• 2014, A-7, Araxos, Corsair, Greece, Greece Air Force

    A-7 Corsair II Retirement

    With the retirement of the LTV A-7 Corsair II the sky has lost once again another charismatic jetfighter from the 1960s/70s era. The last Air Force to operate this subsonic…

  • 2014, F/A-18, F/A-18C, Hornet, Meiringen, Swiss Air Force, Switzerland

    Meiringen – WK 2014

    The Swiss Air Force still operates two jet types in their fleet, the F-18 Hornet and the F-5E Tiger. During the annual WK (Wiederholungskurs – repetition course) Squadrons operating these…

  • 2014, CTS, Chitose, Eagle, F-15, Hokkaido, JASDF, Japan

    Winter Planespotting in Hokkaido

    Hokkaido, Japan’s Northern island, is a special experience and cannot really be compared with the rest of Japan. Vast landscapes and scenic mountain ranges prevail instead of megacities and densly…

  • 2012, Engels, Russia

    The Russian Air Force close up

    The 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force (Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii – ВВС России) in August 2012 was celebrated with a huge airshow at Moscow Zhukovsky. Loads of aircraft from…

  • 2013, Luftwaffe, Neuburg, Spotterday, TaktLwG74

    JG74 Spotterday 2013

    After a while JG74 held a spotterday on August, 30th at Neuburg. Being busy with the introduction of the Eurofighter the last open day has been held for the farewell…

  • 2012, Taiwan, planespotting

    Taiwan Air Force

    Once upon a time, the ROCAF (Republic of China Air Force) – aka Taiwanese Air Force – caught my eye: an interesting mix of aircraft types, still some colourful schemes…