... the establishment of the independent Slovak Republic until today. As such, these iconic jets are related to the Slovak Air Force as no other aircraft, generations have served with them, they have protected ...
... 20 MLU standard.
Following the reduction in size of the whole Air Force to only four fats jet Squadrons and one Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), this translates into 12 aircraft strong frontline Squadrons. ...
... either way, and during approach and take-off. Pilots have to turn rather tight and late during the final approach and also during departure to stay well clear of the surrounding terrain. Don’t expect any ...
The Boeing Stearman must be the world’s mostly known biplane. More than 8500 airplanes were build, and the „Model 75“ has been used to train an uncountable number of military pilots in the late 1930s and ...
... mixed formation of PC-7, PC-21 and F/A-18C Hornet stood for the training path of the jet pilots of the Swiss Air Force. And two Hornets were also used in the simulated interception exercise of the Pilatus ...
... F-2000 Eurofighters. The same two jets later brought also the Italian Airbus A319 state aircraft to Rivolto. On board this aircraft was also Italian President Sergio Mattarella, who attended the festivities ...
... (NAS) San Diego. But only two weeks later, the aircraft was already transfer to Norfolk, Virginia, on the East Coast. The flight crew at the time carried out the transfer non-stop in a remarkable 19.2 ...
... the late 1980s. This included an upgrade to a more advanced pulse Doppler radar, its avionics system and the integration of more weapons, in particular the ASM-1 and ASM-2 anti-ship missiles. By doing ...
... with the Spanish Air Force considered as a Spanish license-build version “CASA 352L” of the German Junkers Ju 52/3m (3m standing for “3 Motoren” – three engines), a German identification plate was discovered. ...
... a one-day drive.
Where? central Honshu, Japan When? November / December 2018
Between late September and Christmas, airshows in Japan nearly take place on a weekly basis. This time of the year is ...
... the crossing of the Channel also in this anniversary year. It were no days, but hours. However, the Dakotas could only cross the Channel in the late afternoon. This event took already place on 5th June, ...
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Fortunately, the lack of WWI aircraft was well filled by the classic warbirds of later eras. The grand opening even had a touch of Duxford’s Flying Legends - on the Southern hemisphere, and with slightly ...
... particularly unfortunate as it would have culmulated in a formation fly-by of the Spitfire and the F-35 'Adir', uniting Israel's oldest and most modern fighter aircraft in the sky. Therefore the Boeing Stearman ...
... 2015. One and a half years later, on 26 June 2017, the delivery of the total fleet of 15 aircraft of this military version of the originally civil Airbus Helicopters H145 was complete. This smooth and ...
... there was no information about possible enemy hits, regardless of whether the F-35 was used as a Blue or Red Air. Finally, it was also admitted that the "Adir" could not be hit by simulated radar-guided ...
... going on to get out of the show with the highest number of orders. Looking for military related activities at Farnborough one had to dig deeper as current and hot topics were not obvious at first sight. ...
... camera displays in the beginning, these unfavorable conditions fortunately turned to the good with the progress of the flying display. Later in the afternoon the light was perfect, and the flying was in ...
... parked on the far side of the airfield. As it is already late summer or even early autumn at this time of the year, morning mist usually hangs around the airfield. Strolling around all those aircraft gives ...
... the training day on Friday was still blessed by good weather in the afternoon, Saturday started grey and continued with temporary rain showers later in the day.
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... Tainan. Photo spots were also nice and quiet, and the three tone grey camouflage of the IDFs came out rather well against the once again blooming dark clouds in the late afternoon. Unfortunately for the ...
