Category: air force

Green Flag 14-2

When you think of Nellis Air Force base, you may think of ‘Las Vegas’, ‘the home of the Thunderbirds’, or even the well known air exercise ‘Red Flag’. However there is another very important training mission conducted here throughout...

Flying Yankees Begin A New Mission in 2013

The 103rd Airlift Wing (AW) of the Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG) celebrates 90 years of flying heritage in 2013. This milestone takes place as the Wing transitions from a period of uncertainty to a new mission in a...

A Day at the Range

When I got the phone call in the middle of the day, I was sitting in a heat, that we Southern Californians do not normally get. Hot and humid, and it wasn’t going away anytime soon. On the other...

PETER BOSCHERT IN NANCY-OCHEY

The Fighter Squadron EC 03.003 “Ardennes” belongs to the French Air Force and is flying the Mirage 2000D from Nancy-Ochey. Fighter Sqaudron 03.003 (in french EC 03.003) “Ardennes” was decorated for its missions in Afghanistan and Lybia, the Squadron...

Juniper Stallion 13

Juniper Stallion 13 and Noble Melinda 13 were bilateral exercises held between the U.S. and Israeli air forces respectively. The exercises took place as part of regularly scheduled training between USA and Israel. Juniper Stallion 13 was a combined, bilateral...

Ich melde mich ab! (I sign out!)

And another iconic aircraft disappears out of the European skies. Like the Harrier, the Tornado ADF, Mirage F-1M and the A-10C before the McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II was withdrawn from use by the Luftwaffe after forty years of...

This year’s RIAT

Let’s me start with the bad news and frustrations. This is the show aviation enthusiasts love to hate. That is off course the result of the hollow pompous humbug which surrounds the show nowadays. This all in the name...

Flying F-15E Mission Training in the U.K.

“Ratch 2, you’re cleared for take-off”. The dark grey Strike Eagle thunders down the runway only seconds after we got the take-off clearance from the tower in RAF Lakenheath. The acceleration is amazing after my pilot Chris “Skull” Bridges...

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