Politics couldn’t be left aside at this year’s Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF) at Malacky-Kuchyna airbase in Western Slovakia. The country shares a border with Ukraine, a country under war that suffers ...
... Air Self Defence Forces (JASDF). Most of those jets were license-build in country by Mitsubishi in Komaki, who were also responsible for the upgrade program to bring the jets up to the ‚Kai’ standard in ...
... some events in Spring. After a summer break, the airshows tend to start in the North of the country and move South, literally following the good weather and nice temperatures. This is with some exceptions... ...
... the "Blue Force" and have to protect the territory of the "Falcon State". With a fight over water and other natural resources, it is threatened by the aggressive neighboring country "Nowhereland". This can ...
This was another plane spotting trip to Taiwan. Even though it has a vivid aviation photography scene, it’s tropical climate and a military on high alert do not make it an easy country to pursue this hobby. ...
... see that the Czech Air Force did send its Gripen Solo Display, the Mil Mi-35 Solo Display as well as the Mi-35 & Mi-171 CSAR demo to Slovakia and not to the airshow in its home country.
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... the current Japanese jets are regular F-35As, the country is currently also interested in buying the B-Model with the capability of vertical take-off or landing (VTOL) for their aircraft carrier. The first ...
... the country. And this was clearly the case during the airshow day.
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... Look up in the sky, where you will see fighters and bombers of our armed forces patrol the countryside to protect our homeland from the Axis forces”.
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The show itself offers that ...
Bangladesh is neither a common tourist destination, nor is it likely the first country that would make it on top of the list of "popular planespotting destinations". Nevertheless the trip to Dhaka was most ...
... African country, overwhelming the leader and freeing hostages. It involved al of the flying assets of the SAAF, with the Gripen and Hawk doing airspace protection and air to ground attacks and the C-130 ...
... Comet Racer is for sure set to be the highlight for any of the next Events.
And after more than a handful of airshow attendances at this nice place in the English countryside I am very tempted to say ...
... the air powered by its Rolls-Royce Olympus engines. It seemed to please her to be back at one of its former bases RAF Waddington in "bombercountry" Lincolnshire. And as a special treat XH558 was piloted ...
... view in the museums stretching all over the country from Ho Chi Minh City up to Hanoi.
Where? Vietnam When? 08/2013
Ho Chi Minh City - HCMC or you might still want to call it Saigon - in the South ...
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... a short one hour hop from Hong Kong the tropical island in the Taiwan Street is easily reached. However getting around the country is a bit more cumbersome due to high mountains that form the central part ...
Kazachstan might have become very well known by the 'Borat' movie, but fortunately this comedy is far from reality. Being the 9th largest country on Earth and celebrating the state's 20th anniversary in ...
... the aircraft updated in-country as F-4E(AUP), standing for "Avionic Upgrade Program".
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Not only did the upgrade proved to be very efficient, also the airframe itself can still be trusted ...
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Whereas the show at Seoul offered a quite open access to RoKAF hardware, the situation in the rest of country is very different.
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