50 years JG74 ...

Posted in 2011

Open Days of the Luftwaffe are rare and few these days, and to reduce costs the 50th anniversary of the JG74 at Neuburg has even been held on a Thursday to avoid additional work during the week-end. ...

JG74 F-4F Phlyout ...

Posted in Air Forces

"The Farewell to a Legend", with these words the wing commander of Jagdgeschwader 74, Andreas Pfeiffer, opened its speech due to the decommissioning of the, meanwhile legendary, F-4F Phantom II. Nearly ...

JG74 Neuburg ...

Posted in Air Forces

... 2003-2008 The last Phantoms to leave Neuburg/Zell on July, 2nd 2008 were the special coloured 38+37, 37+85 still wearing JG74-emblems on the intake and the 38+64 in Richthofen markings. However as specia ...

Eurofighter for JG74 ...

Posted in Air Forces

... the arrival of a double-seater Eurofighter Typhoon and a single-seater four-ship formation. What? JG74 Eurofighters - First landing Where? Neuburg/Zell AB, Germany When? 25/07/2006 After two formation ...

Neuburg Open House

Posted in 2016

... of the German-wide „Day of the Armed Forces“ at Neuburg airfield. Where? Neuburg / Zell Airbase, Bavaria, Germany When?11/06/2016 When founded in 1961 the JG74 operated the F-86 „Sabre“, before ...

Phantoms and Tornados in the dark

Posted in Air Forces

... of the first Eurfighter Typhoon for the JG74 in July and the stealthy farewel of the Phantoms their take-off at dawn were quite symbolic to me. But nevertheless the Rhino can still be admired at the airbas ...