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 […]
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BALTOPS and SabreStrike RAF Fairford June 2017
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 […]
CFB BAGOTVILLE Airshow 2017
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 […]
PARIS Le Bourget 2017 Aeronautical Salon
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 […]
NATO Tiger-meet NAS Landivisiau june 2017
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 […]
Tactical Weapon Meet 2017 Florennes AB
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 […]
Frisian Flag 2017 – Leeuwarden AB
report by Mike Danks, The North Sea was alive with aerial combat and air refuelling as 2017s Frisian Flag(FF) and European Air Refuelling Training (EART) were in action for two weeks, from 27th March to 7th April. The focus for the exercise is interoperability between the NATO partners and to enhance leadership skills preparing pilots […]
RAF Mildenhall + Lakenheath jan to march 2017
report by Mike Danks With RAF Lakenheath within walking distance and RAF Mildenhall only 5 minutes’ drive away I thought it was time to report on some of the interesting visitors to the USAF bases in Suffolk. Being some of the last USAF bases in the UK, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath still see […]
INIOHOS 2017 Andravida AB
report by: Thierry Letellier During this spring 2017, Andravida AB ; home of the F-4 Phantoms in the Hellenic Air Force Force hosted a medium-sized multinational exercise named “Iniohos 2017″ . Two more countries were added to the trio making Iniohos 2016 ( Hellenic Air Force , Israeli Air Force and USAF. USAFE gave the […]
AVALON 2017 Airshow
report by: Clyde Lannan In 1988 Australia hosted an international air show to celebrate the Australian Bicentenary. That airshow was the occasion to discover international presence with the F-15 Eagle, Tornado F3, Harrier, the Royal New Zealand Air Force “Kiwi Red” aerobatic team and even featured a flypast of the famous B-52 Stratofortress bomber. […]