Tagged: Turkey

Aircraft carrier / Aviation History / fighters / military / U.S. Navy / Viet Nam

January 26, 2020

Grumman F-14 Tomcat History, Part 1

First F-14A 159607 in IRIAF camouflage Story and photos by Peter Boschert – this was written during the Tomcat’s final operational days. Development The Hughes (Raytheon) AWG-9 was a weapon system for which an aircraft was sought! The Navy was...

air force / Air to air photography / europe / Transports

October 16, 2015

C-160 Transall In the Air

The photography of Dietmar Schreiber/aviation-media.com The Transall C-160 was developed in the 1960s by the German-French consortium Transportation Alliance consisting of MBB, VFW-Fokker and Aerospatiale, as a tactical transport aircraft. The type designation of the high wing aircraft consists...

air force / europe / Exercises

September 9, 2015

Anatolian Eagle 2015-1 takes place at Konya, Turkey

Anatolian Eagle is an exercise, which is held at 3ncu AJÜ (Main Jet Base) Konya in Turkey, hosted by the Turkish Air Force. This exercise is similar to Red Flag, the ultimate air combat training exercise hosted by the...

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April 1, 2015

AMARG (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Tucson, Arizona)

In March 2015 I was in Tucson once again and was able to spend a day in the area of the 309th AMARG. The third largest Air Force in the world sits here on 2,600 acres, or 10.4 sq. km,...

air force / europe / military

January 4, 2015

F-111 Aardvark in Europe

During the Cold War, the United States based the EF-111A/F-111E & F-111F with the 20th & 48th TFW in the United Kingdom. While the 20th TFW received the F-111E and later the EF-111A Raven, the 48th TFW was equipped...

air force / europe / Exercises / military

October 29, 2014

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 an upcoming crises, either for...

Exercises / fighters / military

August 17, 2014

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 Center (USAFWC), while it is...

air force / europe / fighters / tanker ride

June 24, 2014

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. First flight for the French...