Luke Air Force Base – Pilot Training in Arizona with the 56th Fighter Wing
Luke Air Force Base is in the vicinity of Glendale and Sun City, Arizona and was named after the flying Ace of the First World War and Member of the Medal of Honor, Frank...
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Noble Arrow 2014 at BA116 Luxeuil-St. Saveur from Peter Boschert
The NATO Response Force (NRF) is a force, consisting of Air- Ground- and Sea-forces, which reacts immediately when NATO is requiring them. The aim is to have a force which can react fast of...
40 Years Panavia Tornado
Panavia Tornado celebrates 40 years of flight this week in Manching, Germany the site of the aircraft’s maiden test flight on August 14th 1974. It is a story which has seen the Panavia Tornado...
FIGHTER TOWN USA, TOP GUN at NAS Miramar
The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, better known as Top Gun, is the ultimate Fighter School of the United States Navy and had its home at the former Naval Air Station Miramar in...
Peter Boschert at the 493rd Grim Reapers in Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath, 493rd FS GRIM REAPERS, the last fighters of United States Air Force Europe The 493rd Fighter Squadron “Grim Reapers“ of the 48th Fighter Wing, the “Liberty Wing“ looks back to a long...
Operation Red Flag/Nellis AFB 1978-today
This exercise is taking place at Nellis Air Force Base (at the northwestern edge of Las Vegas) 3-4 times a year since 1975. Red Flag is organized by the United States Air Force Warfare...
Peter Boschert at Edwards AFB / NASA
Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base An article about Edwards Air Force Base isn’t complete if you don’t mention the Flight Research Center at the base. This is the...
Peter Boschert at Edwards AFB / U.S. Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base, in the beginning it was named Muroc Army Air Field and later renamed Muroc Army Air Force Base, Finally it was named on 08th December 1949 after test pilot Glen...
Peter Boschert over France with Armée de I’Air
In contrast to the Stratotanker of the USAF, the C-135F were equipped with a hose-drag system on the boom, as the French Air Force used only this system for their air-to-air refueling until 1990....
Peter Boschert in Spangdahlem for Combined Resolve II
The Warthog back in Germany – A-10C of the 124th FW / 190th FS at Spangdahlem Air Base. Airmen and seven A-10C airplanes of the Idaho Air National Guard were sent for the exercise...
