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On Jan 8, two Portuguese Air Force F-16 fighters launched from Monte Real Air Base to check on a civilian Boeing 737 that lost radio contact with Air Traffic Control in Portuguese airspace over the Atlantic. Once contacts were back, the flight continued safely to the plane's destination in the Canar...

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Last Sunday, April 29th, the QRA alert F-16s took off to intercept an A-400 Atlas of the Royal Air Force passing by our coast on a training mission to Morocco.

Squadron XXIV Photos

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Jorge Ruivo

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During last Monte Real open base, we saw the last three F-16s for Romania Air Force. Of a total of 12, about 9 have already been delivered missing these 3

Last 3 F-16s for Romania

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Jorge Ruivo

The Portuguese Air Force in the next two weeks will be involve in his 9th military exercise Real Thaw 2017, starting today 5th till 17th March. Beja Air Base will be the command headquarters and the Seia airfield will operate as Tactic Air Base to support the operations that will happen on that area...

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For the first time in Romanian airspace an air refueling mission was carried out with the F-16s belonging to the 53 Warhawks Squadron of 86 Borcea Air Base.

Amazing photos by Romanian Air Force: Romanian F-16s air refueling

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Jorge Ruivo

Still the sun had not appeared on the horizon and at Monte Real they were already turbine F-16 to start another journey to their new home. On their way to Romania, 1611, 1605 and 1606 departed from Monte Real to join the six that operate at Borcea 86 Air Base. Second batch of F-16 to Romania And If ...

Portugal welcomed some rare birds last week, as four Indian Sukhoi Su-30 Flankers and four Sepecat Jaguars landed at Beja airbase. The fighter jets were accompanied by two Ilyushin Il-78 tanker aircraft and two C-17 Globemasters whole on their long, long way to Alaska for exercise Red Flag. Sukhoi 3...

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The F-16 began flying with the new paint scheme for the Romania Air Force.

Romanian F-16 paint scheme

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Jorge Ruivo

The Portuguese Air Force in the next two weeks will be involve in his 8th military exercise Real Thaw 2016, starting today 21st till 4th March. Bejal Air Base will be the command headquarters and the Seia airfield will operate as Tactic Air Base to support the operations that will happen on that are...

Hello And today it happened, the F-35 Lightning II first landed in Portugal at Lajes Field in the Azores. Belonging to the Italian Air Force, the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II with the MM7332 registration, landed today in LPLA Lajes / Azores. First F-35 lands in Portugal Best Regards Jorge Ruivo

These past 30 days have been very bad for fans of military aviation. Worldwide, due to government budget cuts, military aircraft have been removed from operational flight. We are all poorer, with fewer planes to shoot photographs. Alouette III - Holland ...... 15th December Mig-21 Bulgaria ...... 18...

Hello from Portugal. The Portuguese Air Force will hold between 15 and 26 June, the multinational exercise EATT15 under the Tactical Air Transport Aircraft exercise program of the European Defence Agency. Participating forces in this exercise, in addition to the Portuguese Armed Forces, will be the ...

Hello Name: Christine Mau, she is Lieutenant Colonel and belongs to the 33rd Fighter Wing Operations Group of the United States Air Force and made history by becoming the first woman pilot in the F-35 Lightning II program to carry out a training flight last 5th May at Eglin Air Force Base. First wom...

Yes Erwin your are right. Every time the exercise is to late annouced.

I think the spannish aircrafts will operate directly from them home bases, but I hope they will be at Beja for Spotterday.

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Jorge Ruivo

The Portuguese Air Force in the next two weeks will involve in his military exercise, the Real Thaw 2015, starting yesterday 23st till 6th March. Bejal Air Base will be the command headquarters and the Seia airfield will operate as Tactic Air Base to support the operations that will happen on that a...