McDonnell Douglas A-4N ´Skyhawk´, N432FS (ex-US Navy, ex-Israeli Air Force), operated by the BAE Systems Flight Systems, Fliegerhorst Wittmundhafen, June 2013. Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, a light, single-seat and carrier-capable attack aircraft was developed in the […]
Maiden flight of Panavia Tornado. The idea of creating a new Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA), to replace the European F-104 fleet, was born in the late 1960s. Initially, the aeroplane had to be developed […]
Fiat G.91 R/4 ´75+00´ (formerly BD+248, German Air Force) exhibited at Luftfahrtmuseum Wernigerode, June 2018. Fiat G.91, a jet fighter-bomber designed by Fiat Aviazione (later Aeritalia) in early 1950s, was a result of both Korean […]
The last operational flight of F-104 Starfighter in the German Air Force. Lockheed F-104G Starfighter ´98+04´, operated by the Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 (Technical and Airworthiness Centre) in Manching, took-off for the last operational flight of […]
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 ´Red 3´, serial number 163306, exhibited during Open Day of Aviation Legends Foundation (Fundacja Legendy Lotnictwa), Biała Podlaska (Poland), 2014. This ´Gustav´ is one of about 12,000 examples of Bf 109 manufactured […]
The first days of new year 2020 are already here, meaning the best time to start thinking about the forthcoming air show season. As some of the organizers already released a few initial information and […]
Panavia Tornado ECR from Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 ´Immelmann´ (TaktLwG 51 ‘I’), German Air Force, is touching down on the runway at the 31st Tactical Air Base in Poznań – Krzesiny, Poland, during NATO Tiger Meet […]
The Panavia Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) 43+25, from the Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 ´Immelmann´ with the special ´Tiger livery´ for the 2019 NATO Tiger Meet in Mont-de-Marsan. The photo was taken at the TaktLwG 51 home base […]
The Luftwaffe operated CH-53GS heavy-lift helicopter, returning from the evening COMAO mission to the 22nd Air Force Base in Náměšť nad Oslavou– photo taken in May 2019, during joint tactical helicopter exercise Dark Blade 2019. […]
The 2014 edition of the multinational, annual live-fly exercise and Tiger – squadron gathering took place between 16th and 26th June, at Fliegerhorst Schleswig/Jagel in Germany. The participating seventeen member squadrons from NATO Tiger Association […]
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