AirPower Over Hampton Roads 2018

Posted in 2018

... rolled in on Saturday, which led also to the cancellation of nearly the whole flying display at Langley. Only some aerobatic displays were flown, and 'Shockwave' made runs on the runway. airshows/18_langley/aerobatic ...

JASDF 60th Anniversary

Posted in Travel

... ly used by aircrews to fly regular missions as well as to train for the airshow. Absolutely stunning, with three waves of four F-15s and between 6 and 8 F-2s going out for their missions. Unfortunately ...

Meiringen - WK 2014

Posted in Air Forces

... emergencies. onbase/14_Meiringen/5 onbase/14_Meiringen/a The two Squadrons operating the F-5E and F-5F Tigers and F-18C and F-18D Hornets were flying regularly this day in around 5-6 waves, each ...

Kyushu Warriors

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... Aggressors - or officially the Hiko Kyodotai, which means Tactical Fighter Training Squadron – takes places two or three times a day. Each wave consists of 4 aircraft, and hopes are always high amongs ...

Korea / Japan

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... est, but most convenient way. special/11_korea/153 The arrival there was in well in time for the afternoon wave to come back, but unfortunately the flying activity was very low. The following request to p ...

Japan & China 2010

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... A nice sunrise over the rise field promised to be a good start for the day. Though the clouds came in soon, I should see three waves of F-15 and F-2 flying at the end of the day. Regarding the F-2s eve ...

Japan March 2009

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... But as the clouds had come in from the West in the meantime photography was not so good anymore and we listened to the waves of the nearby Pacific Ocean, which was soon drowned out by the sound of ye ...

Japan 2008 Trip

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... -- ---- ---- ---- ---- We spent the whole day at the fence of "Fightertown Japan", partly even in T-Shirts. Once again the JASDF was flying like hell. The waves were: # 6x F-15 ...

Planespotting Tour Japan 2008

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... F was flying like hell. The waves were: 6x F-15s 4x F-15s (Aggressors) 8x F-4s 8x F-15s 3x F-15s (Aggressors) 8x F-4s 6x F-15s 4x F-15s (Aggressors) and several T-4s, with some visiting from Iruma or Hamamats ...

Aircraft Spotting in Japan

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... he Pacific Ocean and started here at Misawa in 1931. We hurried taking photos of the exhibition and also encountered our first T-1 there. While we spent our time there the second (or third?) wave let w ...

FINA-CAF Airsho

Posted in 2004

... behind lots of smoke afterwards. Pyro might be great, but not if it is covering the view of the spectacle... The next event were some aerobatic acts including Julie Clark and the usual Shockwave Truck ...