Tag: Luftwaffe
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Exercise Blue Wings 2020 – There’s a first time for everything
In August 2020 a truly unique exercise took place in Germany: Exercise Blue Wings 2020. This exercise marked the first time that aircraft from the German Luftwaffe and Israeli Air Force (IAF) operated jointly in German skies. After the Luftwaffe had already taken part twice in Exercise Blue Flag, which took place at IAFs Ovda…
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75 years Market Garden commemoration
The month of September is traditionally the period when Operation Market Garden is commemorated in the Netherlands. This year was the 75th anniversary of this failed operation. On Friday the 20th of September the Ginkelse Heide area was the scene of the rehearsals for the 75 Years Market Garden commemmorations.Since I had the idea that…
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Getting on my Nörves
During the month of July the Büchel based Tornados from Taktisches Luftwaffen Geschwader 33 were temporarily deployed to Nörvenich Airbase (close to Cologne). The reason for this deployment was the fact that Büchel’s runway was being renewed. Having both Eurofighters (Eufis) and Tornados (Tonis) operating from the same, very approacheable, base was a good reason…
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A Blast from the Past
Recently I had the opportunity to scan some of the slides that I took at Twenthe Airbase in the nineties and the beginning of the new Milennium. Looking at those pictures brings back nice memories, so why not share those pictures as well. 1996 Open House The Open House usually brought many nice visitors to…