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By Steve Beebee 7th September 2022

… ace Sgt Josef František who flew with 303 (Polish) Squadron during the Battle of Britain has been honoured with … to his base at RAF Northolt from an uneventful routine patrol with 11 other squadron colleagues led by Sqn Ldr Ronald Kellett. …

By Dave Allport 7th September 2022

… and control (C2) aircraft, Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol/reconnaissance aircraft and Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Block … assets such as the E-2D or the land-based P-8A patrol aircraft. Through this demonstration, our customers … will be operated by Unmanned Carrier Launched Multi-Role Squadron 10 (VUQ-10), which will be the Fleet Replacement …

By Hugh Trevor 16th October 2022

… to base to re-arm and refuel. The Lightning F1 had entered squadron service in the summer of 1960 as Britain’s first … scrambles per day, usually for a high-level border patrol to keep ‘Ivan’ company; he was doing the same thing a … also with a successful ejection. On the morning of March 30, all 14 F2As were launched and Ed Durham led a 12-ship …

By Khalem Chapman 25th August 2022

… Force (RAF) -operated Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, … . According to the air arm, the Poseidon crew from No 201 Squadron ‘Guernsey’s Own’ was resting for a scheduled evening … controllers to help coordinate rescue efforts. No 201 Squadron’s Flt Lt Daz Williams, the P-8A mission commander, …

By Dino Carrara 10th October 2022

… gone down the side of the aeroplane.” Mike Streten spent 30 years in the RAF and enjoyed a varied career with some … just one of them. He joined the University of London Air Squadron and flew the de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 and on … be part of stream of 20-plus aircraft taking off to go and patrol an area of the North Sea.” He added while on combat …

By Derek Davis 16th February 2023

… attackers, intercept transports, intercept V-1, beachhead patrol, escort bombers, escort attackers, attack column, … change and represent the real missions that a particular squadron was performing on a particular day. In addition, the …

By Dave Allport 22nd August 2022

… previously served with the Indian Navy’s Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 550 at Indian Naval Air Station Garuda, Kochi … appears to be in the standard Indian Navy maritime patrol aircraft configuration, which includes a belly-mounted … Integrated Synthetic Aperture Radar (HISAR) for maritime patrol. This is a 1988-built aircraft acquired second-hand …

By David Weinrich 4th September 2022

… a Boeing KC-707 Re’em (assigned to No 120 ‘Desert Giants’ Squadron) and a Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Eitam Conformal … had been fired. IAF frontline assets include F-16C/D Block 30/40 Baraks and F-16I Soufas; F-15C/D Eagles and F-15I … Israeli KC-707 and Nachshon Eitam aircraft were noted on patrol. It is likely that Elbit Advanced Multi-Sensor Payload …

By ROBIN HILL 16th September 2022

… in October. After training, Camille was posted to No 257 Squadron on 17 May 1940. He was one of 10 pilots who joined … , including P3643 flown by Camille, took off at 12.10 to patrol ‘Peewit’ off St Catherine’s Point. The day was a … Camille in Hurricane P3518 was Blue 2. Shortly before 10.30, some of the pilots saw a formation of about 30 bombers …

By Erik Bruijns and Mark de Greeuw 1st February 2023

… Italian army took delivery of the first UH-90A on December 30, 2007, and by March 2008 it had entered service. This … the first military aviation air arm to employ a UH-90A squadron in a military operation abroad, in Afghanistan and … utility, surveillance, special operations, maritime patrol, land reconnaissance, training, rescue and …

By Henri-Pierre Grolleau 21st September 2022

… Air Station is the centre of excellence for the maritime patrol/surveillance community. The only base to accommodate … lines and each house a NH90 Caïman unit and a Dauphin squadron. In addition, Hyères is home to Flottille 36F and … tonnes, the FCAS will be much bigger and heavier – in the 30-tonne class. French President Emmanuel Macron recently …

By THOMAS McKELVEY CLEAVER 7th September 2022

… considered ‘experienced’, so assigned to the 67th Pursuit Squadron, which was to re-equip with the new fighter. After … to be dropped to any pilots forced to bale out. Then, 30 hours after departing Blaines des Gaiacs, all five set … them, but had only heard them. Four Airacobras took off to patrol over Tulagi. The seven serviceable F4Fs and the other …

By Nigel Pittaway 18th August 2021

… The P-8A Poseidon could become the dominant maritime patrol aircraft among NATO and key allied states; commonality … maritime aircraft, with an announcement on June 30, 2021, that the country’s Bundestag had signed letters of … today that are more than capable in a limited maritime patrol capacity, but high-end ASW is where NATO countries are …

By STEPHEN SKINNER 19th January 2023

… budgie’ by their pilots they served with the Air Support Squadron. Three of the Skyvans were modified locally to perform maritime patrol and reconnaissance duties, as ‘Seavans’ and flown from …

By Dave Allport 7th September 2021

… 2 for the Pakistan Navy’s first modern long range maritime patrol twin-jet aircraft, the Embraer ERJ-190ECJ Lineage … not yet appear to have been modified with its maritime patrol equipment and still retained its previous civilian … Navy’s six Lockheed P-3C Orions, which are operated by 28 Squadron at PNS Mehran. The official aircraft documents were …