Interception of 2 fighters nearby Roermond (NL)

ea.wouters · Post by **ea.wouters** » 14 Mar 2008, 19:36

Today at 16:30 LT (Dutch) I saw nearby the city Roermond 3 contrails in the sky (offcourse) of a heavy jet while driving. The Heavy was in company of 2 fighters and just before the German border they broke away to the right. Has someone made a recording of this interception? I think it was a flight from the UK over TB6 to ETAR (Ramstein) Germany.

Post by **Copter** » 14 Mar 2008, 19:55

While driving over the A2 near "knooppunt Het Vonderen" this afternoon (I guess between 16:15 and 16:45) I also saw three aircraft contrails flying from the west to the east. Unfortunattely I couldn't see the types of aircaft.

Copter

ea.wouters · Post by **ea.wouters** » 14 Mar 2008, 20:30

Copter wrote:While driving over the A2 near "knooppunt Het Vonderen" this afternoon (I guess between 16:15 and 16:45) I also saw three aircraft contrails flying from the west to the east. Unfortunattely I couldn't see the types of aircaft.

Copter

Yep must be the same one. (inside joke so that's why the tunnels are closed, becouse of spotters looking to the sky instead of driving.

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Thijs · Post by **Thijs** » 15 Mar 2008, 01:02

Probably an aircraft at the Milgi - Navpi route which want to intercepted by Dutch F-16's or a request by the F-16's to intercept some aircraft for practice. This is very common although not often seen

EHAM · Post by **EHAM** » 15 Mar 2008, 11:07

Saw two F-16's coming over Zwolle from the north, so probably LWD Vipers.

joost · Post by **joost** » 15 Mar 2008, 11:26

EHAM wrote:Saw two F-16's coming over Zwolle from the north, so probably LWD Vipers.

Most likley a T-scramble out of Volkel or Belgium T scramble.

Grtz
Joost

witje · Post by **witje** » 15 Mar 2008, 18:46

I saw them too. It was a C-21 with 2 f-16's.

Some minutes before they also intercepted a c-17, heading west.

DJMikey · Post by **DJMikey** » 16 Mar 2008, 10:59

From Den Bosch I saw probably the same kind of interception at that time, 16.30 hrs. Looking back at the picture I took (deleted already) it clearly was a (K)DC10 wich was intercepted. The 2 F16's 'played' around for some time above Den Bosch, so could be that they intercepted quit some crossing traffic ...

Grt, Mike.

pampa31 · Post by **pampa31** » 16 Mar 2008, 12:28

It where no F-16's from KB .
At the moment of the intersept KB closed his runway .
So planes can be seen from a large distance.

Kind regards
pampa31
Dirk

joost · Post by **joost** » 16 Mar 2008, 12:32

pampa31 wrote:It where no F-16's from KB .
At the moment of the intersept KB closed his runway .
So planes can be seen from a large distance.

Kind regards
pampa31
Dirk

c/s was LH01, they were EBFS Vipers