493rd FS  –  Grim Reapers  1994 to 2022

493rd FS – Grim Reapers 1994 to 2022

The 493rd Fighter Squadron (Grim Reapers) as part of the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, received it’s first F-15C Eagle aircraft in November 1993 and activated shortly after that on 1st January 1994.  The first two aircraft received, were from a...
100 Squadron  –  RAF Leeming (March 2022)

100 Squadron – RAF Leeming (March 2022)

100 Squadron  –  RAF Leeming Thursday 24th March 2022 saw RAF 100 Squadron disband & cease flying activities with their Hawk T.1 aircraft at RAF Leeming after nearly 31 years of continuous flying with this aircraft type.  The occasion was marked with a...