At the end of August I had the possibility to spent a day with the Jagdgeschwader (fighter squadron) 73 at their homebase Laage near Rostock. Only one month later the first 5 MiGs were transferred to ...
... / UBS. This comprised an upgrade of communication and navigation systems to make them compatible with NATO standards.
Despite this upgrade, Slovak MiGs have clearly been showing their age. Already in ...
... feature the MiG-29, which is still a crowd’s favorite in the air! But obviously their numbers are going to dwindle down.
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... faster than foreseen and the two types thus did not show anymore. As a compensation the A319 was presented during a QRA demo and “forced to land” by the MiGs at Sliac. At one point it really seemed as ...
... Eastern end of the airfield, ready to scramble with their live weapons for an air policing mission. But it is 2015, and these MiGs are guarding one of NATO’s Eastern frontiers.
Where? Graf Ignatievo ...
Vietnam and aviation brings to most peoples minds probably Phantoms fighting against MiGs, B-52 Stratofortresses acting as bombs trucks and napalm and "Agent Orange" over the jungle. However, as Uncle ...
... (or shall I say Soviet-build) airliners also the numerous preserved MiGs along the way and some nice evenings in Russias capital, Moscow:
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... Amongst the photographers the efforts of the ground personal at the end of the Saturday's showday to properly 'dress' the MiGs in the static display area will be long remembered for.
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... the military.
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That was a big start of the flying activities at Sliac, with the only drawback that this most interesting part ...
... But nevertheless, there was a Mi-17, 3x Mi-24, 3x L-39, 3x MiG-29 and an An-32 in the air!
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At the end of the day the MiGs arrived once again from their homebase Sliac in order to present an Interception Exercise. The intruder was ...
... two very rare MiG-21. Two other MiGs were spotted outside in a storage area, and the Gulfstream G150 and G200 production line was another place, that has been presented very proudly. The annual output ...
... some more aircraft of the former ‘east’.
Therefore I also made my way there this year, attracted by MiGs and the famous Hungarian goulash, and also to have a look at the country for my first time. Originally ...
... subject besides the Polish Su-22s. Interestingly the MiGs participated in each mission with an IAI-built EW-pod. Additionally to the Lechfeld-based Luftwaffe ECR Tornados Italian and British ones were ...
... far from the Black Sea in honour of the 100th anniversary of "mechanical flying" in Romania. MiGs, sunshine and the prospect of taking a bath in the sea after the show were very promising for a successful ...
... and J-22 Orao. Besides the five MiGs of the Swifts a Slovak MiG-29UB also performed a display to the end of each showday.
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... missing…?! Yes, of course! All the MiGs and Suchois you have expected to see in the Czech Republic, but, what the heck, when you sit down in the evening with a good cold beer and think about the Canadia ...
