Airforces

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he F/A-18 is hard to spot. It first emerges as a shadow moving rapidly over the mountains. The fighter quickly sneaks in, pops u ...

gunsmoke part of a section, with an instructor pilot in the other jet. On completion of these instruction flights, the pilot is ...

weapons employment. He highlighted the stress, exact timing and precision required for flying in such a demanding environment. H ...

stress level. Firing live ammunition further adds to the demands in the cockpit. The programme flown during Axalp largely consis ...

or a fighter pilot, having a ‘bogey’ on your tail is normally a sign that things have gone badly wrong. But if the ‘bogeys’ on y ...

them, then we kind of have to punish that, because that’s a pretty bad mistake. I mean I fly a lot older aircraft and they shoul ...

It’ll be like, ‘There is a mountain here and it will be hard to visually acquire me. So I’m going to hide right here, because it ...

relatively easy to maintain, as there’s not a lot of systems on it. A lot of it is analogue – there’s not a whole lot of digital ...

BFM [basic fighter manoeuvres – dogfighting]. Then you’ll get a little Red Air course, kind of learning how to build the [threat ...

Above: Canopies cranked open, a pair of ‘Saints’ Tiger IIs limber up before departing for the range. The duo is headed up by F-5 ...

actical Leadership Programme (TLP) 2017-3 took place at Albacete-Los Llanos air base, central Spain, from September 11 to Octobe ...

also noteworthy that TLP instructors commit to supporting large exercises like the NATO Tiger Meet [NTM]. Their participation br ...

of negotiating a ten-year lease contract for 12 Gripens, with an option to purchase the aircraft at the end of the lease period. ...

59th TFW history A single squadron within the 59th TFW operates all the Hungarian Gripens, and the 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron ...

56 // JANUARY 2018 #358 Exercise Report Brilliant Mariner 2017 rilliant Mariner 2017 was designed to support certification of th ...

#358 JANUARY 2018 // 57 Complex scenario Air, naval, land and special forces units that make up the NRF are identified and selec ...

58 // JANUARY 2018 #358 http://www.airforcesmonthly.com Air Operations Centre in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain,” explained Commander ...

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eeuwarden Air Base switched its focus to hosting the multinational Fighter Weapons Instructor Training (FWIT) a fortnight after ...