An unusual sight over Norfolk. B2

The aircraft, from the United States Air Force (USAF), are understood to have flown into RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire in the early hours of Tuesday 27th August..
Referring to the B-2s, a spokesperson for the airfield told the Eastern Daily Press: "The USAF are deploying a variety of aircraft and support personnel to RAF Fairford during August and September 2019."

"While deployed to the UK the aircraft will conduct a series of training activities in Europe, these activities are long planned."

The Gloucestershire airbase is one of a handful where the planes can land, due to its long runway and specially built hangars.

Training flights with the RAF Marham-based F-35 Lightnings are the first sorties the US aircraft have flown with foreign forces.

Information from the Eastern Daily Press online newspaper.

www.edp24.co.uk/news/why-were-b2-bombers-flying-over-norfolk-1-6247528

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25 comments - The latest ones

Marja Savonije

:-o

5 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

c'est le fameux avion indétectable aux radars

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

UFO! =D

5 years ago.

Gerrit Fischer

sehr schlechte Tarnung ;-);-)

5 years ago.

LutzP ^club

...it is definitely not a B52, Amelia

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Seems to be a B2,

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But a good catch anyway

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to LutzP ^club

I must have misheard Adrian, Lutz. ;-))
The only planes I can recognise are Tiger Moths as I have flown in one - as a passenger.

5 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Great opportunist capture Amelia

5 years ago.

Daniela Brocca ^club

That seems something aliens, Amelia.

5 years ago.

Colin Ashcroft ^club

Well Spotted - noisy or quiet ?

5 years ago.

Karl Hartwig Schütz ^club

Es kann dem Radar entkommen, aber nicht Deiner Kamera:)

5 years ago.

Peggy C ^club

Have seen this Stealth Bomber at an Air Show in Florida ... it was quiet and the shape reminds me of Manta Rays ... great shot, Amelia

5 years ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne

The sight of that plane gives me the creeps Amelia! You have framed and captured 9it very well though.

5 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

It's images like this that spark rumours of UFOs..!! Very nicely captured.

5 years ago.

Ste

Well its a good job this is not so stealthy Amelia or you would not have seen it :))

I must keep my eyes open too at Winterton in a couple of weeks for a black object against a grey British summer / Autumn sky :))

I wonder if they are also here to take part in Exercise Cobra Warrior based at RAF Waddington ?

www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/multi-national-allied-air-forces-arrive-for-exercise-cobra-warrior

Best wishes ... Steve

5 years ago.