Tagged: Mig -29

air force / europe / Exercises / fighters / military

July 28, 2017

Tactical Weapon Meet at Florennes AB/Belgium 2017

The Tactical Weapon Meet was organized by the 1st Squadron of the Belgium Air Force. Nowadays, the 1st Squadron is part of the 2nd Wing and based at Florennes, in the Ardennes in the south of Belgium. The Squadron...

fighters / military / navy

January 3, 2014

Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Five

PART 5: Supplemental Notes Further Reading: Donald E. Auten’s Roger Ball! The Odyssey of John Monroe “Hawk” Smith, Navy Fighter Pilot, tells the story of an influential figure in Topgun and the Navy fighter community and provide additional information...

fighters / military / navy

December 20, 2013

Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Four

(Sporty F-5E joins on his flight lead seconds after takeoff from NAS Miramar.) PART 4: The Only Constant Is Change All organizations either evolve or expire, and NFWS is no exception. In the years and decades after I left,...

fighters / military / post

February 9, 2011

Historic Flight Foundation Mig-29 resumes flying

The Mig-29 and its pilots were ready to resume test flights as soon as the weather improved. The test flights require visual conditions and the pilots require better than visual minimums as the aircraft has flown less than an...

assignments / featured / fighters / published / warbirds

January 26, 2011

MiG-29 Fighter Soars Over The Pacific Northwest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.historicflight.org Mukilteo, WA, January 23rd 2011 – A former Ukranian MiG-29 fighter has become the second privately owned MiG-29 to fly, taking to the air over Washington six years after it left Eastern Europe. Capable of...