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By Sérgio Santana 20th April 2017

… for search and rescue (SAR), special operations, maritime patrol and anti-submarine missions, III FAE for fighter, … and include logistical transport, SAR and maritime patrol. In addition, COMAE will manage satellites to be … do 16º Grupo de Aviação ‘Adelphi’ (1º/16º GAv, 1st Squadron, 16th Aviation Group) temporarily disbanded until …

By ANDREW THOMAS 31st March 2017

… Against all the odds, Sgt H H ‘Kitch’ Kitchener of 263 Squadron had achieved a couple of victories over the invading … W O L Smith (P6975) and Plt Off J G Hughes (P6976) flew a patrol off the south coast. Just over a week later Sqn Ldr … 23 when Smith in P6970 sighted a Junkers Ju 88 during a patrol off Start Point, Devon. It disappeared into the thick …

By 40 YEARS OF ISRAELI F-15S 20th April 2017

… as Yissachar Ruas explains. The ‘Tip of the Spear’ Squadron’s F-15C Baz 802 ‘Panther’ has four MiG kills. All … Begin was elected prime minister in 1977. Establishing the squadron The initial F-15s joined the newly established 133 … Iranian-supported Hezbollah terrorists attacked an IDF patrol on the border with Lebanon. Three soldiers were killed …

By Robert S Grant 28th April 2017

… to do, RCAF 20725 overflies a submarine while on a patrol mission. KEY COLLECTION Flying low over the muddy … March 28, 1957. The first version of 33 built went to 405 Squadron at RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia. None flew … Edward Island, on July 26, 1961, when Argus 20720 flew for 30 hours and 20 minutes. A snowy scene at the National …

By and photos: Frédéric Lert 6th April 2017

… the twin Snecma M88 engines. An Escadron de Chasse (EC) 2/30 ‘Normandie- Niemen’ Rafale C eases out of its shelter for … room as pilots prepare for a night GBU-24 strike. The squadron facilities feature ‘home-made’ furniture, barbecues … to learn on the job. The leaders are either deputy patrol leaders (Sous Chef de Patrouille) or patrol leaders …

By Ryan Dorling 16th March 2017

… to RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, was P-3C BuNo 161587 of Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, …

By Tom Spencer 31st March 2017

… to work with, William Edward Willoughby Petter was just 30 when the twin-engined fighter he had designed first took … period, which included night flying trials with 25 Squadron in May and June 1940. When it entered service with … 7, Eeles and Smith were among pilots who left Exeter for a patrol over Plymouth: five months after delivery to 263 …

By and photos: Giovanni Colla and Sergio Lanna 6th April 2017

… Escuadrilla is the Spanish Navy’s sole fixed-wing fighter squadron, flying 11 radar-equipped EAV-8B+ Harrier IIs and a … Having started out with the original AV-8A Matador over 30 years ago, the Spanish Navy’s vertical/short take-off and … I (L61), and undertake the core missions of combat air patrol (CAP) and armed reconnaissance, plus maritime and …

16th March 2017

… Carrara about the service’s plans for its new maritime patrol aircraft. An artist’s impression of a P-8A Poseidon in … but they will be fully integrated in the Force.” The squadron number plates have still to be decided and squadron … will first go to a P-8A base in Florida that is home of VP-30, the US Navy’s Poseidon Fleet Replacement Squadron (the …

By DAVID NICHOLAS 13th April 2017

… C. B. ASHWORTH. Hurricane Is V7418 and V7485/S of No 261 Squadron sit on standby at Hal Far during the autumn of 1940. … Malta. They were incorporated into the Fighter Flight. On 30 June, Fg Off Jock Barber flew P2614 on Malta’s first operational Hurricane patrol. Action was not long in coming. On 3 July, John Waters …

20th April 2017

… (71st Air Base)/Escadrila 713 Elicoptere (713 Helicopter Squadron) Câmpia Turzii Flotila 95 Aeriană/Escadrila 952 … sent to the Spanish Sahara where they undertook armed patrol missions together with a number of OH-58A Kiowas … first of ten AH-1W Super Cobras arrived. Since then around 30 more Cobras, including the older AH-1P/S and TAH-1P have …

By ANDREW THOMAS 31st March 2017

… With over a century of service to its credit, XV Squadron disbanded in March. Sure Andrew Thomas relates its … in mid-November. Seven days into the New Year a contact patrol – aimed at finding the positions of your own troops – … Stirling Is. The first operation was on the night of April 30 when four aircraft ventured to Berlin. On May 11, N3654 …

By IAN BLACK 31st March 2017

… F.2A a formidable punch. Seen on start-up, a 19(F) Squadron pilot is assisted by his ground crew prior to a low-level CAP (combat air patrol) mission. On the strength of 11(F) Squadron, XR725 … were twice as fast. Temperatures in Cyprus often rose to 30°C (86°F) making earlymorning starts the order of the day …

By Rick Burgess 23rd March 2017

… on March 31 was MH-60S-equipped Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 15 (HSC-15) ‘Red Lions’ based at Naval Air Station … Cdr Groeneveld said HSC-15 was identified as the best squadron based on time in the training cycle. One of two more … is the home of the Navy’s first MQ-4C squadron, Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP- 19) ‘Big Red’, which will control …

By Ian Harding 23rd March 2017

… Navy   All at Sea Commanding Offficer 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS), Commander Philip Richardson, first fiew the … Air Arm received 60 Lynx HAS2s from Westland, followed by 30 Lynx HAS3s (delivered from 1982 through to 1988) which … Lynx deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of the Armilla Patrol following the Iran-Iraq war and regularly before, …