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By report: Jamie Hunter photos: Jim Haseltine 6th July 2017

… ANG | UNIT REPORT A sharp formation of 175th Fighter Squadron ‘Lobos’ F-16Cs over Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s … F-16 crew chief for 26 years. He’s had two jets, a Block 30 and a 40. Our maintainers know these airplanes inside and … air-to-air load of AIM-120 AMRAAMs and AIM-9X, a ‘Lobo’ on patrol at dusk. … LOBOS …

By Babak Taghvaee 15th June 2017

… points, buildings and ammunition storages. Two 34th Squadron Rafale DMs (serials 9252 and 9253) armed with Mica air-to-air missiles flew combat air patrol over Libya to protect the F-16s. Command and control was provided by an E-2CII from the 87th Squadron. Egyptian Air Force F-16C Block 52 serial 9757 takes …

By GRAHAM PITCHFORK 30th June 2017

… initially with Dakotas and then Valettas. Lincolns of 7 Squadron head for a target in the Malayan jungle. ALL VIA … dramatically at the beginning of 1952 and on January 30, at extremely short notice, eight Lincolns of 148 Squadron … The Lincolns flew in pairs and maintained a constant patrol throughout daylight hours. Bombs are loaded into a …

By Nigel Pittaway 22nd June 2017

… Maritime Self Defense Force Kawasaki P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, and the Philippines has recently accepted … by an F-15SG Eagle assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron, based at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho during … Air Force weapons instructor with the 428th Fighter Squadron, Captain Chia Chi Yu said: “The highlight for this …

By Ben Dunnell 8th June 2017

… to China 20 years ago, the Wessex helicopters of No 28 Squadron were the last RAF aircraft stationed there to leave. … R. MARCH Hong Kong-based Royal Marines aboard their Fast Patrol Craft being escorted for the last time by a No 28 … British and Hong Kong governments. The Royal Navy’s fast patrol boats would go out and try to stop the smugglers from …

By Vladimir Trendafilovski 15th June 2017

… Air Power in Kaliningrad Mi-24VP ‘36 Red’ on combat air patrol over the landing area at the Khmelyovka training range … regular patrols in the area. Royal Danish Air Force CL-604 patrol aircraft also make an occasional appearance and, most … 72 AvB. The most problematic of the units was the fighter squadron, equipped with Su-27Ps, which lacked air-to-ground …

22nd June 2017

… to use it to equip its adversary unit, the Flying Dragon Squadron at Ovda. However, the M-346 was born as a pure … on board, the aircraft can carry out a twohour combat air patrol mission at 35,000ft (10,668m) at 100nm (185km) from … for the re-equipment of 132° Gruppo, today the only AMX squadron in service) and also for lowcost light combat and …

By Colonel Richard H Graham (ret’d) 15th June 2017

… Thailand in March 1971 to join the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron ‘Triple Nickel’ and was eager to start flying combat … and frequency jamming ’planes), 63 escort/combat air patrol aircraft (air-to-air protection) and 22 dropping chaff … running out of weapons, ’planes and munitions. On December 30, 1972 the North Vietnamese agreed to resume talks, …

By Mark Ayton 25th May 2017

… board a P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20 at Pax River P-8A POSEIDON P-8A Poseidon test … Air Systems Command The US Navy fleet, led by Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11 (CPRW- 11) based at Naval … based at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. For completeness’ sake, VP-30 ‘Pro’s Nest’, the P-3 and P-8A Fleet Replacement Squadron, …

By Thomas Newdick 19th January 2017

… Mirage 2000s from EC 2/5 and EC 1/5 and Rafales from EC 2/30 and EC 1/7 which deployed to Malbork, Poland in 2014. The … l’Air A pair of live-armed Mirage 2000-5Fs overflies the squadron detachment at Šiauliai. Bartek Bera Luftwaff e pilot … owing to planned runway maintenance at Ämari. … BALTIC PATROL …

By JOHN CARR 8th June 2017

… a great deal of pride involved in Royal Hellenic Air Force squadron 13 Mira’s fight against the Axis powers. That, for a … Frangoyannis was coming in from an anti-submarine patrol over the Mediterranean when he found his base at … Air Force in the Middle East, had just taken delivery of 30 shop-worn Blenheim Vs to replace its trusty but overworked …

18th May 2017

… THE ‘PELICANS’ of Patrol Squadron 45 (VP-45) completed a sevenmonth deployment to the US Sixth …

By Henri-Pierre Grolleau 15th June 2017

… The ‘Lorraine’ squadron’s transfer from Al Dhafra to Montde- Marsan in … d’Expérimentation (ECE, Fighter and Evaluation Squadron) 1/30 ‘Côte d’Argent’; • Régiment de Chasse (RC, Fighter … in the TSA 43 training area. A CAP 2 [two-ship combat air patrol] composed of either two EC 1/4 Rafale B two-seaters …

By Ms. Henri-Pierre Grolleau 15th June 2017

… 31F, also from Hyères, bringing the complement to 30 aircraft. Commander ‘Alban’, the CO of Flottille 11F, … flexibility, allowing one unit to reinforce its sister squadron with a dedicated team of engineers, should the need … Attack Controller (JTAC) would allocate them a combat air patrol orbit and an altitude block to ensure deconfliction …

By Rick Burgess 25th May 2017

… Osprey BuNo 168341/YX00 assigned to Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 166 (VMM- 166) ‘Sea Elks’ participated in WTI 2-17 … for integration into the Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft as part of the Increment 3 upgrade. According … Naval Air Systems Command’s programme manager for maritime patrol reconnaissance force aircraft, Captain Tony Rossi, the …