Bastille Day flypast
Sunday 14 July 2013, Champs Elysee, Paris This was my first time at this annual festival and, with bright weather, it did not disappoint.The crowds are enormous and the flypast starts around 10 am with the Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France...
Public Affairs Visit To JG73
26 June 2013 This was an opportunity to see the based Typhoons of JG73 in action with full access o the two ‘barn’ areas that have replaced hardened shelters in the post cold-war era. the shelters at Laage still stand as a...
Frisian Flag Exercise 2013
15-26 April 2013, Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands In a similar style to last year, European military airmen gathered in northern Holland to train for realistic combat operations flying two sorties a day spread over two weeks. This year participants were slightly reduced...
Tactical Leadership Programme 2012
This was the first flying day of this exercise; the base itself is home to the Spanish Air Force, flying Mirage F1EE and Typhoon aircraft. Spain was not participating in this exercise and it was mid afternoon before briefings were complete and...
Farnborough Airshow 2010
This year’s Farnborough show was dominated by Boeing with their 787 Dreamliner. this was the first appearance outside the USA. It was disappointing to all that it only stayed from Sunday to Tuesday with only one proper flying demonstration to invited guests....