... the freezing North of Hokkaido down to Naha on the tropical island of Okinawa. Starting around 1983 the more modern F-15J Eagles started to replace the Phantom in the Air Defence Role, primary at those ...
... spectacular landscape.
Komatsu
Komatsu can be challenging for photography, but it is well worth a trip as the airbase is home to two Squadrons of F-15J, 303rd and 306th Hikotai, and since 2016 also ...
... It’s a platform well adapted to preparing future pilots for different versions of the F-16, F-15 and the most recent F-35 Adir ("the Mighty").
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With thundering afterburners four F-35A Lightning II soar into the clear blue sky of the Negev desert. They are followed by another four F-15 "Baz" of the Israeli Air Force. The jets are the vanguard of ...
... presence at Farnborough as it will be put out of service next spring.
Static Display
The USAF displayed a Chinook helicopter, an F-15E Strike Eagle and two versions of the C-130 Hercules. Furthermore ...
... some disruption within the Air Force. It also went as far as influencing (=cancelling) the participation of F-15E Strike Eagles or the F-35 Lightning II at Wings over Houston.
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... more modern F-15J Eagle that can also carry more modern air-air missiles such as the AAM-4 or AAM-5. It is up to them to regularly go hunting for Russian and Chinese military jets that operate in the vicinity ...
... F-4EJ Phantom, F-15J Eagle and F-2 Viper Zero all had their glimpse of sun. Also a T-7 gave a short display presentation, and a Komaki-based C-130H Hercules came over for some fly-bys. Then the three fast ...
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For a change from that many F-2A displays an F-15J from nearby Nyutabaru also arrived for some fly-bys, which were rather high, except for the last one after a ‚missed approach’, which presented a nice ...
... display, as well as being rather active in the days before and after the show.
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Static Display
Apart from NASA aircraft the static display included F-15C of the 159th FW ...
... EMB-145H AEW&C aircraft. Foreign participation in this year consisted of USAF F-15E Strike Eagles of the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, Eurofighter Typhoons FGR4 from the UK, UAEAF Mirage 2000-9s, ...
... happen in these regions and JASDF QRA jets are sent up to identify these aircraft.
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Following this Squadron shuffling 304 Hikotai flying the F-15(D)J ...
... is a former German MiG-29GT) or two US 104FW F-15C Eagles, which are currently on deployment in Europe. The Belgian F-16AM of the 31 Tiger Squadron was of course their Tiger jet and a Luftwaffe A400M used ...
... locally, and three „Thracian“ exercises kept the Bulgarian Air Force once again busy in 2015. Whereas “Thracian Eagle 1 & 2” focused on flying with US ANG units flying the F-15 Eagle, “Thracian Star” in ...
A thick layer of haze above Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, made things look rather fuzzy for this year’s edition of ADEX 2015 (Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition). Flying displays ...
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For Hyakuri this meant a tactical demonstration by the F-15J Eagles of 304 Hikotai (Squadron), an air-ground attack by the F-4EJ Phantoms of 302 Hikotai and recce runs of the RF-4E (photo) Phantoms of ...
... differnent air bases all around Middle East place a large variety of aircraft showed up: C-130 Hercules, P-8 Poseidon, F-15E Strike Eagle and plenty of helicopters. Daily fly-bys by the B-1 bomber were ...
... cancelled its visit to the static display and the Romanian LanceR also had to cancel due to ‘operational commitments’, which were most probably related to a training exercise with US ANG F-15 units going ...
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The JASDF operates three flying Squadrons at Chitose: the 201 and 203 Hikotai flying the F-15 Eagle, as well as the " Special Airlift Group " – 701 ...
... construction engines, but its airport also the homebase of two wings of F-15 Eagles, the 303 Hikotai „Fighting Dragons“ and the 306 Hikotai „Golden Eagles“.
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