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1. Tsuiki Airshow 2017 ...: (2017); Where? Tsuiki Airbase, Kyushu, Japan When? November 2017 Tsuiki Airbase on the Southern Japanese island of Kyushu hosts nowadays two Squadrons of the Mitsubishi F-2 jet. 6 Hikotai and 8 Hikotai are ...; Created on 08 December 2017
2. Tsuiki Airshow ...: (2014); Where? Tsuiki, Japan When? 30/11/2014 The souvenir booths are buzzing with business, and a mix of white steam and smoke rises up as thick smoke from the food stalls of the “Yatai” market, whose crews ...; Created on 21 December 2014
3. Tsuiki Airshow ...: (2010); Where? Tsuiki AB, Kyushu, Japan When? 14/11/2010 Wow, amazing... already in the darkness at 6am people were streaming into the airshow ground, only to be stopped by the numerous souvenir and food ...; Created on 23 November 2010
4. Tsuiki Airshow ...: (2009); Where? Tsuiki AB, Japan When? 29/11/2009 Loads of rain pouring down from a grey sky, that was the Tsuiki Airshow in 2005 – and unfortunately 2009 should not be that different. However the day started ...; Created on 15 February 2010
5. Tsuiki Airshow ...: (2005); Where? Tsuiki - Japan When? 06/11/2005 Another big event and one reason for our trip: the Farewell Show of the Mitsubishi F-1 at Tsuiki. Unfortunately the rain did continue dropping on the roof when ...; Created on 09 May 2007
6. Hyakuri Airshow 2015: (2015); ... also decided to hold airshows at the Gifu flight test centre and furthermore at Tsuiki on the Southern island of Kyushu. For the Japanese aviation photographers this meant traveling a lot, trying to catch ...; Created on 13 December 2015
7. JASDF 60th Anniversary: (Air Forces); ... (Air Development and Test Wing) airshow at Gifu and the only one week later the show at Tsuiki on the Southern island of Kyushu. Both of these airshows could nicely be combined with visits to other bases ...; Created on 08 January 2015
8. Kyushu Warriors: (Air Forces); ... 2 Tsuiki is more to the North and the blue F-2A and F-2B are not to be missed, however it is a lengthy way to go and see the "Viper Zero" of the 6 Hikotai and the based Squadron of F-15s. Furthermore ...; Created on 08 April 2013
9. Nyutabaru Air Festa 2012: (2012); ... he North at Tsuiki the demo aircraft flies in directly from its homebase for the short display: airshows/12_nyuta/F-2 airshows/12_nyuta/F-22 Furthermore the PACAF is also really active in the Asia/Paci ...; Created on 11 February 2013
10. Japan & China 2010: (Air Forces); Where? Japan & China When? November 2011 What, Japan... again??? Well, this trip to Asia was more or less arranged around the China Airshow 2010 at Zhuhai, but with the Tsuiki Open Day on the week-end ...; Created on 19 December 2010
11. Japan December 2009: (Air Forces); ... al In Fukuoka it was already dark, so no use to take any photos, but time to get the rental car and get to the traditional youth hostel near Tsuiki. With the help of the car navigation it was once ag ...; Created on 20 March 2010
12. Nyutabaru Airshow: (2009); ... ons against their 'enemies' on the ground, which were shooting simulated ground-air guns at them. special/09_japan2/52 Of course another favourite of me was also the blue F-2A of the 6th from Tsuiki ...; Created on 04 March 2010
13. Japan 2008 Trip: (Air Forces); ... bishi F-2A that flew in directly from Tsuiki for the display and disappeared directly afterwards again. Phantom Base Attack ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ...; Created on 16 February 2009
14. Nyutabaru Air Show: (2008); ... t flew in directly from Tsuiki for the display and disappeared directly afterwards again. Phantom Base Attack ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --- ...; Created on 08 January 2009
15. Japan 2008: (Air Forces); ... and we even got a C-1. As we had filled enough memory cards already in the afternoon we decided to leave at 3pm for Tsuiki, as the ~220km drive would last around 5h. Tomorro ...; Created on 09 December 2008
16. Aircraft Spotting in Japan: (Air Forces); ... low probablity of rain a time span for the trip was soon fixed. Finding the exact date was not difficult as it coincided with the planned farewell show for the F-1 at Tsuiki on November, 12th. The week-end ...; Created on 17 April 2007

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Warbirds over the Beach

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Warbirds over the Beach Airshow, Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach
Where? Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
When? 19-21/05/2017

„Warbirds over the Beach“ is the annual airshow of the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) at Virginia Beach with a strong focus on aircraft of the WWII era. Each year during the May weekend before Memorial Day the majority of warbirds from the 1940s era being part of the fantastic collection of the MAM are literally unleashed and take to the air from a small private airstrip just South of Virgina Beach on the US Atlantic shoreline.

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NATO Days Ostrava

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NATO Days Ostrava 2012
Where? Ostrava, Czech Republic
When? 22-23/09/2012

What a show! MiG-29 Dogfight, M2000 "Ramex Delta", 2x Su-22 Fitter in formation flight, Eurofighter displays, the Red Arrows... Twelve years after its first edition the NATO Days at Ostrava were a stunning event.

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Yak-11

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Czech Yak-11 Air-Air

Yak-11 OK-JZE

The Yak-11 was the trainer aircraft for all pilots of the Warsaw Pact states from the 1950s up to the 1970s. To free up production capacity for other aircraft Russia decided to outsource the manufacturing to Czechoslovakia. During the 1950s 707 Yak-11 left the Let aircraft factory in Kunovice. Czech aircraft were designated C-11 (civicny: exercise).

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