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RAF Leeming Base Tour
 
Wednesday 17 April 2024
By David Thompson
 

A base visit gave me the opportunity to have a look at the current Tutor fleet which is used by four resident units ; Northumbrian UAS , Yorkshire UAS , 9 AEF and 11 AEF . There are 7 based aircraft and one visitor from Cosford .

 
G-BYUD/UD Grob G115 Tutor T1 Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF)  
G-BYUM/UM Grob G115 Tutor T1 Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF)  
G-BYUY/UY Grob G115 Tutor T1 Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF)  
G-BYUZ/UZ Grob G115 Tutor T1 Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (Birmingham UAS/8 AEF) from Cosford for 150 hr service
G-BYVL/VL Grob G115 Tutor T1 Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) only one to fly today as UAQ04
G-BYVW/VW Grob G115 Tutor T1 Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF)  
G-BYWA/WA Grob G115 Tutor T1 Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF)  
G-BYWZ/WZ Grob G115 Tutor T1 Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF)  
 

All aircraft carry their last two on their tail alongside the 6 FTS badge and babcock logo .

 
ZB137 BAE Systems Hawk 167 Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron under mtce in the same hangar
 

Flying

 
ZB131 BAE Systems Hawk 167 Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron  
ZB132 BAE Systems Hawk 167 Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron  
ZB133 BAE Systems Hawk 167 Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron  
ZB135 BAE Systems Hawk 167 Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron  
ZB136 BAE Systems Hawk 167 Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron  
 

Using CAPTURE , JAVELIN and SARAB call-signs .

 
ZM336 Embraer EMB-500 Phenom T1 Royal Air Force - 3 FTS (45 Squadron) circuit training as CWL43
ZZ190 Hawker Hunter F58 Hawker Hunter Aviation returned from det. at Humberside Airport as LEE92
 

Elsewhere

 
ZH552 Panavia PA-200 Tornado F3 Royal Air Force gate guard
XX306 British Aerospace Hawk T1A Royal Air Force - Red Arrows on display at Exelby Services , Leeming Bar
 

Notes

 
The airfield had a drone incursion on Wednesday 16 April . Service and North Yorkshire police attended but nothing found , consideration given to closing the airfield but was not .