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2024 RIAT Airshow

In the United Kingdom the Cotswolds in middle England has a reputation of peaceful, serene beauty and visitors flock to see its ancient burial mounds and historic villages and towns. But for a week a July each year the area reverberates to the sound of fast jets, massive transport planes and the buzz saw of propellor driven aircraft as the public and aircraft enthusiasts from around the globe congregate to RAF Fairford. The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) is back in town.

2024 Exercise Iniochos

Airshows & Exercises, EuropeBy cwbalmer May 15, 2024

NARRATIVE & IMAGES BY MARK ROURKE Exercise Iniochos 2024 – Photo album & Log From April 8th – 18th 2024 Exercise Iniochos took place in Greece. The exercise has been heavily covered in other articles across the web so Pixelsnipers has elected to just show some photos from a visit to the main operating base…

2022 Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), Fairford, UK

Airshows & Exercises, EuropeBy cwbalmer July 24, 2022

After a gap of a few years the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford returned with a bang.

2022 NAS Fallon

Airshows & Exercises, Europe, Exclusive Visits, Special FeaturesBy cwbalmer June 2, 2022

With TOP GUN: MAVERICK hitting the movie theaters, and with Pixelsniper’s recent visit to NAS Fallon – the home of TOPGUN – notice the different layout of the words – yeah it is important – we thought it is a good time to write an article on “a day at Fallon”.

2021 Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

Airshows & Exercises, Europe, Exclusive Visits, Special FeaturesBy cwbalmer January 14, 2022

Think of the 168th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS) of the 168th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) as the last gas station of the last frontier. With a fleet of nine KC-135R Stratotankers, the 168th ARS serves not only the guard units but also the active-duty Air Force units as well as any allied nation’s units as they transit to and from the Indo-Pacific and Arctic regions.

2021 Ocean Sky, Spain

Airshows & Exercises, Europe, Exclusive Visits, Special FeaturesBy cwbalmer November 1, 2021

Once again Gando air base on Gran Canaria reverberated to the sounds of fast jets as the annual DACT (Dissimilar Air Combat Training) exercise Ocean Sky opened on October 19th 2021. Pixelsnipers were there to witness the action.

2020 Ocean Sky, Spain

Airshows & Exercises, Europe, Exclusive Visits, Special FeaturesBy cwbalmer October 28, 2020

With COVID restrictions affecting the Global aviation industry negatively at unprecedented levels the airport of Las Palmas on Gran Canaria is a mere shadow of the usual hive of activity it normally experiences from the holidaymakers seeking sun and sangria on the Canary Islands.

2019 Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), Fairford, UK

Airshows & Exercises, EuropeBy cwbalmer August 10, 2019

The quiet countryside of Gloucestershire was reverberating with the sound of jet noise in July, as the annual Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) got underway in spectacular style at RAF Fairford for the biggest military airshow in the world.

2019 Exercise Anatolian Eagle, Turkey

Airshows & Exercises, Europe, Special FeaturesBy cwbalmer April 25, 2019

Deep into central Turkey, with the seasonal hot summer weather in full effect, Konya sits in the southern part of the Central Anatolia Region. A major city, being the seventh most populous in the country, this vibrant economic and industrial bastion in the massive Konya Plain, which gives the city its name, has another noise to add to the soundscape – jet noise.

2018 Royal International Air Tattoo(RIAT), Fairford, UK

Airshows & Exercises, EuropeBy cwbalmer August 10, 2018

The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) celebrating 100 years of the formation of the Royal Air Force (RAF) was held at RAF Fairford over 3-days from the 13th-15th July 2018, with a scheduled full flying display on each day, which for the first time included the Friday as a public day.

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