Report by: Thierry LETELLIER The Paris Airshow, held every 2 years, celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2013. The show featured a number of first time visitors along with significant others, as aerospace industries competed to create as many new business opportunities as possible. For the aviation photographer and enthusiast, this promised a range […]
Category: military aviation report
DEFENCE WEEK 2013 NAS LANDIVISIAU
Report by: T. LETELLIER In 2008 NAS Landivisiau was host of the Air Defence Week , during this eight days a multi-national exercice was held with participation from Royal Air Force with Tornado’s F.3 the Belgian Air Force with F-16AM / BM then Hellenic Air Force with Mirage 2000 from Tanagra AB. Of course […]
Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2013
Report by : T. LETELLIER Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition is the premier destination for aerospace and maritime manufacturers targeting the Asia Pacific growth markets from the defence, enforcement, civil and commercial sectors. For nearly 25 years. LIMA has been serving exhibitor needs by assembling key decision makers and specifiers from across […]
T-38 Squadron – 2012-10-17 HOLLOMAN AFB
During his second day in Holloman AFB , P.Y. Lecoeur had the opportunity to get up close to the 49 Maintenance Operation squadron . The 49th Maintenance Operations Squadron is directly responsible for oversight of 49th Maintenance Group daily production, flying support and scheduled maintenance actions for assigned MQ-1, MQ-9 and F-22 aircraft, and […]
HOLLOMAN AFB – 82 Arts det.1 2012-10-16
Holloman AFB 82 Arts – det.1 Report by : P.Y Lecoeur Holloman is located in New Mexico’s Tularosa Basin between the Sacramento and San Andreas mountain ranges. The base is about 10 miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The base covers 59,639 acres of land and is located at an altitude of 4,093 […]
RAF MILDENHALL march 2012
Report by: T. LETELLIER In order to meet a perceived “continental threat”, the British military developed the idea to site an RAF bomber base at Mildenhall in the late 1920s. Shortly thereafter, the government purchased the land in 1929, followed by the completion of the first buildings in 1931. Three years later, RAF […]
RAF LAKENHEATH march 2012
Report by : Thierry LETELLIER Royal Air Force Station Lakenheath, United Kingdom, is located 70 miles northeast of London and 25 miles from Cambridge. Nearly 5,000 US military personnel and 2,000 American and British civilian employees are assigned to the base. RAF Lakenheath was built in 1941 and in January 1942. Lakenheath was inactive until […]
RAF CONINGSBY march 2012
report by: Thierry LETELLIER RAF Coningsby is one of two air defence fighter bases in the United Kingdom (RAF Leuchars is the other one) and currently the primary UK airbase for the British Aerospace (Bae). Commencement of Typhoon operations began with the relocation of 17(R) Squadron to Coningsby on 2005 . This was […]
RED FLAG jan 2012 NELLIS AFB
Report by: Thierry LETELLIER In 1975, Red Flag air-to-air exercises started. Then in 1990, the Air Warrior (Green Flag), air-to-ground training mission moved to Nellis AFB. Units at Nellis continue to provide training for composite strike forces that include every type of aircraft in the U.S. Air Force, along with air and […]
NAF EL-CENTRO february 2012
report by : T. LETELLIER Naval Air Facility El Centro was commissioned on May 1, 1946, as a Naval Air Station. Prior to that, the base was a Marine Corps Air Station. Through the years, Navy El Centro has had several names: Naval Air Facility, Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Naval Air Station, and the […]