With thundering afterburners four F-35A Lightning II soar into the clear blue sky of the Negev desert. They are followed by another four F-15 "Baz" of the Israeli Air Force. The jets are the vanguard o ...
... to the famous „desert pink“ and later one to a rather boring overall grey scheme, which was optimized for flying at higher altitudes over Afghanistan.
The other two special schemes that participated ...
... during the week-end airshows, Desert Storm 25th anniversary, a WWI aviation celebration and Boeing 100th anniversary. But one aircraft beat them all at the Oshkosh EAA Airventure 2016:
The mighty Martin ...
Already for some years the Dubai Airshow established itself as the major international airshow and the major aviation trade fair event in the Middle East. It also ranks easily on the same level amongst ...
... r jets the Israeli Air Force (IAF) in the Negev desert is a rare happening. Combined with great photographic opportunities of transport aircraft and the venerable A-4 Skyhawk this journey on two major I ...
... refers to it also as "Ezer's Spitfire".
Where? Negev Desert When? November 2011
[- This piece is an excerpt of my publication "Black Magic" in Classic Aircraft Magazine, January 2012 -]
By d ...
... to two recent accidents that have led to the loss of at least one aircraft and injured pilots. The fast jets in the desert sky were a fabulous view, especially as there is no M2000 display anymore in Eu ...
... celled upon short notice.
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The Gloster Gladiator and the Fieseler Storch followed next under a "Western Desert Encounter" – and it's up to you to guess who did win the aerial enc ...
... f this country. Additionally to an excellent climat, especially in spring, there are so many things to see: Petra, the City of Stone, the Roman Jerash, swimming in the Dead Sea or the fascination dese ...
... hing the crowd from behind, firing their machine guns on some targets in the deserts that burst into flames and thick black smoke. This was followed by a pair of S-70 Yanshuf and two AH-1 Tzefa, the l ...
... also more realistic to the deserts, where weapons are mainly used nowadays. After the introductiong as a great Phantom Phreaks, a tour of the facility was kindly given.
QF-4E Phantom II - Targe ...
... desert it was also relatively warm and humid, and I surely preferred to be there in November and not in mid-summer!
Upon the arrival on Friday afternoon and were very surprised to find many nice warbirds ...
... ck decision to drive around the airfield to get them for the landing as well.
USMC Aggressors F-5E Tiger II
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A good spot was found nearly in the middle of the desert, b ...
... n June 18, 1981. Deliveries of 59 aircraft then took place between 1982 and 1990.
The first sorties were flown during operation desert storm, and afterwards it saw action in nearly every other war t ...
... inished a short trip in the 'desert' brought me a little bit closer to the landings of the Eagles and Fighting Falcons. However I did not stay too long there as I also wanted to see something more of the ...
