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Flying with Germany’s Phinal Phantom
Catching the orange/black checkered „Last Flight“ F-4F Phantom 38+13 of WTD61 during an air-air photo flight was a great opportunity back in 2013. Less than one month before the retirement…
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Bavarian Tiger on the prowl
White and blue stands for the Bavarian way of life, and those colors have also been chosen for the Luftwaffe’s 74th Tactical Air Wing anniversary jet, the „Bavarian Tiger“. These special…
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Celebrating a Milestone: 55,555 GAF FTC Flight Hours at Holloman AFB
On October 13, 2009, the German Air Force Flying Training Center (GAF FTC) celebrated a major milestone at Holloman AFB: 55,555 flight hours with their Panavia Tornado fleet. A specially…
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Piešťany Air Festival 2025
The 2025 Festival letectva Piešťany turned the Slovak spa town into a lively aviation stage, blending fast jets, vintage aircraft, drone shows, and family fun. While the no-show of Slovakia’s…
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Inside Engels Airbase – Russia’s Strategic Aviation Powerhouse
A rare, behind-the-scenes look at Engels Airbase—Russia’s top strategic bomber base and home to the mighty Tu-95 Bear and Tu-160 Blackjack. Join a visit to this Cold War giant and…
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Meiringen in a rush
This was a short trip to Meiringen Airbase in central Switzerland at the beginning of February 2025. The main motivation for this trip was a rather long winter break without…
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Colourful Kyushu – Chasing Aggressors, Orions and much more in Japan
JASDF Fightertown Nyutabaru with the colourful F-15J/DJ Aggressors, F-4EJ Phantoms, and the blue Mitsubishi F-2s at Tsuiki. Japan’s Southern island was always well worth a plane spotting trip during autumn…
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Croatia’s MiG-21 Fishbed swansong – AirVG 2024 at Zagreb
This was rather short and spontaneous trip from Southern Germany to Croatia in May 2024 to see a real flying dinosaur, the very last flying MiG-21s in Europe. At the…
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Po-2 – The Night Witches’ Biplane
Strap on and join me on a ride with the Polikarpov Po-2, the Russian biplane that was made famous by the “Night Witches”. I have had the chance to get…
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Zhuhai Airshow 2010
The 8th edition of the Airshow China held at the Zhuhai airport was announced this year with a strong participation of the China Air Force, the PLAAF (People’s Liberation Army…
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Indian Air Force and much more at Aero India 2011 Bangalore
When talking about India it is often referred to as the “World’s largest democracy” – no wonder having around 1,2 billion inhabitants. However when looking at aviation photography it is…
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A French Airshow & Warbird spectacle – Melun Air Legend 2023
The “Air Legend” Airshow at Paris-Villaroche has now established a permanent place in the French airshow calendar. Scheduled for the second weekend in September 2023, the event was worth a…
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Tornado 50th at Manching – celebrating a year long…
On 14th August 1974 the Tornado MRCA took off at Manching, Germany for its first flight. 50 years later, the aircraft is still operational with the Air Forces of Germany,…
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Korean Delights at the Osan Airpower Day 2011
The Osan Airpower Day 2011 took place on the weekend of October 29-30, 2011. Being a major airbase of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), a Major Command of the United…
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