report by : Thierry LETELLIER Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) in Nevada is the home of the US Air Force Warfare Centre(USAFWC).The first Red Flag took place at Nellis in 1975. It was realised during the Vietnam War that pilots who survived ten combat missions were significantly more likely to survive subsequent missions. The aim […]
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Chef de Mission exercice 2008 in BA-115 Orange-caritat
report by: Pierry-Yves LECOEUR During the last week of january and the first of february 2008 was held on Base Aerienne 115 at Orange-Caritat the exercice { Chef de Mission }. This exercice is in each point comparable to the NATO TLP ( Tactical Leadership Programme ) but with the specificity to only involve […]
visit Flotille 11F Nimes-Garons janvier 2008
report by : Pierre-Yves LECOEUR Globalairpower had the great honor to visit Flotille 11F during its winter training session at NAS NIMES-GARONS during a cold journey of january 2008.Throughout the fifteen days of this intensive preparation, every pilot have to play various rules and in each flight must contain some ASSP (“Appontage Simulé sur Piste”) […]
Saudi Green Flag EGQS 2007-08-27
report by : Thierry LETELLIER In August 2007 RAF LOSSIEMOUTH on the Moray Firth in Scotland became host of SAUDI GREEN FLAG2007 .This was the second part of a joint exercice with 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force who had been Deployed to Saudi Arabia . The goal was to take part in […]
Operation Integration Exercice EBBL 2007-07-17
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 […]
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 […]