Month: January 2014

Hosting the Testers

Naval Base Ventura County has the sound of afterburners again while they play host to two squadrons from NAWS China Lake. All images copyright of the author. NAS Point Mugu used to be home to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron

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340 Squadron – 60 years by Ioannis Lekkas

This is a beautifully presented 60th anniversary photo album and has stunning photography and interesting captions about life in and around the F-16s of the Greek Air Force squadron. The photo album book opens with a foreword by 340 Squadron’s

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Midair Squadron’s Canberra PR9 (XH134) to display at Abingdon Air & Country Show

The iconic and celebrated Canberra XH134, the world’s only airworthy PR9, will join an array of aviation acts, including the Breitling Wingwalkers, Trig Team and a P40 Kittyhawk, at the Abingdon Air & Country Show on Sunday 4th May. In

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Swiss Hornet to star at Yeovilton Air Day

RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2014’s first confirmed international participant is the Swiss Air Force’s F/A-18C Hornet Solo Display. Among Europe’s premier fast jet performances, the display combines speed, raw power, sharp precision, staggering agility and the use of flares to

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Swiss turn airshow into joint celebration

The Swiss Air Force has ensured the Red Arrows won’t be the only aerobatic display team celebrating an aviation landmark at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 11-13. It has announced plans to send their

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Ops Board & Air shows 2014

If it’s a major military airshow or exercise being held around the world, here’s the place to find it with our new operations board, which will be updated every month. With sequestration affecting airshows in the US, we strongly advise

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Eurofighter begins Taurus trials

Cruise missile trials begin in Germany On January 15, Airbus Defence and Space started flight tests on Taurus stand-off precision missiles on the Instrumented Production Aircraft 7 (IPA7), operated by Eurofighter Project Pilot Chris Worning. The first flight took place

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B-2 returns to the air

‘Spirit of Washington’ flies again after damage USAF B-2A the “Spirit of Washington” (serial 88-0332) participated in its first training mission at Whiteman Air Force Base, Dec. 16, 2013, after an engine fire in 2010 badly damaged the aircraft. After

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Pave Hawk Crashes On Norfolk Coast

Four crew members have been killed after the US military helicopter crashed during a low level training mission. The HH-60G Pave Hawk was taking part in a low-flying exercise when it came down in a marshland nature reserve near Salthouse,

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Pave Hawk Crashes On Norfolk Coast

Four crew members have been killed after the US military helicopter crashed during a low level training mission. The HH-60G Pave Hawk was taking part in a low-flying exercise when it came down in a marshland nature reserve near Salthouse,

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