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By DR KEVIN WRIGHT 27th June 2024

… was to provide reconfigured Lockheed P2V Neptune maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare platforms for clandestine … the unofficial ‘D Flight’ of the resident 7405th Support Squadron, which was already flying covert reconnaissance … China Air Force (ROCAF) dubbed it ‘Goshawk’. The roughly 30 strong American team at Hsinchu comprised a detachment …

By Dirk Grothe 15th August 2023

Hamburg-based photographer Dirk Grothe shares a selection of images from a recent visit to the Philippines

By Ala Warnes 4th February 2024

… F-35Bs will be deployed to Iceland, for NATO’s Iceland Air Patrol commitment. Busiest in Europe The RAF’s fast jet … commitment. This took up five months, covered by IX (B) Squadron and 1 (F) Squadron, between March and July and a … Finnish sum up ACE well – they say it’s 70% mindset and 30% kit, because you might have to sleep rough in a hangar …

By Jon Lake 20th October 2023

… The first unit to operate the IDS variant was the 7th Squadron at King Abdul Aziz Air Base in Dhahran, which … the RSAF received four extra IDS aircraft for the 7th Squadron, giving it 23 aircraft (one was lost on August 28 … 24-aircraft ADV unit, which flew operational combat air patrol missions under Operation Desert Shield.  One of the …

By Mark Ayton 16th August 2023

… RAF service as expected in 2035, it too will start with a 30-year lead in technology over the current Typhoon design. …

By Barry Ambrose 26th June 2023

… Hercules tactical transports and P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, a last-minute restriction on the Kaman … aircraft. The Orion entered operational service with No 5 Squadron at Whenuapai in 1965. Following upgrades in the … 15 personnel (with a minimum of 12), the Orion’s standard patrol time typically lasted between eight or nine hours, …

By Jonathan Garraway and Andrew Thomas 31st July 2023

… most American RAF pilots were formed into a single squadron, No 71, which was dubbed ‘The Eagle Squadron’.  … For example, during a late morning sortie on March 21, a patrol from the 309th FS encountered a formation of Ju 87s, … weather meant that these encounters diminished.  During a patrol to the Cassino area by six Spitfires of the 308th FS …

By Eric Janssonne 19th May 2023

… and June 1943, when it served with the US Navy’s Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-32 at Moffett Field, US. The aircraft was …

By Jim Winchester 28th March 2023

… aircraft (serials NZ2351 and NZ2352) are operated by No 42 Squadron at RNZAF Base Ohakea , near Palmerston North on New … used to train AWOs for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). In February, these aircraft supported … then fulfil a complementary ISR role, such as inshore patrol. Sqn Ldr Craig Clark, a RNZAF pilot assigned to No 42 …

By Matthew Willis 22nd March 2024

… soon proved their worth. In May 1948, the first USN squadron operating jets became operational, when VF-17A … Triumph which went back to operating within a Royal Navy squadron. Philippine Sea ’s Commanding Officer reported that … He explained that “the use of jet aircraft in combat air patrol was extensive. It was found that their obvious …

By SQN LDR TONY COWAN MBE 6th October 2023

… and surrendered on 14 June. However, for crew 7 of No 201 Squadron, ‘Shiny Seven’, our first contact with the ‘enemy’ … South-western Approaches, required the crews of maritime patrol aircraft from several nations to locate and photograph … limit was up to 84 hours in 14 days and 150 hours in 30 days. And the sleeping arrangements were rudimentary. I …

By Tom Kaminski 22nd April 2023

… However, international sales have already accounted for 30% of the purchases. Tom Kaminski concludes his two-part … Tu-142 Bear-F and Ilyushin Il-38 May turboprop maritime patrol aircraft. It was selected over competing offers for … the Neptunes were initially operated by Indian Naval Air Squadron INAS-312 at INS Rajali Naval Air Base, Arakkonam, …

By ANDREW THOMAS 27th January 2022

…   The first 407 Squadron Wellington XIV crew to fly on D-Day was (left to … and, unusually, has spent its whole career on maritime patrol duties. The squadron was formed at Thorney Island, … During a Channel patrol on the night of December 29/30, Sqn Ldr Bill Taylor flying NB885/C1-L was credited with …

By Air Cdre Graham Pitchfork 1st August 2023

… and Italy. In 1936 he joined his local Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, 610 (County of Chester), as ground crew. Two years … reached. On landing after a five-hour flight, he had just 30 gallons of fuel left but had brought back the images the … coastal areas. On July 30, 1942 the squadron took off to patrol over France. As it approached the coast, the Spitfires …