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 ...
... based in the North to fly mission over the Japanese Sea, most likely to gather intelligence of ship movements around the Japanese Sea between Japan and Russia.
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... h the Ju-52 for their strong support in compiling this article, providing input to the report and granting permission for the photo flight!
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... But it featured a high chance to catch jet fighter action at Hyakuri and Komatsu, see interesting transport and special mission aircraft at Iruma, and to have a look at the rather seldomly visited trainer ...
... the night witches and the night missions flying the Polikarpov Po-2 should help to convey this part of history to the local audience.
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... Or stand at the barrier where the jets are crossing a normal road before and after their mission on the way to the cavern.
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... ews and to achieve their mission qualification.
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Operation at the open heart
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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’, demonstrate ...
... unctual sequence of actions of a defence project provided very few headlines, and may symbolically stand for the KSK missions, which are usually wrapped under an even denser shroud of silence.
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... are also 12 opponents of the "Red Air". Depending on needs and mission, the aggressor force can also be increased by helicopters and UAVs, the threat from the ground is realistically simulated by Patriot ...
... 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.
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... n formation, were joined by „Vador“ for a 3-ship formation of BAF F-16s over Belgium, and then left to hand over the stage for the actual task of the mission: getting great shots of the „Dark Falcon“!
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... and could be seen flying a mission on the Thursday before the show. The NASA’s static display therefore consisted only of the T-38 Talon and the Super Guppy - just as in the previous year, which is cool ...
... d since April of that year.
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... in the RAF, the F-35B could be seen in the air and this shortened the waiting time a bit. Two F-35B were on a training mission and the V/STOL-version of the JSF could be seen performing short take-offs ...
... a beautiful light. Usually very difficult to photograph in the distinctive black scheme for those clandestine night missions, the low sun was just perfect to get nice photographs of that special airplane ...
... from the big Iniochos mission packages, but the Israeli participation saw official recognition from the Hellenic Republic’s Defence Minister Panos Kammenos as a strong sign of the axis of stability tha ...
... Displays
The multitude of missions was well represented during the airshows flying display. First of all the opening formation of six F-2s was an impressive sight. Both Squadrons contributed three jets ...
... Transall the wing moved from Neubiberg to its current home Penzing in 1971. Since then these reliable aircraft saw action in many parts of the world, flying humanitarian missions to Ethiopia, or serving ...
... out of Barksdale to chase and train U-2 pilots, a US Navy EA-18G Growler, several more F/A-18 Hornet variants featuring an impressive number of mission markings of recent deployments, as well as a large ...
