... of Russian debt, a total of 24 single and two-seater MiG-29 became part of the Slovak Air Force in the 1990s. Half of them underwent a partial modernization between 2004 and 2006, converting them to MiG-29AS ...
... which both operate the F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon.
Belgium became a user of the F-16 Fighting Falcon in 1979, with the fleet peaking at 160 jets in the 1990s. Following the end of the Cold War, and going ...
... Texans of all kinds. This high number has not been seen for years, and was a sight to behold as they came in for their traditional airfield attack.
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... Hawker Hunter MK.68, also known as the “Tiger-Hunter”, registered HB-RVV, a final escort. On the weekend after the Axalp event, the aircraft made its final landing and became part of the exhibition at ...
During World War II, the Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina flying boat became famous for its long-endurance missions over the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean against enemy ships and submarines. Only very few aircraft ...
... so the Phantom became more potent in the air-ground role and was able to overtake roles from the indigenous Mitsubishi F-1.
The force of the fighter jets was enlarged by RF-4E Phantoms that were able ...
... the French airline Corsair and became pilot on their long-haul fleet, namely flying the Boeing B747 and Airbus A330. To fly the Junkers Ju-52 he is qualified for about 10 years now. „The initial training ...
... obviously quickly set up for the local population, which lost their homes in 2011, and for all the helpers that came to re-build the area.
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... of the Second World War came to the beaches, which saw the embarkment of Allied forces into continental Europe 75 years ago. This event also aroused the interest of more than one million visitors, which ...
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Also the Agusta A109 and NHIndustries NH90 presented some fly-bys when they came in to land on Friday. The highlight of the RNZAF flying displays was however the very welcome appearance of the SH-2G(I) ...
... with up to six jets per wave. Additionally to that the Tigers went up, some PC-21 came by on pilot training missions, and now and then there was a PC-9 target tuck or a PC-6 Turbo Porter.
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Niederstetten became the first of a total of three German SAR bases to make the transfer to this new Light Utility Helicopter for Search And Rescue (LUH SAR) tasks of the Bundeswehr. Nörvenich will ...
... caused excitement amongst planespotters and avgeeks as well. During the two weeks of the exercise, Nörvenich air base was the goal of a pilgrimage of people equipped, with cameras and stepladders.
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... approached our Dornier Do-27 photoship from behind, it’s not-so-nice nickname “Rata” – which literally means rat – became obvious. During the Spanish civil war the Nationalists gave her that name. In the ...
... into the shelters. As a pleasant side effect, Uvda now also became Israel's second airfield that can support F-35 operations.
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... on the apron, which is accessible for the general public before the start of the airshow. This gives plenty of time in the morning to get up close to more than 100 aircraft that came together for “Air ...
... visitors came to the Hahnweide to immerse into aviation, and to experience Germany's largest warbird spectacle.
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... it came to Radom together with a twin-seat Su-25 Frogfoot, which remained however in the static display.
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The participation of became General Dynamics as primary US defense contractor clearly brought in the influence of the F-16 in the finalized F-CK-1. Particularly the use of blended wing root/fuselage ...
... that tradition today. In 2018 Vador became the 19th F-16 pilot to continue that tradition for three consecutive years. Obviously the everyday job of the whole Demo Team is to promote the capabilities of ...
