Blog Jahr 2016

Green Flag-West is a realistic air-land integration combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies that is primarily conducted in conjunction with U.S. Army Combat Training Center exercises. The Exercise takes...

During my trip through the west of the USA I attended an Airshow in Hillsboro, the “Oregon International Airshow”. It was a nice family friendly show with just one international participant: the “Breitling Jet Team” which I already saw many...

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is one of the largest international airports in the United States and it is the seventh busiest airport in the world. 2015, LAX handled over 70 Million passengers. The Airport has four east-west parallel...

"Red Flag" is an advanced aerial combat training exercise hosted several times a year at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. During my trip through the USA in Summer 2016 I had the opportunity to stay 2 days in Las Vegas. Unfortunately the...

Meiringen Air Base is located in the middle of the Bernese Oberland. The Airfield is situated in a steep-sided valley. It is one of three main airbases of the Swiss Air Force along with Payerne Air Base and Emmen Air Base. It is the home base of...

In June 2016, a special guest landed in Zurich: a Boeing 747-400 of "Air Atlanta Icelandic". The plane is currently chartered by the band "Iron Maiden" for their world tour and it is named "Ed Force One" after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has...

June 17– 18, 2016 Meringen Air Force Base is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The Base is a very unique airport. The runway is embedded in a narrow valley and surrounded by farms, fields and cows. The area around the Base is very scenic and...

“Frisian Flag" is a multinational exercise that takes place in the Netherlands since 1999. “Frisian Flag” is quite similar to the “Red Flag” exercise hosted at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas USA. On Frisian Flag 2016 more than 60...

Sion is located in the Swiss Alps in the beautiful Wallis. The airfield is used primarily as a civil airport, but a few weeks in the year the Swiss Air Force uses Sion as a fighter base. At the annual “Wiederholungs-Kurs” (Trainingcourse) the...