Over the weekend of 16th and 17th November 2024 the Turkish Air Force organised an event to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the McDonnell F-4E Phantom II in Turkish service. Chris Wood was there and reports for GAR.
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The latest RAF Northolt Nightshoot, number 31, took place on Thursday 3rd October 2024. GAR’s Chris Wood broke out his tripod and popped along.
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The 2023 multi national iteration of Exercise Anatolian Eagle (AE2023/2) took place at Konya Air Base in central Turkey in early May, with exercise missions being flown between Tuesday 2nd and Thursday 11th May. Chris Wood reports from central Turkey for GAR.
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For three weeks in March, the skies over Lincolnshire, northern England and the North Sea reverberated to the sound of numerous jet fighters. Whilst this isn’t that unusual as half of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoons are based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, between the 6th and 24th March there were additional aircraft adding to the noise. These aircraft were taking part in exercise Cobra Warrior 23-1…..
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On Wednesday 5th April the skies around Lydd (London Ashford) Airport in Kent reverberated to the sound of some unusual visitors when a flight of six US Army Boeing CH-47F Chinooks passed through. Chris Wood was in the area and popped along for GAR.
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