... of the “Kommando Spezialkräfte” (KSK or Special Forces Command) get out of the helicopter cabin, the only visible sign of this action in the middle of night is the green glim of the soldiers night vision ...
... for the large number of display teams such as the Freue Tricolori, Patrulla Aguilla, Midnight Hawks and the Patrouille Suisse which were not able to present their skills under those weather conditions ...
... Czechoslovakia, an open-air opera performance was given on Pilsen’s central Republic Square. This was combined with a beer and pub night on that Friday evening, resulting for some in a slow start the next ...
... 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 ...
... Thunderbirds or the U.S. Army Golden Knights. In addition to the aerial acts there was a variety of static displays. This included the U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer, F-16 Fighting Falcon, T-38 Talon, V-22 ...
... 1000 operational sorties were flown during day and night!
Where? Andravida, Greece When? 20/03/2018
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... if it hurts a bit, setting a focus on certain events and areas usually helps to make the best of it. The #OSH16 highlights were the Pearl Harbor 75th commemoration, two night air shows, the Canadian Snowbirds ...
... y and train their skills on the F-5 Tiger, mostly to play the Aggressor role for the Hornets.
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When night flying activiti ...
... g the night hours but can be seen in daylight under these circumstances, or for the cargo flights from different airlines that land several times a week.
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A big change and challen ...
... Missile was a new sight for me.
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However a small exercise was going on: there was a detachment from Hyakuri with some F-4EJ Phantoms of the 302 Hikotai and 8 F-15 Eagles o ...
... of course fully exploited. One stop was Kubinka, home of the Swifts and the Russian Knights display teams flying the MiG-29 and Su-27 Flanker. Thus they are used to international visits, though a bit more ...
... aircraft of the "Desert Giants" Squadron as well as the many different versions of C-130 Hercules aircraft of the "The Knights of the Yellow Bird" and the "Elephants" Squadron share today a large apron ...
... and kilometres spend in-between these airfields helped a lot to get the desired shots, and some sights of the Taiwanese nightlife made the missed photo opportunities forget.
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... he "August 1st" display team.
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This was strengthened by the Russian Knights and their Su-27s as well as ...
... big surprise for sure was the participation of the Russian Knights. Announced to be 'withdrawn from service' after last year's MAKS airshow, the team seems to the re-born and in strength. It arrived at Bahra ...
... two S-60 returning to base concluded this rather quiet but very nice 'Navy' day.
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Once again it was finished with a drive through the night. Only half an hour after sunset the glo ...
... in Southern India passed quite fast. With the contrails literally zapping by the window at 1000km/h, the sun set somewhere over a snow-covered Eastern Turkey. It was in the middle of the night when arrivin ...
Night flying is an essential part in the training of every jet pilot, and the ground crews as well. To lessen the noise disturbance in the neighbouring communities, the Luftwaffe conducts night flying ...
... ni being the main target for the next day. As the newly constructed runwaythere makes it better to photograph in the afternoon the plan to spend the first night at the Iwakuni Youth Hostel was slightly chan ...
... recce
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Besides everything that was going on the air the show will also surely be remembered for its weather conditions. Heavy rain during the nig ...
