report by Koen Wullus – Sebastien Mousty & Thierry letellier The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was developed specifically to perform the trainer and light attack missions. Both the French Air Force and German Air […]
FINLAND AIR FORCE 100 anniversary Airshow 2018
report by: Mike Danks The Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat celebrated their Centenary in 2018 and held an air show at Tikkakoski Air Base in south central Finland over the weekend of 16th and 17th June. The Finnish Air Force has had a complicated history with it being involved in multiple conflicts and wars in […]
APROC 2018 Gilze-Rijen Airbase
report by: Koen Wullus Air Centric Personnel Recovery Operatives’ Course (APROC) 2018 was held between May 23rd and June 6th at Gilze-Rijen Airbase in the south western part of Netherlands. This exercice is held annually on different Airbases throughout Europe. A familiarization flight took place on Friday May 25th which saw three task forces training […]
RAF Marham Enthusiast Day 2018
report by: Doug Mac Donald RAF Marham holds an annual Enthusiasts Day where a number of persons are allowed on base to get close up and personal with some of the based aircraft. Over the past few years, it has just been the Tornado GR.4 with a few visitors, but this year was highly […]
Cheasapeake 2018 NAS Oceana
report by: Harry Morrow The Navies of USA and France have concluded a “historic combined exercise” as the last French Navy Rafale jets took of from the flight deck of US Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The exercise, named Chesapeake 2018, began in April this year at Naval Air Station […]
NAS Patuxent River Air Expo 2018
report by: Harry Morrow Naval Air Station Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, opened its doors to the public on 2nd & 3rd June 2018 the NAS held the Pax River Expo 2018, NAS Pax River is in St. Mary’s County Maryland, commissioned on April 1, 1943, situated on a peninsula between […]
HUALIEN AFB Taiwan 2018
report by: Thierry Letellier Hualien Airport Office was completed in May 1962. At that time, it was a remodeling of Hualien Military Airport’s gravel runway with additional building of waiting area, apron as well as facilitation of various guidance, communications equipment into a Class B Airport Office.The station is an airport for civil and military […]
MCAS Cherry Point 2018 Airshow
report by: Harry Morrow MCAS Cherry Point is a 13,164-acre military reservation north of the town of Havelock, in southeastern Craven County, North Carolina. Commissioned in 1942, MCAS Cherry Point currently provides support facilities and services for the Second Marine Aircraft Wing, houses facilities for training and supporting the Atlantic Fleet Marine Force aviation […]
Frisian Flag 2018 Leeuwarden AB
report by : Danny Bonny – Koen Wullus & Thierry Letellier From April 9 to 20, 2018 Leeuwarden Air Base, the Netherlands, hosted another edition of exercise Frisian Flag, one of the largest international live-fly fighter exercises in Europe. For two weeks fighter aircraft from NATO Allies worked together with the Royal Netherlands Air […]
Los Angeles County Air Show 2018
report by: Sebastien Mousty The Los Angeles County Air Show presented by Lockheed Martin was held on both Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25, 2018 at General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster CA. This was the fifth consecutive year of the Show, honoring the long history of aeronautical “First, Fastest and Farthest,” […]