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I love Thetford and have been there for the day a few times since Covid but have never seen a single plane which seems mad given how close Mildenhall and Lakenheath are.
I'm no good at ID'ing fighters but the yanks definitely still have F15s at Mildenheath which they regularly take out to play over Norfolk.
You're less likely to see Eurofighters round there because while I'm sure they're allowed (it being Britain and all) I get the sense the RAF don't want to get in the way of the USAF plus the local Eurofighters are based in Lincolnshire.
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I love Thetford and have been there for the day a few times since Covid but have never seen a single plane which seems mad given how close Mildenhall and Lakenheath are.
If you were in the town itself, given its proximity to the bases, there’s a good chance they’ve been told to avoid overflying the built-up area on pain of a standing up interview with the boss. Nobody likes dealing with noise complaints.
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I'm not crwzy, just overtired haha!
I've seen some planes and choppers whilst driving to/from the Norfolk coast around Thetford so was hoping for some action, plus the huge slide at high lodge(?) was the main attraction for my no-fear 2yo but unfortunately it was closed.
Between his hyperactivity, the clingyness of the 10yo and my ASD 12 year old trying to organise every queue of children waiting to go on the play equipment I'm amazed I got to look up at all.
rodan
Yukirin
Spent the afternoon in Thetford Forest with teh kiddies today. 3 euro fighters doing loops around overhead most the early afternoon, saw a super hercules pass over the car coming in to land and one of those crazy Boeing Osprey which was a first for me.