Category: military aviation report

report by: Thierry letellier   A three-week air-to-air combat joint training exercise, is in progress during this end of july 2017 for RED FLAG 17-3 held in NELLIS AFB – NV. Red Flag consists of a variety of attack, fighter and bomber aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, airlift support, search-and-rescue aircraft, aerial refueling aircraft […]

report by: Thierry Letellier   Naval Air Station Fallon is located in western Nevada at 39° 25′ N, 118° 42′ W; fifty nautical miles east of Reno and six nautical miles southeast of the City of Fallon. Field elevation is 3934 feet above mean sea level. Nevada offers extremes of weather and climate not normally […]

report by:  Sebastien Mousty & Thierry Letellier   Every year, the day before National Day Parade in Paris , we can see the arrivals of all the fighter from the vast majority of the Wings and Squadrons from ” Armée de l’ Air “.Early  in the fourteen  the Base Aerienne 105 allow the acces of […]

report by: Danny Bonny and Mike Danks   The largest Military Air Show didn’t fail to disappoint this year. The static display was full of varying types from countries across the globe with many seldom seen in the UK. The United States Air Force was celebrating its 70th anniversary and returned this year with the […]

report by:  Koen Wullus   On July 1-2 2017 Geilenkirchen AFB (Germany) opened the doors to the public to celebrate NATO E-3A Component’s 35th Anniversary. It was a unique opportunity for the general public to have an idea of what goes on behind the gates of the air base and provide some insight into the […]

Report by Mike Danks For the first time on UK shores during a tactical deployment (TDY), all three United States Air Force (USAF) Global Strike Commands bombers were at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire. The three venerable B-52H ‘Stratofortress’, three supersonic B-1B ‘Lancers’ and two stealthy B-2A ‘Spirits’ arrived throughout the beginning of in the first week […]

report by René Vallée   Canadian Forces Base Bagotville , commonly referred to as CFB Bagotville, is a Canadian Forces Base located 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) west of Bagotville in the city of Saguenay, Quebec. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ? This edition […]

report by : Pierre-Yves Lecoeur and Thierry Letellier   The 2017 edition was a commercial aircraft order announcement festival, and it was a first in the history of the Air Show, with the 1,000 commercial aircraft sold on the first four days of the show. But this industry is faced with slow commercial aerospace growth […]

report by: Danny Bonny and Mike Danks   NATO Tiger Meet  has been on my calendar for the past four years and is not one to be missed. Over those years the spotters’ days have allowed an up close and personal view of the participating aircraft with opportunities to speak to crew manning the stalls […]

Report  by: Pierre-Yves Lecoeur   The Tactical Weapons Meet 2017 brought together aircraft from six European nations for two weeks of air combat exercises.  The First Squadron of Belgian Air Force, which took the “Scottish Thistle” as its emblem in 1917. Within the framework of their centenary celebrations took the responsibility of the organization of […]