Tag: TLG31
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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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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…