AIRVG2024 Zagreb International Airport "dr. Franjo Tuđman'' Croatia NEW REPORT

On 11th May 2024, the Croatian Air Force ( Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo ) and  the City of Velika Gorica was organizing the event AIRVG2024. The main reason for organizing this event was to promote military aviation in Croatia but another reason was to let see the modernization of the Croatian Air Force is undergoing.

On the 25th April the first six of the 12 ordered Dassault ...Read More

Farewell Little Blue Lark ! 

On July 8th, 2021, the Belgian Air Force said farewell to the Alouette III during a small event at Koksijde airbase.  After this the final two helicopters made their final flight to their new homes...Read More

Spottingtrip Japan: Hyakuri 

The last airbase we visited was Hyakuri. We spent 3 days of spotting at this field. Hyakuri Air Base is located in the Ibaraki prefecture and the airfield is a shared civilian/military airfield. Based on the military part of the field are the last operational fighter squadrons flying the mighty McDonnell Douglas/Mitsubishi (R)F-4E(J) Phantom II and Kawasaki T-4, these belong to the 7th Air Wing. An Air Rescue Wing operating the UH-60J and U-125A is also based here...Read More

Spottingtrip Japan: Gifu 

Next airfield that was on our planning was Gifu. It was planned that we did 2 days of spotting at Gifu. But on our first day there, it was extremely bad weather and flying activity was next to nothing, so we left very early.

The second day the weather couldn’t have been better. Clear blue sky and quite a lot of movements. As runway 28 was in use, we parked our car at the Soranomori Park. This park is situated next to...read more

Spottingtrip Japan: Komatsu 

The fourth airbase we visited was Komatsu. The airfield at Komatsu is a shared airfield between the JASDF and civil aviation.

Focusing on the military part, Komatsu houses 4 squadrons that uses aircraft.

303 and 306 Tactical Fighter Squadron are based there and are flying the F-15 J/DJ and the Kawasaki T-4’s.

Also using the F-15 J/DJ and T-4’s is the Tactical Fighter...read more

The Dream Viper: the display bird with a story.

On the 9th of June the Belgian Air Force F-16 solo display team held a ceremony for the roll-out of the teams’ special painted F-16.

Vrieske, the team’s display pilot, gave a speech to the invited people and press before the new display jet was revealed.

In this speech, Vrieske introduced his team and the members of the team that were present at the roll-out ceremony, nicely took place alongside him. Vrieske also thanked a lot of people...read more