report by : Pierre-Yves LECOEUR Every year Kleine Brogel AB is hosting an International Spotters Day. This time the Belgian Staff of the 10th Tactical Wing did a wonderful job organizing it during the OIE (Operational Integration Exercise) and the celebration of the 20 year anniversary of the Belgian OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) on […]
Category: military aviation report
Exercise INDRA DHANUSH RAF WADDINGTON july 2007
report by : Thierry LETELLIER RAF Waddington played host to the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) most potent air superiority fighter, the Sukhoi Su-30MKI ‘Flanker-H’ for Exercise Indra Dhanush. The aim of the exercise was to further develop a good defence relationship. Indian Air Force is celebrating its 75th Anniversary, and it was the first […]
162 FW Tucson ANG Base august 2006
Report by : Thierry Letellier After my trip in Alaska, my main target was to see the very last F-16 A/B in the active inventory of the US Airforce. So i took the direction of Tucson Air National Guard AB. And i was lucky enough to register a good level of activity with […]
ARTIC THUNDER 2006 ELMENDORF AFB
report by : Thierry LETELLIER I was led to make a visit to Alaska , ELMENDORF AFB in particular; because the ALASKA AIRCOMMAND was at a turning point of his history. Twelfth and Nineteenth Fighter Squadrons were supposed to leave their F-15C for 1 squadron of F-22A in the continuing Third Wing . 90th […]
REIMS CHAMPAGNE – Base Aerienne 112 – July 2005
Report by : Pierre-Yves LECOEUR BA.112 opened in October 1928. After various unit changes throughout the thirties, the base was used by the Royal Air Force with Fairey Battles. It was captured by the Germans in June 1940 and occupied until August 1944. From September 1945, it was used by the U.S Air Force […]
LFOC 2005 Chateaudun – BA 279 ‘Lieutenant Beau’
BA279 ‘ Lieutenant BEAU ‘ Chateaudun AB – may 2005 report by: P.Y.LECOEUR Chateaudun Air Base is situated close to the eponymous city, at approximately 80 miles south west of Paris. The base was established in 1934. 3 years later the Villacoublay warehouse was tranfered to Chateaudun AB. After the Allies bombardments of 1943 […]