PHOTO FEATURE | 43 IMAGES Tactical Weapon Meet 2017 was a massive air combat exercise held between 5 to 16 June 2017 at the Florennes Air Base in Belgium. Participants of the event include many F-16A/B MLUs from the Belgium Air Force, 3 Eurofigher Typhoons each from both Italian and Spanish Air Forces, 3 MIG-29 […]
PHOTO FEATURE | 54 IMAGES NATO Tiger Meets are annual two week air exercise organized by the NATO Tiger Association and hosted in different air bases in Europe. This gathering offers an excellent opportunity for the members of the association to meet up and participate in various training exercises and social activities. On top of […]
The 2017 Paris Air Show marks the The F-35 Lightning II’s debut aerial demonstration. Critics have been saying that the F-35 is not maneuverable and not competitive in the Within Visual Range (WVR) arena. Lockheed Martin and USAF developed the show routine to silence these with a ‘BEAST’ of a performance. The demonstration was flown […]
PHOTO FEATURE | 40 IMAGES The Paris Air Show 2017 was held on 19 – 25 Jun 2017 at Le Bourget, France. As the biggest show in the world, it boasted 2381 exhibitors from 48 countries and hosted 322000 visitors in total despite the heat wave in Paris during the show period. 140 aircraft including […]
Travelling to Europe during summer for holidays? Why not include a weekend visiting one of the airshows happening across the region? That was what we did this year. We spent 2 weeks in the Netherlands and a great weekend joining thousands at Leeuwarden Airbase in Northern Netherlands for Luchtmachtdagen 2016. The Royal Netherlands Air Force […]
Armée de l’Air Dassault Rafale The Dassault Rafale is an Omnirole forth generation combat aircraft fully developed by the French Airforce and Navy. Designed on a delta wing concept, it has canards for better maneuverability and fly-by-wire flight controls. It is powered by two SNECMA M88-2 engines, each providing 17,000 lb of thrust at full […]
