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By Al Munro 2nd February 2024

… SUU-23/A 20mm gun pod, as shown here on this 19(F) Squadron example. ALL AL MUNRO UNLESS STATED It was August 2, … traffic lights and then opened the shelter doors. A 19(F) Squadron aircrew member shares a joke with an armourer while … meant fighters could not use the preferred heights for patrol, were limited on speed and banned from using reheat …

By Richard King 24th January 2024

… answer the question: fact or fiction? Northolt-based 303 Squadron was declared operational on the evening of August 30, 1940, following its first victory claim by Ludwik … Johnny Kent; Athol Forbes, and the detailed Intelligence Patrol Reports (IPRs) filed by the squadron’s Intelligence …

By ANDREW THOMAS 4th August 2023

… Thomas outlines the exploits of the Rhodesian-manned 266 Squadron Commonwealth countries made a huge contribution to … in the skies over Western Europe. Formed on October 30, 1939, Spitfire Is arrived in early 1940 to replace 266’s … often in the face of unfavourable weather. During one patrol, on the morning of March 8, Sgt John von Schaick …

By Dino Carrara 23rd August 2023

… In an era where squadron markings on aircraft are often toned down or not … , which were retired after 54 years of service on June 30 this year. The unit now flies a fleet of five Poseidons … featuring on the tails of these cutting-edge maritime patrol aircraft . … The curious link between Roger Moore and …

By DOUG GORDON 15th June 2023

… to Doug Gordon about commanding the 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron based at RAF Woodbridge. The A-10A Thunderbolt II … our refuelling and dropped down into our assigned patrol area in Iraq. Approximately halfway through the patrol, we both went over 2,000 hours in the A-10. At that …

By Tom Kaminski 6th April 2023

… the role as the free  world’s most capable maritime patrol aircraft. In the first  of two parts, Tom Kaminski … 2009. Displayed during a formal rollout in Seattle on July 30, 2009, the third Poseidon made its first flight on … aircraft were then operated by air test and evaluation squadron VX-1 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River.   …

By Andy Thomas 17th February 2023

… A modern-day French Air Force squadron can trace a noble lineage back to a hard-fighting … Andrew Thomas outlines the history of Escadron de Chasse 3/30 ‘Lorraine’ Following the fall of France in June 1940, many … to Syria and Lebanon where it was engaged on coastal patrol and ferry duties until September, when it began …

By THOMAS McKELVEY CLEAVER 9th February 2023

… went flying over his home state with the celebrated Condor Squadron “I’ve always wondered who those guys are and what … when I told him I was going flying with the Condor Squadron, and explained who they were. Living under the right … southern California and also became part of the Civil Air Patrol, performing search-and-rescue missions. When the T-6 …

By Matthew Clements 14th October 2022

… Washington’s Patrol Squadron 69 (VP-69) ‘Totems’ was the sole active P-3C squadron in the US Navy Reserve fleet until September 30. Matthew Clements visited the unit to report on the …

By Chris Croot 14th September 2022

… to Lt Cdr Martin Howard to find out how his 700X Naval Air Squadron (NAS)  is working at the cutting edge of remote … unmanned system – and runs five times a year, producing 30 operators.   QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ In September 2021, … RQ-20 Puma. This 4½ft long, 7kg, foam-bodied aircraft can patrol an area of 270 square miles for up to two hours at a …

By Joe Campion 26th July 2022

… the Portuguese Air Force and its fleet prove the maritime patrol legend is still worthy of its role With the arrival of … Australian Air force (RAAF) aircraft were procured and the squadron’s activity was mainly devoted to the qualification … operations, including search and rescue (SAR), maritime patrol, plus intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance …

By Ben Dunnell 7th July 2022

… of British interests were Hawker Demons. On the type No 64 Squadron re-formed to join those forces ready to tackle … on Hawker Harts at Mersa Matruh, together with No 29 Squadron on the fighter variant, the Hawker Demon, at El … subsequently carrying out an hour-long defensive patrol at 5,000ft between Buq Buq in Egypt and RAF landing …

By Colonel Douglas C (‘Disco’) Dildy (USAF Ret) 14th July 2022

… describes his time as the commander of the 32nd Fighter Squadron at Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands, which … For those ­fighter pilots who get the chance to command a squadron it is usually the highpoint of their careers, … arriving the next day when we began flying combat air patrol (CAP) over northern Iraq, enforcing the 36th parallel …

By ANDREW THOMAS 29th April 2024

… among others. From RAF Bradwell Bay in Essex, 124 Squadron flew similar patrols over the Straits of Dover. One … were the Spitfire Mk.Vbs of 130, 501 and 611 Squadrons, a patrol from the latter lifting off at 0350hrs when Wg Cdr … From the far west of England, the RAF’s 1 Squadron flew 30 sorties on ‘Roadstead’ patrols. Their efforts helped to …

By Col Michel 'Mike' Terlinden and Daniel Brackx 28th May 2022

… The so-called ‘Thistle Squadron’ was the first in the Belgium Air Force earmarked to … that the Fiats could be supplied immediately. In fact, of 30 delivered in March 1940, 24 were operational when the … reported: “I took off at 13.30 with my two wing men for a patrol between Abbeville and Dunkirk. The whole mission was …