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Recently popped to the Mach Loop to photograph military aircraft that fly through. Took this while it was quiet.
Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 from 12 Squadron at RAF Marham seen here at low level in Wales using call sign 'Wolf'
ZD848.
Took this one last month while at the Mach Loop waiting for the military aircraft to fly through. It was a little hazy and shooting into the sun, quite impressed with the dynamic range of the X-T1 in harsh conditions.
ZD403/32 - RAF Harrier GR9 from 1(F)Sqn at Wittering flying low level in the "Mach Loop"-Callsign..."JEDI".
In 1987 the Operational Conversion Unit was activated at Beauvechain AB.
The mission of the squadron is to train young graduates coming from basic flight training and to train F-16 pilots in air defense tactics. Other training was still carried out in the squadrons (for example air-to-ground tactics etc). After the temporary installation of the Conversion Improvement Program (CIP) in 1993, the complete training of all F-16 pilots was carried out by the OCU.
In 1996 the squadron was relocated to the 10th Wing at Kleine Brogel AB. At that time a standardized conversion syllabus was installed which consists of academic courses, around 40 Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) hours and around 100 'advanced' flights. Besides that the squadron also provides re-conversion training of F-16 pilots and Staff personnel as well as the theater conversion of F-16 pilots who return from courses in the US.