... Additionally 15 RF-4EJs, which were modified fighter jets and equipped with different pods under their centerline station, were added to the Recce fleet in the course of the ‚Kai‘ upgrade program in the ...
... is a specially converted C-1 for ELINT versions, thus stuffed with electronic equipment and externally heavily modified with plenty of limbs and bumps.
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... modified Jumbo Jet, arrived on Sunday morning, June 7th at dawn. Nevertheless plenty of enthusiasts had gathered at this early hour along MUC’s Southern runway. Shortly after the VC-25A touched down, a ...
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Beside “the usual suspects” like the P-51 Mustang or P-40 Warhawk there was also „Tora Tora Tora” – the bunch of modified American warbirds that reenacts Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor for the American ...
... with the HAF for 39 years and accumulated around 440.000 flying hours. The first type to join the fleet was the A-7H (H for Hellenic, a modified version for Greece without the air-refueling capability) ...
... evils" Team, the Breitling Wingwalkers Team and last but not least the wolrd's first four-engine all-electrical aircraft, a modified CriCri:
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... a secret, as it is also the case for one of the rare ELINT-modified YS-11, which arrived at Chitose for a nightstop.
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Take-off the next morning was just in time for the flight b ...
... g flares during a CSAR demonstration?
The displays had to be modified a little bit on Saturday due to a very bad weather with a low ceiling, but in the end nearly all displays took place apart from t ...
... showed of (only) five aircraft on the ground: JH-7 Leopard, J-8 Finback, the H-6 bomber (which is a modified Tu-16), KJ-200 (and AWACS-version of the Y-8 aircraft) and the ZA-9 armed attack helicopter ...
... that the airframe is still good today to be modified for future use:
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Apart from the above mentioned aircraft mainly some general aviation types were ...
... tay at the Gifu Flight Test Center, where it has been modified. For me this was also quite a sensation, as previously rumours were around that it has been converted back in a C-1 again and I thought that ...
... d in the Air Force:
- the F-111C strike fighter - the unique RF-111C, modified for photo-reconnaissance work - ex-US Air Force F-111G's, which helped to ensure that Australia maintains its strike ...
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The highlight for many of the day was obviously the Sea Hurricane Ib, a special modified version of the Hurricane equipped with catapult spools and an arrester hook to enable it t ...
... le helicopters, mainly in the close air support role. To fulfil this role the Hueys have been modified to carry (aircraft) bombs as a slung load and the Gazelle helicopters have been fitted with unguided missi ...
... hter is the F-4 Phantom and nowadays also still flown at Holloman as modified QF-4E drones. A separate report about these special aircraft will also be available in the future in the "On base" section. To ...
... a newly modified and updated E-3 AWACS. Due to the fact of being brand new visits to this aircraft were unfortunately not possible, and furthermore a P-3 Orion and a Breguet Atlantic were missing. But ...
... as well, by a early warning modified Embraer 145 – the military designation being R-99A. More Hercules’ came also from the UK and Italy, the later one as the support aircraft for the Frecce Tricolri. Man ...
... ilots are always on standby. For this duty the jets have been modified with a backup radio and in general the aircraft are recognized amongst the pilots as a very good aircraft in the transition process ...
... some nice photos of the rescue flying boat even with our long lenses seemed very low. For another time our schedule was modified and we hit the road again to leave the main Japanese island and to cross the ...
... y chosen to wear the special markings as the registration was modified to represent 50 years of the Bundeswehr and 500.000 flight hours on the Transall. As a highlight this Transall was presented duri ...
