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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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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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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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Blue Wings 2020 Exercise
A historic first! August 2020 saw the visit of Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16C/D “Barak” fighter jets deploying to Germany. With security on high alert and very restricted access to…
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Luftwaffe H145M LUH SOF operations
Barely touching the earth’s surface a pair of helicopters follows the terrain on the approach to its target. The flight route has been selected in way to remain undiscovered up…
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LTG61 Penzing Farewell
The „Tag der Bundeswehr“ became a regular event to promote the German Armed Forces. Held on a Saturday usually around the second week-end in June several locations all around Germany…
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Neuburg Open House
The TaktLwG74 celebrates its 55th anniversary in 2016. At the same time the German Luftwaffe is looking back at its foundation 60 years ago in 1956. Both events were a…
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Tag der Bundeswehr – Manching WTD61
Open days of the Luftwaffe in Germany do happen regularly, but events with a flying display are few and far between. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Bundeswehr (German…
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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…
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