SEND IT! F-35A MASS TAKE OFF RAF LAKENHEATH USAFE • 48TH FIGHTER WING 493D & 495TH FIGHTER SQUADRON

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My dad was stationed at Lakenheath back in the 1950s. He passed away in 2021, but would have been very proud watching this. Thanks for posting!

That bit of grass behind the viewing area is where I took my first ever steps 55 years ago.

Nice work, Ted! I flew F-111Fs out of Lakenheath from '89 through '92. Wonderful place. So cool to see these magic jets taking off from the same runway.

From 05:40 to 10:40, they got twelve planes in the air. That's pretty impressive to see in a five minute period and they're not even rushing the take-offs. Would be interesting to see them do an emergency scramble.

We just received our 1st F-35 B's aboard MCAS Cherry Point,NC, a few days ago. Looking at 6 squadrons with 10 planes and potentially more. My father was a Sergeant Major of the 2nd Marine Air Wing back in the day which they will be apart of. These will be replacing the Harrier and Hornet variants. Proud to be an American who loves the Sound Of Freedom

I was an Intelligence Officer stationed at RAF Fairford during Desert Storm in 1991. We were a Provisional Heavy Bombardment Wing flying B-52G's and KC-135's. Always an impressive sight when we launched 4 and 6 cell B-52's strikes fully loaded with munitions and the supporting KC-135's on missions over Iraq. The B-52's would line up for the "elephant walk" down the taxi way and take off in close order. One day the Security Police came to me to report that a group of about a dozen older British gentlemen would gather just outside the perimeter fence to watch every takeoff. So I went out to ask what they were doing there. They were very polite and explained that they enjoyed watching the aircraft launch and that they recorded the aircraft tail numbers to document where the aircraft were based and where each plane had been deployed over many years. Aviation buffs are an interesting lot!

What you’d call being in the right place at the right time to witness such a collosal amount of fire power departing :_f35::_f35::_topted::_topted:

Very nice! I used to build the center fusalage for those in Palmdale, CA. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to see them fly.

I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath in the mid 80s when they were flying F111s. They always took off using after burner. Really neat to see at night. At the end of the exercises we held at least every other month they'd do a "baby elephant walk" launching everything that would fly. Amazing to watch and noisy!!

A sky full of lightning! What a sight and with thunder to match 😮

last month I got to watch a couple of A-10 Warthogs doing live fire practice. Hearing that hum and seeing the smoke come out of the gun barrels along with feeling the percussion is something else.

Fantastic video! As a child in the '70's and '80's used to holiday on my late Grandfather's farm near to the twin bases of Bentwaters & Woodbridge. Many a day while walking in the fields, or by the Deben estuary, used to see the F4s (think they were the 'D' variant) and then the A-10s. I will never forget when the F4s went vertical into a climb, the roar was something else, especially if the wind was with you, and at times you felt it reverberate in your body if they were that close. Even now, 50 odd years later something I will never forget and feel very privileged to have seen.

I've been getting more and more into military aviation over the last two years, and I reckon this is the best channel I've found yet. Thank you Ted. Marham is the closest active base to me, next being Lakenheath and then Mildenhall. Your videos never disappoint and always leave me with goosebumps. Can't wait to visit Lakenheath in the summer!

This was pretty spectacular. What a line up! Wouldn't it be great if the buses lined up like this every morning!? Many thnx USAF aircrews & Ted, fab stuff indeed. :_usaf::_wingy::_ted::_ted2:

Was a USAF Crew Chief on F-111D’s and my first “Elephant Walk” was at dusk in New Mexico! Awesome sight! Thx for the Vid!

Awesome. And that's just the tip of what we have in this country, either our own or with the allies.

Absolutely amazing!! The experience of being at LN to see these brutal beasts take off is incredible. Great footage Nikos 👌🏻:_nikos::_f35::_usaf::_topted::_ted:

That was FANTASTIC! The sound alone was mesmerizing. Excellent pro camera work. Very well done. Thank you!

It looks like the USAF is finally getting up to speed. This was a common thing with F-16's on a daily basis when I was in during the 90s. Our squadron alone would typically fly a 12 turn 12 turn 8 turn 8 on good days. Then you include the other 3 squadrons of 16's and one on EF-111's and it makes for busy days.