2016 Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), Fairford, UK
The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) was held at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire between Friday 8th July and Sunday 10th July 2016.
2016 Anatolian Eagle Exercise, Turkey
The Turkish Air Force again in 2016 hosted Anatolian Eagle (AE). This exercise continues to attract foreign air arms, who clearly value this opportunity to assess their capabilities and readiness for an air war.
2016 Paya Lebar Open House, Singapore
Over the weekend of May 21st and 22nd the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) opened its arms to welcome the public to the Bi-annual Open House, held this year at Paya Lebar air base.
2018 Frisian Flag, The Netherlands
Exercise Frisian Flag 2018 took place at the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) – Royal Netherlands Air Force base at Leeuwarden between the 9th and 20th April 2018. Situated in the northern province of Friesland the base provides easy access to the northern ranges at Vliehors as well as the training areas over the North Sea, vital for air combat manoeuvres and in flight refueling.
2016 Frisian Flag, The Netherlands
Frisian Flag is an annual exercise held at Leeuuwarden airbase in the Netherlands that brings together the combat elements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and partner air forces that join together in multi nationality, and multi type combat manoeuvres in the skies above Europe.
2016 Cope North Exercise(Guam), Asia
Guam, a name that symbolises World War Two and the Pacific conflict in modern history, which reverberated to the sounds of heavy bombers again the 1960’s and 70’s, with the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress launches towards Vietnam, is now a modern vibrant holiday destination where east and west collide, not surprising when you consider the islands location in the middle of the Pacific.
2015 Radom Airshow, Poland
On the 22nd and 23rd August 2015 Radom Air Base in Poland hosted the biennial air show to showcase the country’s military aviation and aerospace industry.
EUROPE – HMS Invincible
This article is a personal perspective of time spent working aboard HMS Invincible back in 1999 by Mark Rourke, and thus is quite different from the many other articles on Pixelsnipers.com.
2015 RAF Lakenheath, UK
Pixelsnipers spent a few days in late 2015 with various elements of the USAF’s 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, UK.
GERMANY – Lufthansa Technik
Founded in 1926, the Lufthansa group continues to develop into the last quarter of 2015, with some 540 subsidiaries forming the world’s largest aviation group. The group’s offerings include several airlines, maintenance repairs, , flight training, catering, and many more industry leading services.