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By Nigel Pittaway 27th April 2017

… retired its remaining Tupolev Tu-142M long-range maritime patrol aircraft in a ceremony at INS Rajali in Tamil Nadu on March 29. Indian Naval Air Squadron 312 has now converted to the Boeing P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircraft. The ceremony, attended by Chief of Naval …

By Matthew Clements 27th April 2017

… Patrol Squadron 30 (VP-30) ‘Pro’s Nest’ based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, …

20th April 2017

… THE FINAL three US Navy Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9) P-3Cs have departed Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii to complete the …

By Tim Ripley 18th May 2017

… Sea. Almost simultaneously, a USAF RC-135 was spotted on patrol over northeast Poland, a few miles from Kaliningrad. … special markings to commemorate the centenary of No 51 Squadron, the Royal Air Force’s SIGINT specialists. Ryan … Joint fleet. The operating unit is the 645th Material Squadron Det 2 of Air Force Materiel Command. Normally based …

18th May 2017

… aircraft (MA), assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, and deployed to Andersen from Minot … D: Apr 7 N: Serbian Air Force and Air Defence/252 Training Squadron T: G-4 Super Galeb (local designation N-62) S: 23625 … Hellenic Army T: UH-1H S: ES-625 During a routine border patrol flight this helicopter struck power lines and crashed …

27th April 2017

… Hornet), Dassault (Rafale), Saab (Gripen) and Sukhoi (Su-30). However, Russia’s RAC MiG also threw its hat into the … no further funding would need to be sourced: “This is a squadron-sized replacement for the MiG-29 within the … and F-5F Tiger II fighters between 2017 and 2020. Maritime Patrol Maritime surveillance and maritime patrol were also …

28th April 2017

… Tactical Weapons Unit HAWKER HUNTER A fine study of a 79 Squadron aircraft over the Welsh coast. Perched on the top of … to each base, 79’s being Wattisham. A low-level combat air patrol using two Hunters would be set up on the main threat … with the Air Commander, usually a man from a maritime patrol background with little time for fighter pilot japes. …

20th April 2017

… serial 77/AR-NZY upgraded with FLIR performs a maritime patrol mission in the North Arabian Sea. The fifth in the … area’s strategic importance is due to the fact that around 30% of global oil exports pass through it. The PN is … day, Sea King Mk45s from 111 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Squadron, based at PNS Mehran, Karachi, were assigned various …

By Dr Kevin Wright. 20th April 2017

… maritime Shackletons are detailed by Dr Kevin Wright. Squadron numbers were sometimes applied to the Shackleton’s fuselage, as this MR.3 from No.201 out on patrol shows. Key Collection The Avro Shackleton’s 40-year … prototype VW126 began taxi trials in February 1949. The 30-min maiden flight, on March 9 that year was from the …

6th April 2017

… and new build Longbow crew trainers. It runs through June 30, 2022. Production of the AH-64E began in 2011. Mayport … Tritons will be operated by personnel assigned to unmanned patrol squadron VUP-19, located nearby at NAS Jacksonville. The …

27th April 2017

… the biggest participant, with F-4E AUP Phantom IIs, Block 30, Block 50 and Block 52 F-16s, and Mirage 2000EGs all … of Iniohos. This year, 12 F-16s assigned to 101 and 105 Squadron based at Hatzor Air Base carried the flag for … battle damage assessment. Fighters maintaining combat air patrol secured the areas above and around the reconnaissance …

By Colonel Bill Rial 20th April 2017

… mission from his time commanding the 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron Bushmasters at RAF Woodbridge. A-10 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 …

27th April 2017

… test authorities based at Pax, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20 (VX-20) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron1 … range at which they could detect a small fishing boat or a patrol craft compared to the range at which they could detect … followed by a second flight on June 14 operating in a 30,000ft (9,150m) altitude band. Operating Triton The fleet’s …

By Nigel Pittaway 20th April 2017

… their usual duties with the US Air Force’s 61st Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB in Arizona, as part of the international … electronic attack platform, P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and Pilatus PC-21 turboprop trainer. The US … US Navy P-8A. Three Raptors from the USAF’s 90th Fighter Squadron attended Avalon 2017. The daily flying display was …

By Jonathan Parshall 28th April 2017

… on a hunt for the Japanese carrier fleet at 09:30 hours on June 4, 1942. Arriving at the spot in the Pacific … was right. After a vocal confrontation, Waldron yanked his squadron, Douglas TBD-1 Devastator-equipped VT-8, out of … The Mitsubishi ‘Zeros’ of the Japanese combat air patrol (CAP) set upon VT-8 like wolves. One by one, they went …