... iconic Soviet design is a clear child of the Cold War. For years the airshows in Slovakia have been a safe bet to see them flying, especially when the airshow was hosted their homebase Sliac in central ...
... which both operate the F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon.
Belgium became a user of the F-16 Fighting Falcon in 1979, with the fleet peaking at 160 jets in the 1990s. Following the end of the Cold War, and going ...
... of the Squadron struggled on the same day with cold and icy conditions over the North Atlantic…
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At the end of the war, the Catalina logged ...
... JASDF F-4EJ operations and stretches from Chitose in Japan’s cold North down to the tropical Naha on Okinawa.
Where? all around Japan When? 2005 - 2019/2021
17 March 2021 saw the final landing of ...
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Photography at Komatsu can become challenging...
Additionally to that, winter season is maybe not the best choice to visit Komatsu, as the wind tends to come from the West - this is were cold Russia ...
... are over, the grape harvest is finished. Ring in the autumn season, and bring on the Omaka Classic Fighters airshow! Before the days are getting short and cold, this traditional airshow event brings together ...
"Air Legend" at the Melun-Villaroche airfield in the South of Paris is a new airshow establishing itself firmly on the European circuit. The second edition in 2019 focused on Cold War jets and succeeded ...
... the flying display of the Polish Air Force at Radom.
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Cold War Warriors
Flight incidents within the Polish Su-22 Fitter and MiG-29 ...
... „Vador“, knows how to place his jet only meters behind the open ramp of the C-130 Hercules photoship. Time to stop worrying about cold feet and frozen fingers: hit the shutter to get the shots!
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... lager beer to which the city gave its name, it also has an aviation rich history. This aviation focus was very well presented on a fine summer week-end, and topped off with cold beer and tasty sausages. ...
... the sun it was also rather cold. Admittedly it was December, but how great it can be in December was obvious just the day before.
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... Yoshi Muroya the Gifu show 2017 draw a huge crowd, but the weather spoiled it a lot. Cold air coming down from Siberia fought with rain coming in from the Pacific Ocean, and in the end somehow both succeeded ...
... lunch break it was time to walk around the static display, which was ok, but the aircraft were fenced off to close for some nice photos. Time and cold outside temperatures were better used to get a steak ...
The SU-27 Flanker, MiG-21 LanceR and MiG-29 Fulcrum are apart from being three Cold War warriors and rare Russian-build jets three excellent airshow acts that you can hardly argue about. For its 2016 edition ...
... to witness this legendary Cold War warrior in Bulgarian AF service.
This text is an excerpt of my article “TIME FOR CHANGE” published in Combat Aircraft Monthly, issue October 2015 - Vol 16 No 10 - ...
... tickets visitors. On these two days the Saturday was by far the better choice with more flying and great weather. Contrary to this Sunday morning started very different with a very cold wind and freezing ...
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It was a real pleasure seeing all these birds, and the rather bad weather at Chitose is also a reason to come back on day - back into the cold!
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... very good, but there was obviously a bad weather period as the sun was nearly continuously hiding behind the clouds or came out at the wrong point of time. Nevertheless during cold autumn months the visitors ...
... the Avro Lancaster bombers during WWII, which changed amongst others to the mighty Avro Vulcan around 10 years later during the time of the Cold War. It was thus not uncommon to call this part of Britain ...
... them meant travelling to Chino, California – and believe me, there are things for worse than California at the beginning of May… Though the days were quite chilly with a cold wind from the Pacific ocean ...
