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By Claudio Lucchesi 30th December 2022

… Israeli-built Elbit Hermes RQ-450 are operated by the 1st Squadron of the 12th Aviation Group (1º/12º GAV) in Santa … (now composed of six ships) and the Amazonclass ocean patrol vessels (three ships). However, the Niterói-class … forces and also government institutions. On December 30 last year, because of the excellent results that were …

By ADAM THOMPSON AND ANDREW ARTHY 30th May 2023

… in World War Two, the Wüstennotstaffel, or Desert Rescue Squadron. Led by inspirational Staffelkapitän Heinz … from Jagdgeschwader 53 was picked up by Uffz Bohlinger on 30 May, and six days later Stuka pilot Lt Horst Heritsch was … landed their Storch too close to a concealed LRDG patrol. They were held captive by the SAS and LRDG for six …

By Chris Frame 19th May 2023

… number was 7273 and it had been based with 10 Squadron since 1962.”  The Neptune had been retired from … RAAF service, firstly as a bomber and later as a maritime patrol aircraft. Lockheed AP-3C Orions superseded the Neptune …

By DAVID AXE 22nd March 2023

… Five years later there could be more than 100 J-20s in squadron service. That makes the J-20 the world’s third-most … – a Shaanxi KJ-500 early warning aircraft, two Shaanxi Y-8 patrol planes, two J-10s and ten J-16s – flew over the South … But the PLAAF and PLAN between them operate only around 30 tankers: a mix of Xi’an H-6Us, Ilyushin Il-78s and Xi’an …

By Robin Evans 24th March 2023

… meant he would also qualify as aircrew. Posted to 269 Squadron, he became familiar with long hours over the … territory. In his absence, eight colleagues encountered 30 Messerschmitt Bf 109s and Focke-Wulf Fw 190s over Munster. … and tankers in a marshalling yard. On December 8 a patrol set upon numerous stationary trucks loaded with …

By Babak Taghvaee 29th November 2022

… Russian invasion of Poland, the USAFE’s 480th Fighter Squadron and its General Dynamics F-16CMs are primarily … period, the Green Mountain Boys logged 24 combat air patrol (CAP) sorties while flying alongside their 34th FS … joint exercise with the 20th Fighter Wing between June 23-30 that year. Six F-16CMs of the 55th FS were deployed from …

By Ben Dunnell 6th May 2023

… security grounds is nothing new. At the time, squadron numbers were not disclosed, but it was felt that an … Hastings variously returning from an Atlantic weather patrol, the North Pole and a Korean War casualty repatriation … entirely. Most of the elements would be separated by 30 seconds, and with aircraft of disparate types feeding into …

By ANDREW THOMAS 23rd November 2022

… (RFC) and, after training, in 1917 was posted to join 19 Squadron flying SPAD VIIs, but on August 5 he was injured in … in B7283 and Jerrard, once again in B5648, for a patrol over the front line. Near the Austrian base at Ghirano … a crash landing and was taken prisoner. The others in his patrol returned safely and made their reports, crediting …

By Jim Winchester 24th March 2023

… 727-200s as its only jet aircraft in service with No.40 Squadron. The former United Airlines aircraft (serial numbers … arrived on May 7 and NZ7572 (the former PH-TKB) on June 30, 2003. The 1968-built 727s were put into storage in April … severe destruction in Fiji. RNZAF P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft made initial reconnaissance flights and a …

By Clive Rowley 23rd February 2023

… officer occupying each position. The first RAF CO of 303 Squadron was Sqn Ldr Ronald Kellett, a pre-war Auxiliary Air … about not being allowed to join the action. On August 30, the squadron was undertaking a training sortie to the … Tasked with leading six Hurricanes of ‘A’ Flight on a patrol, they soon encountered enemy aircraft. With Kent …

By Tim Fish 4th January 2023

… was declared in December 2020 when the RAAF’s first F-35A squadron was stood up. A year later an initial four F-35A … RNZAF has also chosen to buy five Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 to replace its existing fleet of much older 1960s vintage … ISR is provided by a fleet of 12 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft procured from Boeing through the US FMS …

By Khalem Chapman 9th February 2023

… was shot down, Navy-operated Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and Lockheed Martin HC-130J Super Hercules … and re-entered US airspace over northern Idaho on January 30. While the balloon itself posed no direct military or …

By Søren Augustesen 12th December 2022

… that sets it apart, however, is the responsibility to patrol Greenland’s vast expanses, writes Søren Augustesen . … fleet of RDAF transport aircraft. On base is Eskadrille (Squadron) 721, which operates four Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules and four Bombardier CL-604 Challenger …

By Ben Dunnell 28th July 2023

… hands, as from then until its departure from Britain 30 years ago, no-one else had the honour of captaining it. … we were lucky to be intercepted by a Nimrod of No 120 Squadron, obviously out on Atlantic patrol, and he was so useful in transmitting our position …

By GRAHAM PITCHFORK 28th December 2022

… After completing his pilot training he first joined 17 Squadron flying the Gauntlet biplane but soon transferred to … of four enemy aircraft and damaged a fifth. On his final patrol on the 21st, Sizer was attacked and shot down by five … ‘Zero’ fighter and forced to bale out into the jungle 30 miles from his airfield. He started walking and eventually …