A week around RAF Valley

On my recent holiday on Anglesey I stayed less than ten minutes drive time from RAF Valley. Throughout the week many visits to the airfield resulted in a lot of photographs some of which you will find below.
I hope you like them.

3 Red Arrows BAE Hawk T mk1 jets and a BAE Hawk T mk2 at RAF Valley.
Red Arrows hawks.

A Red Arrows BAE Hawk T mk1 awaits permission to take off at RAF Valley.
Red Arrows Hawk 

A BAE Hawk T mk1 jet on finals to RAF Valley
Hawk T mk1 on finals.

Red Arrows Hawk T mk1 awaiting permission to take off at RAF Valley.
Ready for take off.

BAE Hawk T mk1 on final approach to RAF Valley.
Hawk T mk1 on finals.

RAF Valley control tower and fire station.
RAF Valley control tower.

BAE Eurofighter Typhoon jet with invasion stripes overflies RAF Valley.
BAE Eurofighter Typhoon with invasion stripes.

BAE Hawk T mk2 taxiing out to the runway at RAF Valley.
Hawk T mk2 on the taxi way.

RAF BAE Hawk T mk2 rolling on the taxi way.
RAF Hawk Tmk2 on the taxi way.

SAR Westland SEA King on the pan at RAF Valley.
SAR Westland Sea King.

RAF BAE Hawk T mk2 about to join the runway at RAF Valley.
RAF Hawk T mk2 about to join the runway.

RAF BAE Hawk T mk2 taxiing to the runway.
RAF Hawk T mk2 on the taxi way.

RAF BAE Hawk T mk2 about to join the runway at RAF Valley.
About to join the runway.

Lockheed C130 Hercules on the runway at RAF Valley.
Lockheed C130 Hercules on the runway.

3 ship formation of BAE Hawk T mk1 jets over RAF Valley.
3 ship formation over RAF Valley.

2 ship formation of BAE Hawk T mk2's on finals to RAF Valley.
2 ship formation on finals.

RAF C130 Hercules rolling to the end of the runway at RAF Valley.
Onlookers watch a C130 Hercules.

RAF C130 rolls to the runway exit at RAF Valley.
Closer view of C130 Hercules.

A Royal Navy Sea King lifts from the runway.
Royal Navy Sea King lifts from the airfield.

RAF C130 turns off the end of the main runway.
Watched by onlookers.

RAF C130 Hercules rolls to the pan.
C130 Hercules on the taxi way.

A 2 ship formation of BAE Hawk T mk2's on finals.
2 Ship on finals.

2 ship of T mk2 Hawks on finals.
2 Hawk T mk2's pass low over me.

A solo Hawk T mk2 on finals to land.
A solo T mk2 on finals.

An RAF Boeing C17 Globemaster rolling on the runway.
C17 Globemaster.

A Boeing C17 Globemaster of the RAF rolling on the runway.
C17 rolls to the end of the runway.



An RAF C17 turns from the runway to the pan.
C17 rolling to the pan.

2 ship of Red Arrows Hawk T mk1's lift from the main runway.
Red Arrows 2 ship.

RAF C17 rolls to the pan.
Rear view of the C17.

Boeing C17 Globemaster and Lockheed C130 Hercules on the pan.
RAF Transport aircraft.

A solo RAF Red Arrows BAE Hawk T mk1 lifts from the main runway.
Solo Red Arrow.

RAF C17 Globemaster lifts from the main runway at RAF Valley.
RAF C17 lifts from the runway.

RAF C130 and C17 on the pan at RAF Valley.
C17 with loading ramp down.

RAF C130 taxiis out to the runway.
RAF C130 on the taxi way.

An RAF C17 directly over me.
C17 Climbing away from the airfield.

An RAF Puma Helicopter lifts from the airfield.
RAF Puma.

An RAF C130 Hercules taxis onto the main runway.
C130 turns onto the main runway.

RAF C130 awaits permission to take off.
C130 ready to leave.

A solo Hawk T mk1 on finals to land.
Hawk T mk1 on finals.

A civil twin turboprop on the taxi way.
A civil twin turboprop on the taxi way.

Two RAF Sea King SAR helicopters sit ready on the pan.
SAR Sea Kings.

A solo RAF BAE Hawk T mk2 lifts from the runway.
BAE Hawk T mk2.

A solo Hawk T mk1.
BAE Hawk T mk1.

An RAF Hawk T mk2 in a climbing fly by.
BAE Hawk T mk2.

An RAF C130 starts up on the pan.
RAF C130 Hercules.

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