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Vintage Aircraft Club fly in Turweston, 5th September
As a follow up to their recent fly in at Popham, the Vintage Aircraft Club (VAC) organised another event at their home airfield, Turweston in north Buckinghamshire, on Saturday 5th September. Chris Wood popped along for GAR.
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Aviation Feature – Hellenic Air Force 115 Combat Wing
Lying approximately 100 miles south of the Greek mainland in the southern Aegean Sea at the crossroads of the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and is home to 115 PM (Pterix Mahis – Combat Wing) of the Hellenic Air Force, operating the potent Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 52+. Tom Gibbons reports for GAR.
Aviation Feature – RAF Church Fenton SSAFA International Air Display 12/06/83
Paul Filmer reflects on the RAF Church Fenton SSAFA International Air Display 1983, a small-scale military event which enjoyed an interesting raft of foreign and domestic participants.
Military Exercise – Red Flag 15-1
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Aviation News – The Fleet Air Arm in transition
The Fleet Air Arm squadrons based at RNAS Yeovilton are now well into a period of rapid change and in the near future two of the Royal Navy’s core rotary types will be retired. Andy Aitchison guest reports for GAR.
Aviation News – Colorado ANG 140th Wing Deploys to South Korea
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Military Exercise – 11 Flottille’s Rafales work-up on R91, Charles de Gaulle
The Aéronavale’s 11 Flottille (11F) was recently deployed to the Mediterranean on board aircraft carrier R91, Charles de Gaulle, for a work-up exercise aimed at preparing the squadron for forthcoming deployment. One of the squadron’s Dassault Rafale pilots spoke to Steve Comber during a recent embark of France’s potent aircraft carrier, relating his experiences of flying and training on both the Dassault Super Etendard and the Rafale.
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