... more than 20 minutes with non-stop action of (fast jet) aircraft and helicopters. It was orchestrated as a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) operation, showing the exfiltration of personnel from hostile ...
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On the North side of the airfield
Despite the difficult photo opportunities, this visit to Komatsu was rather good. F-2s from Misawa were present at the airfield and were training air-air combat with ...
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A combat search and rescue (CSAR) scenario featured a C-130J Shimshon that air-dropped cargo in a mission supported by helicopters. Rotary assets, too, are part of the IAF’s ‘long arm’, demonstrated ...
... armed with live Magic short-range and MICA intermediate air-air missiles, which were on what was obviously a CAP (Combat Air Patrol) training mission.
Taipei Taoyuan International Airport / TPE
As ...
... with conformal fuel tanks (CFT) and AMRAAM inert missiles on the wing tips. This ‘combat ready’ appearance was then greatly boosted by a good use of flares during the routine.
airshows/18_siaf/Pol_F-16,width=260,height=300,gap_h=11,gap_v=10 ...
... pilots, who fought in the aircraft at low level and close to their own airfields.
P-63F Kingcobra
The P-63 Kingcobra tried to compensate that lack of power, but due to the basic design achievable combat ...
... paint schemes they proudly displayed in combat.
Seeing those planes in action and the air usually twice that week their owners have the chance to present them live during the warbirds part in the afternoon ...
... were still of valuable use and sent to Vietnam in 1962 and used in various combat roles by the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. By then the designation had been changed to O-1 (Observation). The enemy ...
... combat equipment was introduced within that time. But this is going to change in the near future.
onbase/15_bulgaria/212
Still operating original ‘adversary’ aircraft from a time when borders and the ...
... throughout its inventory replacements with newer, Western-build types are foreseen. UH-60s will replace the venerable Mi-17 as a combat helicopter, mainly used for transport and rescue, 2 C-27J Spartan ...
... flying display of jet aircraft.
Where? Manching, Bavaria, Germany When? 13/06/2015
airshows/15_wtd61/form
Nörvenich’s Eurofighter wing, the German Army combat helicopters at Fritzlar and the ...
... yet. This year the great WWII aerial mock combat acts, which are one of the trademarks of the Classic Fighters air show, thus had to go on without the German enemy being chased by Allied Mustangs, Spitfires ...
... in the circuit around the airfield and a pair of UH-60 Blackhawks going out. Unfortunately the light turns not so good around midday for the nice three-tone camouflage of these combat helicopters. Time ...
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special/14_araxos/daedalus
special/14_araxos/zeus
special/14_araxos/zeus2
Thank you HAF and the 116 Combat Wing at Araxos for giving the possibility to witness the last operational Corsairs in ...
A large veil of secrecy lies above the Israeli Air Force (IAF – or Heyl Ha'Avir). The air arm is combat proven at an extremly high degree, but due to the sensitivity of their operations only very few information ...
... uses the aged F-16A models, though they are scheduled to receive some proper avionic upgrades in the near future. Seeing the combat air patrol (CAP) flying with live AIM-7 Sparrow missiles was of course ...
... as a well-known regular guest from previous editions:
airshows/12_zhuhai/display
The highlight were the Changhe Z-10 and Harbin Z-19 combat helicopters. Though the Z-10 is already in service with the ...
... the 117 Combat Wing, consisting of two Squadrons:
338 Mira - Aris (Mars)
339 Mira - Aias (Ajax)
338 Squadron is used as a Fighter Bomber Squadron, whereas 339 Squadron has a more special role ...
... came in and left with an impressive JATO take-off, dropped cargo, AH-64 and AH-1 combat helicopters were shooting missiles and did gun firing, F-16s dropped practice bomb and finally the F-15I Ra'am did ...
