Volgens Ter Horst-Delstra kan het ongeluk zijn gebeurd op een moment dat het toestel laag vloog: ,,Maar dit soort gebeurtenissen zijn heel incidenteel. We vliegen met materiaal van tienduizenden euro’s , dus daar zijn we voorzichtig mee. Als je druk en geconcentreerd tijdens een oefening bezig bent...
The Swedish Tp84s already are the oldest C-130s in Europe. Romanian C-130B's are even older. In addition: in June it was reported that Sweden would purchase C-130J's. I assume this will still go ahead, because 18 years is a big gap to bridge and that new European transport for sure won't be availab...
I fail to understand the (strategic) rationale behind basing USAF F-35's in the UK, with NATO's borders to Putin's Russia well out of range. Would make much more sense to have them in mainland Europe...?
This is the current status of the Anatolian Eagle Training participants. There may be changes in participating countries and aircrafts. United Kingdom 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon Jordan 3 x F-16 Pakistan 4 x F-16 Azerbaijan 2 x Su-25, 2x MIG-29 NATO 1 X EA-3 Seems like all participants have arrived, ex...
Total failure seems to be a valid qualification by now. Extremely painful is the decision of Australia to procure Blackhawks, the same helicopter that the NH-90 was supposed to replace...
In one of the older posts on this forum I have read something about a spotter's pass that is needed/recommended if you plan to hang around Zagreb-Pleso. Does any of you know if this indeed the case and if so, where you can get one?
The purpose of dissimilar air combat training is that you learn how to fight against an opponent that acts and looks different than what you are used to. An F-5 in banana peel colors is definitely not something that you run into everyday...