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By Nigel Pittaway and Mark Ayton 10th June 2023

… Tactical System currently incorporated into maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) such as the C295 MPA aircraft that … node between the operative and the MRTT flying at 30,000ft within an 80nm radius in secure airspace. … partial VIP interior. All seven KC-30As are assigned to 33 Squadron based at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. On October …

By KEN ELLIS 24th May 2023

… types. To give an operational dimension to SAC’s task, 16 Squadron was re-formed at Old Sarum on April 1, 1924, … the coming of war, some Lysanders were switched to coastal patrol, with 16 Squadron moving to Hawkinge, Kent, in February 1940. During …

By Malcolm V Lowe 19th February 2023

… Lancasters were pressed into service as makeshift maritime patrol, anti-submarine, reconnaissance and search and rescue … in March 1950 and the type entered RAF service with 120 Squadron at RAF Kinloss in Scotland, which received its first … was MR.2 Phase III WL745/O, which first flew on September 30, 1971. The most obvious alteration was the installation of …

By Malcolm V Lowe 9th February 2023

… with the type in more distant skies. This was 37 Squadron, which was the first of a handful of eventually very … were involved was participation in the so-called ‘Beira Patrol’. This commenced in 1966 and was a blockade of oil … had already finished on the final day of March. The ‘Beira Patrol’ operations continued, however, because the need for …

By Malcolm V Lowe 23rd April 2023

… The first deliveries to a frontline unit were made to 114 Squadron in March 1937 at RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire. The … became a prime target for Luftwaffe pilots. On October 30, 1939, when the Phoney War was becoming well established, … and three Schwärme of the 9th Staffel [of JG 53] for a patrol to counter enemy reconnaissance aircraft in the …

By Joe Campion 26th January 2023

… and Auckland harbours. Serving since its arrival at No 5 Squadron in 1966, the P-3K2 has performed mainly airborne … missions over every continent throughout its career. No 5 Squadron have operated a fleet of six P-3K2s and accumulated … Poseidon maritime surveillance will take the reins at No 5 Squadron after the retirement of the Orion and will be based …

By Christopher Miskimon 22nd September 2023

… J Tuck and 1st Lt J Rabeni of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) hit him with an AIM-7E Sparrow radar-guided … planes had to be reassigned from strike to combat air patrol. The VPAF was innovating and adjusting its tactics …

By CHRIS GOSS 10th March 2023

… down by Hurricane pilot Fg Off Herman Grant-Ede of No 263 Squadron, who would be lost on 9 June in the sinking of HMS … by 3./KG 40 that month, one crew reporting to have sunk a patrol boat south of Iceland on 26 April. This was the … was relatively quiet until the late evening of 14 May. On 30 April, the seal-catcher Selis together with the icebreaker …

By Khalem Chapman 5th December 2022

… Patrol Squadron 45 (VP-45) ‘The World Famous Pelicans’, a US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft squadron, has concluded its participation in …

By DARREN HARBAR 19th May 2023

… out within two weeks, as he had escaped from his No 85 Squadron aircraft V7249 following a scrap with a Luftwaffe … state, “Twelve Hurricanes took off Croydon 14.49 hours to patrol base, and were then vectored to the Maidstone area. At … vic formation at 15,000 feet and escorted by approximately 30 Me 109s which were flying at 5-10,000 feet higher. The …

By Atul Chandra 30th January 2023

… Soviet-era Ilyushin Il-38SD Sea Dragon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) fleet made its final public appearance … remaining Sea Dragons are operated by Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 315 ‘Winged Stallions’ and are based at …

By Ben Dunnell 17th May 2024

… was too old for World War Two; he flew in the Civil Air Patrol during the war, so there was a little family tie-in, … chance to meet a World War Two veteran. You no longer have 30 or 40 of them out there telling their stories. One thing … Tibbets flew down to Hornchurch, which was where No 64 Squadron was, picked up the pilots and took them up to …

By Simon Lee 30th January 2023

… cannot publicly reveal those details. At present, No 617 Squadron ‘The Dambusters’ at RAF Marham in Norfolk is the … ground attack/strike aircraft until March 28, 2014, the squadron was deactivated before being reformed as the Royal … June 16, that year, when two F-35Bs carried out an armed patrol over Syria in support of Operation Shader – the UK’s …

By Tom Spencer 10th March 2023

… F. 8 for an operational unit was VZ348, delivered to 1 Squadron at Tangmere, West Sussex, on December 10, 1949. So … Command, which lasted until spring 1957, by which time 30 RAF and Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) squadrons had … Pinnacle that October. On the 3rd it maintained a standing patrol of three pairs off the Norfolk coast, countering …

By Joe Campion 9th November 2022

… The US Navy's Patrol Squadron 10 (VP-10) ‘Red Lancers’ spent the latter part of October at … the capabilities of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to the RNZAF with a single aircraft and nine …