report by: Thierry Letellier Nyutabaru, on the southern Japanese island of Kyhusu, is a real superbase.With one squadron of Phantoms and 2 of F-15 Eagles, among the the colourfull Aggressor aircraft, the flying activity is very high with jets being in the air non-stop during the day. The perspective of their annual Airshow […]
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JMSDF KANOYA Air Base december 2015
Report by: Thierry Letellier After having left Nyutabaru my tip led me to the south towards JMSDF Kanoya. The Kanoya history on the Japan Ministry of Defense website states that, from February 1945, a total of 828 young men from 70 units flew in 445 aircraft on suicide missions from Kanoya. The base was […]
Atlantic Resolve – Campia-Turzii AB – sept 2015
report from: Thierry Letellier Globalairpower had the great oportunity to attend the joined operations between 71st Air Base from the Romanian Air Force in Câmpia Turzii AB, and the 123rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The Romanian Air Force 71st Air Base (Baza 71 Aeriană) is located near the […]
RED FLAG – NELLIS AFB august 2015
report by: Thierry Letellier After my initial stop in Alaska my next destination was north las Vegas to catch some pictures from Red flag 15-4 .This Red flag which concluded here Aug.28, will close out this year’s 40th anniversary of Red Flag hosted by Nellis Air Force Base. Facilitated by the 414th Combat Training […]
CVW-5 Training at NAS FALLON august 2015
report by: Thierry Letellier NAS Fallon and the Fallon Range Training Complex and NSAWC host, in this month of august 2015 the Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5). They are the Navy’s premier integrated strike warfare training facilities. Its mission is to support carrier air wings preparing for deployment and host joint and […]
Red Flag ALASKA – EIELSON AFB august 2015
report by: Thierry Letellier Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, are home to RED FLAG-Alaska, a realistic, 10-day air combat training exercise held up to four times a year. Each RED FLAG-Alaska exercise is a multi-service, multi-platform coordinated, combat operations exercise and corresponds to the designed operational capability of […]
Anatolian Eagle Konya AB june 2015
report by: Thierry Letellier In 2001 Turkish Air Force Command consequently established its own air warfare training centre at Konya air base to be known as ‘Anatolian Eagle’ (AE).Before that Turkish Air Force (TurAF – Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) came for a first time in Nellis Air Force base in the United States , […]
Le Bourget 2015 Paris Airshow
report by: Thierry letellier The Paris Air Show (Salon international de l’aéronautique et de l’espace de Paris-Le Bourget, Salon du Bourget) claims to be the world’s calendar-oldest air show.Established in 1909, it is currently held every odd year at Le Bourget Airport in north Paris, France. The 2015 Paris Air Show, from 15–21 June 2015, […]
FRISIAN FLAG – LEEUWARDEN AB . april 2015
report by: Thierry Letellier In the north west of the Netherlands ( Friesland ) is established Leeuwarden Airforce Base, a very famous place; due to The annual FRISIAN FLAG exercice. From 13th to 24th of April, jointly with European Air-to-Air Refuelling Training held at Eindhoven AB; 322 TACTESS Squadron was the official host of this […]
LIMA Airshow march 2015 Langkawi Airport
report by: Thierry Letellier This year marked the 13 edition of LIMA ( Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition )at LANGKAWI Intl Airport. As chairmanship of Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ ASEAN ] , Malaysian Authorities wanted to highly focused on ASEAN meeting held at the same place and in the same time […]