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By ANDREW THOMAS 23rd February 2017

… EAST ON PHOTO-SURVEY ASSIGNMENTS, THE LANCASTERS OF 683 SQUADRON WERE THE LAST TO SERVE THE RAF OPERATIONALLY.ANDREW … Kenya in August 1952. Specially equipped Lancasters of 82 Squadron mapped much of West and Central Africa for the … detached to Sharjah. The detachment usually mounted one patrol over the area six days a week throughout August and …

By ERIK MANNINGS 1st March 2017

… carried the title: ‘Sgt Pilot G Booth – 72 ‘Basutoland’ Squadron’. Using this connection, the author – the unit’s … of offensive sweeps, an escort to a Circus and a convoy patrol. He was commissioned on March 26, becoming a Pilot … was made ready predawn and the engine warmed up for about 30 minutes. The pilot would then start his stand-by period …

23rd February 2017

… Manchester I L7515 of 207 Squadron having fun with an HP Hampden acting as a photo-ship … at 60°. Use in the general reconnaissance – maritime patrol – role with minimal equipment changes was to be … Winston Churchill inspecting a crew and Manchester of 207 Squadron at West Raynham, Norfolk, on June 6, 1941. As RR …

By CHRIS GOSS 1st March 2017

… Reims. They were engaged and shot down by Hurricanes of 1 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Peter Hanks, Plt Off Peter Mould and … of 266 Squadron took off from Matlaske in Norfolk on a patrol over the North Sea. After around 30 minutes they spotted an aircraft about a mile away …

2nd February 2017

… on January 5. The first production Poseidon arrived with patrol squadron VP-30 in March 2012, and since the initial contract award the …

By Gert Kromhout 16th February 2017

… The US Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20 ‘Force’ is where cutting-edge systems are put … US Navy’s development trials unit for fixed-wing maritime patrol and reconnaissance, assault support, strategic … systems are in development for drops at altitudes reaching 30,000ft (9,144m). One of four of the new E-2D Advanced …

By JONATHAN GARRAWAY 23rd February 2017

… In the foreground is RE397 which served only with 148 Squadron from Upwood. It was written off on take-off from … on page 6.A Mk.III Lincoln for air-sea rescue and maritime patrol was initiated by Chadwick and his team, but this was … The first conversion, WL745, flew at Woodford on September 30, 1971 and it was followed by 11 more. The fleet soldiered …

By report: Tom Kaminski 2nd March 2017

… lap. On April 15, 2016, 32 OH-58Ds operated by the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (Task Force Sabre) carried … At the conclusion of the nine-month deployment, the final 30 OH-58Ds will be retired — ending the Kiowa Warrior’s US … from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment conduct a combat air patrol in the city of Tal Afar, Iraq in February 2006. The …

23rd March 2017

… turbofan engine is the powerplant of all Su-27 and Su-30 versions. Piotr Butowski 4 The conventional … Air Force Su-27 and a Royal Norwegian Air Force P-3 Orion patrol aircraft. The P-3 was intercepted at 10.39hrs by the … numbers 50 through 54) were allocated to an evaluation squadron based at Savasleyka. 3 Aircraft T10-20R was prepared …

2nd February 2017

… visit Fallon In preparation for an upcoming deployment, patrol squadron VP-16 recently deployed a P-8A and crew from NAS … at the conclusion of a sevenmonth deployment on December 30. While deployed, the CSG conducted operations in the 5th …

26th January 2017

… will replace the RNZAF’s fleet of six P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft in service with No.5 Squadron at RNZAF Base Auckland (Whenuapai). The original … with the NZDF to offer the Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft for the FASC and the twinengine C-2 transport …

1st March 2017

… home of the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s P-3 Orion maritime patrol fleet, marks the station’s 60th anniversary and 333 Squadron’s 75th. Will we see Friends of the Starfighter’s … GERMANY: Aero Friedrichshafen – www.aero-expo.com 29-30 PLASY, CZECH REPUBLIC: Plasy Air Day – www.denvevzduchu.cz …

By Alan Warnes 16th February 2017

… INTEL REPORT An F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 ‘Tophatters’ launches from the aircraft … the attacks continued. During November, an Iranian patrol boat trained missiles on one of ‘Ike’s’ MH-60R … Naval Aviation. Henri-Pierre Grolleau Kuznetsov left its patrol area off the Syrian coast on January 6, pausing in its …

By ANDREW THOMAS 1st February 2017

… WITH NO LESS THAN 20 ‘ACES’ IN THE UNIT, 85 SQUADRON WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOSQUITO … practice. In the early hours of October 19, more than 30 enemy aircraft raided East Anglia and 85 began its first … victorious again on the night of September 8, 1943 on a patrol off Foreland, Kent. Vectored onto a contact about 15 …

By DAVID NICHOLAS 9th February 2017

… at short notice, the Scottish Aviation Pioneers of No 230 Squadron had a key role to perform OPERATION ‘ THWART’ … into the cavernous hold of a Blackburn Beverley from No 30 Squadron that left Dishforth for Nicosia on the 26th, with … within the ISF.Thus on 20 December a Pioneer flew a patrol over the affected area, carrying observers from the …