RAF Leeming - One last day with XXV(F) Squadron 25(F) Squadron ex-member website
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XXV(F) reformed on August 1, 1989 at RAF Leeming with the Tornado F.3. It subsequently disbanded on April 4, 2008.
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Tornado F.3 (ZE831/XQ) callsign 'Javelin 1',
refuelling from a 10 Squadron VC-10 K.3 at 20,000 feet over North Sea in July 2005. |
Tornado F.3's ZE831/XQ and ZG780/WF in July 2005. |
Tornado F.3's ZE755/- and ZE254/UD in July 2005. |
Tornado F.3's ZE755/-, ZE254/UD, ZE831/XQ and ZG780/WF callsign Javelin 1-4 and two more images of ZE254/UD minus its squadron badge in July 2005. |
Left to right: Tornado F.3 (ZE907/DA) using callsign 'Volatile 31' in May 2006. |
Left to right: Tornado F.3's (ZE165/GE and ZE763/FJ) in May 2006. |
Tornado F.3 (ZE254/UD) this time at low level in the Lake District, it made two passes in 17 minutes on June 22, 2005.
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Tornado F.3 (ZE755/YL) in 25 Squadron colours, low level through the A5 pass in September 2006 and also through the 'Loop' in March 2007.
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At TLP 2006-4 Tornado F.3 (ZG780/XXV) in special XXV(F) Squadron 90th anniversary markings.
It was inscribed '90 Years 1915 - 2005' by 2008 just before their disbandment it had been changed to simply '1915 - 2008'.
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Two Tornado F.3's (ZG780/XXV and ZE201/FB) attending TLP 2006-4 at Florennes Air Base, Belgium in July 2006. Tornado F.3 (ZE168/FA) arriving at RAF Coningsby in November 2006 to take-over QRA duties.
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Left to right: 25(F) Squadron Tornado F.3's (ZE982/FR, ZE168/FA and ZE728/FZ) were operating from Waddington for the duration of exercise Indra Dhanush from July 2-12, 2007. |
Left to right: Tornado F.3's ( ZE728/FZ, ZE982/FR and ZE168/FA) at Waddington. |
Departing Leeming Tornado F.3 pair (ZG780/XXV and ZE982/FR) in February 2008.
'XXV' in its final year was inscribed '1915 - 2008'.
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Left to right: Tornado F.3 (ZE982/FR and ZG780/XXV) at Leeming in February 2008. |
Left to right: Departing Tornado F.3 (ZE728/FZ) and Tornado F.3 (ZG780/XXV) ready for flight in HAS 13 at Leeming in February 2008. |
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