Keen observers at Exercise Pitch Black 2022 were pleased to be treated to true celebrity in USAF F-15C Eagle 85-0119, one of six examples arriving in flights of three at a time. It features a star on its starboard side, curiously, one Mig-29 “kill”. 85-0119 is a McDonnell-Douglas F-15C-40-MC Eagle (St Louis-built) – US AirContinue reading “MIG – Killer F-15 Eagle”
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FAREWELL TO A ‘CLASSIC’ ERA FOR AIR COMBAT CAPABILITY
After more than 30 years of dedicated service to the Royal Australian Air Force, Australia’s fleet of McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18A/B Classic Hornets has been farewelled, to make way for the fifth-generation Lockheed- Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter. The aircraft were from No. 75 Squadron, based at RAAF Base Tindal, near Katherine in theContinue reading “FAREWELL TO A ‘CLASSIC’ ERA FOR AIR COMBAT CAPABILITY”
Phantom Phriday
Aviation Report shares some of our favourite moments from the now-retired F-4 Phantom II series in Japan Air Self-Defense Force service. In December 2018, JASDF’s two operational F-4EJKai-equipped Hikotai (Tactical Fighter Squadrons) of the 7th Kokudan (Air Wing) were based at Hyakuri Air Base (RJAH) in Ibaraki Prefecture located in the Kanto Region of HonshuContinue reading “Phantom Phriday”
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