PoAF's AlouetteIII in army exercise

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PoAF's AlouetteIII in army exercise

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Some photos taken one month ago during a Portuguese army exercise.

Alouette III performing Casevac:
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These war-veteran choppers are 40 years old now but will certainly be flying for some more. Although a replacement programme has been around for some time, a decision on the future type is not expected in the next couple of years.
By the way, despite PoAF owned and operated, the helis in these shots were flown by pilots belonging to UALE, an army unit awaiting the delivery of the NH90 (along some numbers of the same light helicopter the AF will buy).

Also, during the exercise some CAS demonstrations were carried out by Alpha Jets and F-16A/AM.
Here, an F-16AM dropping 6 BDU-33 training bombs.
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Hope you like it!


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I just loooove the 2nd and 7th shot!
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Flanker27 wrote:I just loooove the 2nd and 7th shot!
Hi Flanker27,

i see you're a fan of the "green" themes too, besides the "blue" ones (aircraft)!

Here's a video of the exercise:
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Anyone who takes a more carefull look can notice the devastating effects of the BDU-33 impact on the ground during the F-16AM pass! :lol:


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