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En Hommage aux aviateurs disparus dans l’accident de Albacete - Los Llanos y il a trois ans
L'Escadron de transformation Mirage 2000D 4/3 Argonne / SPA 48 Tête de Coq basé á Nancy- Ochey a peint 9 étoiles sur la dérive de un de leur M2000D en memoire des aviateurs partis trop tôt!
Capt JG "Marty" MARTINEZ doing what he does best! @ BA116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur during a ceremony remembering and honouring Captain Georges Guynemer - 1917-2017 - a World War 1 Ace - 53 kills confirmed of the Fighter Squadron 1/2 Storks / Groupe de Chasse 1/2 Cigogne
Captain Bertrand "Bubu" Butin the 2022 Rafale Solo Display pilot. Arriving at @Francazal Airport on Friday and doing his recon run ahead of the airshow this weekend. Pulling G's and generating some nice vapor!
In-Flight Felon
Ambush 12, moves into pre-contact during a Large Force Exercise(LFE) over the Pacific.
In the Battle of Britain, Hurricanes scored the highest number of RAF victories, accounting for 1,593 out of the 2,739 total claimed. By the beginning of 1941 German pilots had their measure. It did not do for a [Messerschmitt] Bf 109 to get into a dogfight with Hurricanes because the Hurricane could out-turn it, but the Bf 109 pilots’ “dive and zoom” tactics put Hurricane pilots at a severe disadvantage.
Yet those crucial months in 1939-40 were everything. Without the Hurricane, the Battle of Britain would have been lost. A total of 1,715 Hurricanes flew with Fighter Command during the period of the battle, far in excess of all other British fighters combined. Having entered service a year before the Spitfire, the Hurricane was “half a generation” older, and markedly inferior in terms of speed and climb. However, the Hurricane had proved itself a robust, manoeuvrable aircraft capable of surviving fearsome combat damage. Unlike the Spitfire, it was a wholly operational, go-anywhere, do-anything fighter by July 1940.
The crucial tactic in how Fighter Command approached the battle was exactly how to engage the massed formations of German aircraft. Hurricanes were generally directed at the bombers; they were a steady gun platform, and had a speed difference over Do 17 and He 111s that they did not have over Bf 109s. The Spitfires were directed at the German fighters.
The Ring-billed Gull sat atop the supersonic jet, and stared at the tourists onboard the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier docked in the Hudson River.
For military buffs:
The plane, a Vought F-8K Crusader:
-was the first supersonic fighter designed for carriers.
-is the fastest plane ever flown from the Intrepid.
-has a top speed of 1322 mph (2128 kph)
-max. altitude 52350 ft (15956km)
-is painted to represent the plane as Intrepid pilot, Anthony Nargi flew it in 1968.
(info. from descriptive plaque on the Intrepid).
Coming Home
The student flying this F-35A, makes a perfect approach and landing back at Luke AFB, as the last of the day's light shines on the jet. Notice you can see his instruments glowing green in the cockpit.
Double Trouble
An afternoon storm created some great puddles for some reflection shots of these F-5Ns
Sunliners In East Tennessee
A trio of VFA-81 Super Hornets, recently stopped through McGhee-Tyson Airport for fuel. The jets had a nice collection of mission marks from their previous deployment.
Pictured here, my father L.G. McCollom as a WW ll fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps, 8th AF (56th & 353rd Fighter Groups.) His P-47 was shot down over France and he was a POW in Stalag Luft One for 16 months. A career Air Force officer, he was stationed all over the world and our family, while I was at home, moved 11 times in 18 years, including Japan and Germany. He was also deployed away from family for year in Korea and 6 months in Alaska. Retirement ceremony as a Maj. General included an air show by the Thunderbirds. Proud of you Dad. Miss you.
GULF OF THAILAND (March 7, 2020) United States Air Force pilot Capt. Melanie Ziebart poses for a photo on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike group 31st MEU team, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jonathan Berlier)
Friday al Fresco - This past Friday I was documenting some work on the only flying MiG in the US in Cuban markings. More to come. Have A Bandit Day. #militaryaircraft #aviation #military #instagramaviation #fighterpilot #avgeek #militaryaviation #airforce #aviationphotography #aircraft #aviationlovers #fighterjet #instaplane #instaaviation #mig #militaryjet #fighter #fighteraircraft #pilot #usairforce #avporn #jet #militaryaviationphotography #fighterjets #mig17 #cubanairforce #revolutionaryairforce #militaryplane #aviationpic #isap_aviationphotography
Last of the Legacies - VFA-204 retired its F/A-18C/Ds in 2022, becoming VFC-204 as it adopted the F-5N, ending the Navy’s use of the Legacy Hornet in fleet service and bringing an end to the strategic reserve mission component. The Legacy Hornet was legendary for its time as the Navy’s first electric jet with fly by wire systems and digital glass cockpit which by today’s standards looks antiquated. But in the hands of an experienced adversary pilot, it was still lethal to its larger fleet cousins, the Super Hornet. Have A Bandit Day. @usnavalairforces @usnavyreserve. @usnavy #nikonaviation #nikonusa #nikonnps #northropgrumman #usn #usnavy #avgeek #aviation #aviationphotography #aggressor #excellentaviation #instaaviation #adversary #fighterjet #fighterpilot #avporn #excellentaviation #wingsofgold #topgun #iamnikon #aviationdaily #neworleans #zcreators #isap_aviationphotography
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ACES 31
Former IDFAF Viper, taxies back to it's parking stand at Luke AFB. Assigned serial number 78-0326, this Block 10 F-16A was originally ordered by Iran. But as we know that history, it wasn't to be. Instead it was sold to Israel and became a staple in the modernization of their Air Force.
The “Requin Mike"
with its two two-seater Rafales, is a demonstration team showing the operational capabilities of the French strategic air forces. They are from the 4th Fighter Wing
1/4 Gascogne
2/4 Lafayette based at BA113 Saint-Dizier Robinson
For the 2024 season the team is represented by Captain Alexandre, Team Leader and his RIO / WSO Lieutenant Pierre, as well as his wingman Lieutenant Antoine and his RIO / WSO Lieutenant Timothé.