THIERRY LETELLIER

Report by: Thierry LETELLIER NATO Tiger Meet for 2010 (NTM 2010) was held in Netherlands .Host unit was the KLu’s 313 sq  at Volkel  AFB. Despite having been a member for over 20 years; Squadron 313 had never organised the Meet before. Between 5 and 14 October 2010, various mission profiles were executed. These included: Quick […]

report by: Thierry Letellier   The International Air and Military show took place on the 7th and 8th August 2010 in Kecskemet Air base, about 120 km south east of Budapest; the Hungarian capital. The commemoration off 100 years of Hungarian military aviation and 100 years of Hungarian powered aviation made the convenient occasion the […]

report by : Thierry LETELLIER   The first Garuda exercise between the French and Indian Air Forces took place in February 2003 at Gwalior, when the Armee de L’Air sent their Dassault Mirage 2000’s to India. Then the Indians came in 2005 already in Istres Air base , for their first time in a foreign […]

report by: Thierry Letellier   Red Flag was Created in 1975 as a response to poor fighter pilot performance during the Vietnam War in comparisons to prior conflicts, Red Flag provides the Air Force with a training program designed to give pilots real world experience in air to air combat, ground attack, electronic warfare and […]

report by : Thierry LETELLIER            Naval Air Facility Atsugi is the largest Naval Air Facility in the Pacific and is home to Carrier Air Wing Five, the Navy s only permanently forward-deployed air wing. Carrier Air Wing 5 operates from the USS KITTY HAWK, conveniently stationed in Yokosuka, only fifteen miles […]

report by: Thierry LETELLIER   Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan The Korea Conflict of 1950 emphasized the need for maintaining a naval presence in Okinawa. On February , 1951, the US Naval Facility, Naha, was activated and later became commissioned on April . Commander Fleet Activities, Ryukyus was commissioned on March 8, 1957. On May […]

Report by: Thierry LETELLIER and Pierre-Yves LECOEUR   Franco-Saudi Green Shield exercise took place on the Base Aérienne 102 near Dijon; between 5 and 16 october 2009. The Royal Saudi Air Force deployed for the event five F-15C Eagle and one F-15D Eagle and almost 175 personel from 5 Squadron based in TAIF ( King […]

report by Pierre-Yves LECOEUR and Thierry LETELLIER The course involved as usual, all aspects of NATO flying tactics that have been developed over the last 30 years of TLP. What was significant about TLP 2009-3 was that it was the last to be held at Florennes, its home for the last 20 years. As TLP […]

report by : Thierry LETELLIER   In august 2008 ; i was lucky enough to spend a full journey on the beach near NAS North-Island in Coronado California . The local traffic was not really impressive but the visitors flow was constant and sustained The first one , under a completly overcast grey sky due […]