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16th February 2017

… 1 and 6 Squadrons, a KC-30A tanker transport from No 33 Squadron and an E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C platform from No 2 … the CF-188s had completed 1,378 sorties between October 30, 2014 and February 15, 2016. Canadian support aircraft … operations. France also committed an Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft for reconnaissance missions over Iraq. …

By Compiled Tom Kaminski 2nd February 2017

… in a mountainous area of Amazonas province on December 30. The helicopter was flying between Puerto Ayacucho and … aboard the aircraft, which had been operated by No 16 Squadron, were injured in the mishap. • Ilyushin Il-18V … incident. • US Navy P-8A BuNo 168783, which is assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 10, was damaged during a towing mishap …

By WARREN E THOMPSON 1st February 2017

… their objective. Two F4F Wildcats had been on standing patrol when the Kawanishi H6K4 Mavis was spotted. It was shot … cartoon character ‘Felix the Cat’ clutching a bomb for its squadron badge. The Mitsubishi G4M Bett y bombers were just … the US forces there. The Japanese sent 16 Bettys with 30 Zeros providing cover to intercept them. The Wildcats …

By and photos: Giovanni Colla and Remo Guidi 2nd February 2017

… Atlantic was until recently the only long-range maritime patrol aircraft in Italian Air Force service. Combat Aircraft … Atlantics with the 88° Gruppo A/S (88th Anti-Submarine Squadron). Having never achieved huge international success, … August 1, 2002, when, following the dissolution of the 30° Stormo at Cagliari-Elmas (Sardinia), the anti-submarine …

19th January 2017

… arrives at Cosford in November. The aircraft flew with 225 Squadron in 1940 as a coastal patrol and photo-reconnaissance aircraft, covering the south … of England. It took on a Special Duties role with 161 Squadron in 1944 and was operational for a further two years. …

By GRAHAM PITCHFORK 1st February 2017

… in a Coastal Command strike role in October 1943 when 248 Squadron received a pair of Mk.XVIIIs. They were equipped … fire, and a huge pall of smoke could still be seen from 30 miles away on the return flight. Later it was confirmed … the wing was returning from an uneventful anti-shipping patrol in the Kattegat when the leader, Foxley- Norris, …

By MANY SOUFFAN, ALAIN FAGES AND YVES DONJON 1st February 2017

… de Gaulle open negotiations with the Soviets for a French squadron to fight alongside the Red Air Force. Luguet and … on the SS Highland Princess from Greenock on August 30, arriving at Lagos, Nigeria, on September 19. From there … codes. On April 13 GC 3 conducted its first free-ranging patrol; six Yaks meeting up with eight Fw 190s. They claimed …

12th January 2017

… of Sopwith’s new fighter was significant No 1 (Naval) Squadron Triplanes and pilots line up for their photograph at … by two more. “On 3 July […] whilst leading an offensive patrol […] seven Albatros scouts [were] engaged and he … Peggy . Behind is N5425, coded 16. VIA PETE LONDON On 30 April, Little’s citation for the bar to his DSC tells us, …

By WARREN E THOMPSON 1st February 2017

… on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 caught 11 F4F-3s of USMC squadron VMF-211 on the ground, nine of which were destroyed. … attack. The four that survived had been in the air on patrol but, because of poor visibility, failed to see the … out of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. At 5am on August 30, 1942 pilots ate breakfast and waited for the coast …

5th January 2017

… to acquire five Boeing P-8 Poseidon multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft as it sets about overhauling its maritime and … will see increased co-operation in the field of maritime patrol aircraft. This would clearly offer benefits if both … Neptune, representing the previous equipment of No 11 Squadron, RAAF. Commonwealth of Australia … NORWAY OPTS FOR …

By MIKE HOOKS 12th January 2017

… transparencies US Navy P2V-7 Neptune BuNo 135570 of patrol squadron VP-21 was a visitor to West Malling on 6 August 1960. The USN …

By Ben Dunnell 9th February 2017

… in mind. He was lost during a raid against Nuremberg on 30-31 March 1944 while serving as a Halifax flight engineer. … directors flew Lancasters [with Water beach based No 514 Squadron], and they’re doing it for near enough as free as … April 1952 Bought by French government for use as maritime patrol aircraft; conversion carried out by Avro at Woodford …

By report: Tom Kaminski 2nd February 2017

… surveillance aircraft formally entered service on June 30, 2016, when the Leonardo HC-27J replaced the Lockheed … when the newly established 702nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) carried out its first combat mission. Assigned … integration. Because of the classification of the maritime patrol mission suite, the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft …

By José Matos 19th January 2017

… providing air transport, search and rescue, fisheries patrol and supporting international missions. The FAP’s … edge of Portugal’s Flight Information Region on October 30, 2014. A pair of QRA F-16s launched from BA5 to intercept, … 2017. Romania’s air force will have a single F-16 squadron, and nine of its pilots are already trained to fly …

26th January 2017

… Ian Harding Reformed on August 1, 2014, 825 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) is the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat HMA2 … surveillance, weather detection, ground mapping, maritime patrol and SAR operations. The helicopter is equipped with an … the Merlin, 825 tried to replicate their three-hour 30-minute sorties by completing two one-hour 45-minute …