburner...

Awesome airplane.

The Fencer's American pa😉

The Fencer's American pa😉

Our Cold War heritage in the UK is slowly disappearing to new housing developments. When it’s gone it’s gone. Luckily we have people like yourself that post videos reminding us of what life use to be like at these Cold War bases. Thanks for posting.

I was stationed at UH 88-91 and was squadron chaplain for the 77th and lived in Ardley 88-91. Great times, great memories.

Wow a blast from the past!! I was stationed at RAF Upperhayford from 90 up till base closure 95. Worked at 20 CRS and traveled with these birds to Desert Shield/Storm. Who remembers the Three Horse Shoes?

I was a brand new airman hydraulic troop at Travis. They talked about the rodeos but I had no idea what it was.

I was an assistant dock chief in the 20th EMS on Phase Dock 2 83-86. We were dedicated to the red tails, but occasionally did EF-111s or another squadron. Many fond memories of the area, and walkedy lunch hours alond the canal from Upper to Lower Heyford. Also spent a fair share of spare time at the Audio-photo Club. Most of my system I got there still works great. Wish I could upload pictures here, including one of myself with Balls 7 in Dock 2.

My family and I lived in Abingdon England from 1970 -72 and then moved to Upper Heyford. I could watch planes from my bedroom window out towards taxiway and fuel depot with all the fuel tank trucks. I could see the alert hangers. I was a sirforce dependant then. A teenager then.

I was at Upper Heyford from 1970-74.

Used to sit in the speed break in the pouring rain. Crew chief 1980/81. Sleep tight tonite heyford's on alert.

When I was stationed at spangdahlem 84-87 we had one ife in when it took off the ground literally shook, awesome display of power

Should of never been closed given the current situation with Russia today