Military Jets Photography: August 2015

2012 06 25 Spottersday Florennes Airshow

On Monday June 25 I went again to Florennes to attend the departes of the participants. The weather was bad in the beginning of the spottersday but luckily it improved in time for the stars of the show.

F-16BM Norwegian Air Force 692

F-16AM Norwegian Air Force 664

F-16D Hellenic Air Force 616

Alpha Jet E French Air Force 705-RR/E146

Bo105P1 German Army 86+66

E-3A NATO LX-N 90453

F/A-18C Swiss Air Force J-5014, J-5008

MiG-29AS Slovakian Air Force 3911, 6728

C-130H Belgian Air Force CH-12

OV-10B Privatly owned G-BZGK

Jas-39C Czech Air Force 9235

Su-22M-4 Polish Air Force 9616, 8919

F-16AM Belgian Air Force FA-87

An-32 Croatian Air Force 727

F-16AM Danish Air Force E-194

Tornado IDS German Air Force 43+25

2012 06 22 Spottersday Florennes Airshow

On Saturday the 23rd and Sunday the 24th of June 2012, the 2nd Tactical Wing organized the International Air Show at Florennes airbase. The theme for 2012 was “70 years of military aviation at Florennes”.
I went on Friday to Florennes to attend the spottersday. We were positioned very close to the runway which gave us some very nice photo opportunities for takeoff and landing shots. The display line was right above us.
The organisation managed to bring some very nice demo’s to Florennes Airbase. There were as many as four different solo displays of F-16s from The Netherlands, Turkey, Greece and of course from Belgium.
Highlights were the two Su-22 Fitters from the Polish Air Force, the Slovak MiG-29, but the F/A-18 Hornet from the Swiss Airforce was also very impressive. All together there were seven display teams to enjoy.

F-16D Hellenic Air Force 616

A109BA Belgian Army H24

Hunter T.8C Dutch Hawker Hunter Association G-BWGL

MiG-29AS Slovakian Air Force 6728

F-16AM Norwegian Air Force 664

PC-7 Austrian Air Force 3H-FG

TP-51D Privatly owned PH-VDF

MiG-29AS Slovakian Air Force 3911

Su-22M-4 Polish Air Force 8919

Su-22M-4 Polish Air Force 3819

Su-22M-4 Polish Air Force 3819, 8919

F-16AM Netherlands Air Force J-055

Alpha Jet E French Air Force Patrouille de France

F/A-18C Swiss Air Force J-5008
PC-7 Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team

F/A-18C Swiss Air Force J-5008

PC-7 Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team

TB-30 French Air Force Cartouche Doré

AT-16N Privatly owned OO-DAF

F-16AM Belgian Air Force FA-84

Spitfire XIX Privatly owned F-AZJS
F-16AM Belgian Air Force FA-84

F-16AM Belgian Air Force FA-84

Spitfire XIX Privatly owned F-AZJS

F-16C Turkish Air Force

2011 09 24 NAS Oceana Airshow

This year NAS Oceana air show was held on September 23 through 25. It helped celebrate The Centennial of Naval Aviation (CoNA). With an impressive flying display line up along with several aircraft on static display, some with special CoNA markings, this was destined to be a great airshow! Except that Mother Nature did not want to cooperate. With heavy rains predicted for all of the 3-day airshow, the weekend was almost a complete loss. The best day for flying displays was Friday during practice hours and the twilight show.
Saturday was a complete wash out. Sunday brought less rain in the morning, but low ceilings kept the aircraft grounded until around 12 PM. Due to rain the Blue Angels briefly flew on Friday afternoon,
but they could not get off the ground on Saturday and Sunday. Fat Albert flew Friday at the Twilight Show, but not Saturday or Sunday.
Sunday was a better day. The 1911 Curtiss Pusher replica took to the air. A Skyraider and an Avenger also flew representing World War II navy aircraft. The public enjoyed high performances from F-18s, an F-16 and an AV-8B. Bob Carlton flew his jet powered glider. The highlight of the day was a flying display of an A-4B Skyhawk. Again the Blue Angels could not fly since the heavy rain came down on the base late afternoon.