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Away on business passing through Dubai during the airshow. Wednesday's flying cancelled due to a huge sandstorm and gusts, Thursday presented the first rain in ?? months and torrential it was! Anyway, took a gamble to go out there in the afternoon and had a good time in the final two hours of the show. Mind you, this is not a show for the fainthearted regarding banners, cones, ropes, umbrella's, selfietakers, etc. So if you are totally put off by these, thanks for reading, for everyone else, here's my unedited take on DAS15.

Oh yes, before I forget. The Frecci guys when training the Al Fursan pilots probably never told them that there is actually an off-switch for the SMOKE during the flight. Therefore I just did not feel up to getting any.

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1. MV-22B 168234/YQ-01 USMC
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2. M2000-9EAD 736 UAE AF - the flyer each day was 735 with 752 as back-up aircraft
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3. F-16E 3080 UAE AF - flyer with back-up 3081 on the flightline, when flying it stayed shy of the crowd
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4. B407 2885 UAE AF
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5. CH-47F 2510 UAE Army/SOC
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6. CH-47F 09-08823 US Army / CO ARNG
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7. F-22A 03-4055/HH 199FS/HI ANG
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8. SA332B 125 UAE Navy
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9. 97-6391/391 Super Mushshak Pak AF
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10. UH-60M 2690 UAE Army/SOC
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11. AH-64D 050 10 Army Aviation Group / UAE Army
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12. AW139 360 NSRC - told you it was a mess photographing at the show... :cry:

to be finished later
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See you added another F-22 unit to your collection , so your complete now. :bday:

was this all the flying on the last day ?

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Thanks for sharing Rob.
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rf104g wrote:See you added another F-22 unit to your collection , so your complete now. :bday:

was this all the flying on the last day ?

Ronald
MIL Flying Program on Wed 11 was cancelled due to sandstorm, for the final day 12 Nov the program was:
- opening Frecce Tricolori
- M20009-EAD UAE AF
- Typhoon
- B-1B
- Super Mushak (Pak AF)
- F-22A
- Rafale (AdlA)
- F-16E UAE AF
- close Al Fursan

Although the Dassault guys do have a good year with Egypt and Qatar sales, to be at an air show behind the F-22 and after a very good Typhoon display as well must be disappointing. Anyway you can't get those F-22's anyway.

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394 Super Mushak & smoke on; distance and weather made this difficult to catch
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735 Mirage 2000-9EAD UAE AF same story, weather, distance, very much below standard picture-wise
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431/1 MB339NAT Al Fursan; there was another MB339 coded '1' in the flying program
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With the Vulcan gone we will have to do with this 'bomb bay shot'

Thanks for looking

Rob

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