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Nice update today: We're back with a great mix of aircraft this week! The Belgian Air Component have confirmed that they will be returning to RIAT 2020 with their popular F-16 solo demonstration, flown by 'Vador' in his final year as the display pilot, along with a static ERJ-135. From Northern Euro...

keeps an eye on Leeuwarden's Twitter.

In an answer from them this morning:

We're monitoring the current situation, of course. For the time being, Frisian Flag continues. Should this change due to current events, we will communicate this.

Gezien de doffe canopy, en de sticker erop (die ook hier te zien is), zou die op pootjes de ex-KMA J-213 kunnen zijn.

We're delighted to welcome back Austria to the Air Tattoo this year with a C-130K Hercules for our static display. Operated by the 4th Air Transport Squadron as part of Flight Regiment (Fliegerwerft) 3 based at Vogler Air Base, the Austrians operate three Hercules which were acquired from the RAF i...

Verder dan "Airforce staff" voor de fotograaf kom ik ook niet, maar de rest van de kalender is hier te zien.

Latest Update - 13 February 2020 This week we are pleased to confirm the Swiss Air Force for RIAT 2020, with flying displays from the F/A-18C Hornet and Patrouille Suisse. German Navy Headquarters have informed us of their intent to send a number of aircraft for static display at RIAT 2020, includi...

De NOS schrijft op 13-2-2020 : Het plan van Defensie om meer te vliegen vanaf vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen gaat in de ijskast. Dat heeft staatssecretaris Visser beloofd aan omwonenden van de Brabantse luchtmachtbasis. Ook deed ze andere toezeggingen aan de bewoners, die al jaren klagen over geluidsoverlas...

Guessing with Guinness is always a good idea

My guess with the APROC 2018 list in mind:
Mi-24 Poland
Mi 8 Poland
AB- 212 Italy
OH-58 Austria
Tigre Germany
NH-90 France
CH-53 Germany
UH-60 Sweden

Weekly update in the newsletter: This week we are pleased to confirm the Royal Danish Air Force 's attendance, who are always great supporters of the event. This will see the return of the CL-604 Challenger on static display and, returning to the flying display schedule at Fairford for the first tim...

Ouch, that has seen better times...

From the newsletter: We're very excited to share with you that, subject to operational tasking, we are hopeful the UK F-35B Lightning and new RAF P-8A Poseidon will appear at this summer's Air Tattoo, representing the airshow's two themes for 2020; Fast Jet Combat Air Power and Intelligence, Surveil...

Via de Reddit link naar Dr. Jerry Pournelle : A long time ago at a Human Factors lab on an Air Force base in Texas, a group of human factors space scientists and Air Force pilots were sitting in the O Club and got to talking about cats and zero gravity. How would a cat orient in micro gravity? Visua...

From the December Vliegende Hollander : $1 miljard voor updates E-3 AWACS-vloot De E-3 Sentry radarobservatievliegtuigen van de NAVO worden de komende jaren voor 1 miljard gemoderniseerd. Secretaris-generaal Jens Stoltenberg en de president van Boeing International, Sir Michael Arthur, ondertekenden...

From the NATO newsroom QUESTION [DPA]: Ansgar Haas, DPA. Secretary General, can you confirm that NATO will sign next week a one billion dollar contract to extend the lifetime of the AWACS fleet until 2035? JENS STOLTENBERG: Yes, I can confirm that we will sign a contract upgrading, modernising the A...

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