Blog Jahr 2017

Finally - after several years of bad weather or cancellations, the legendary aerial shooting event took place on Axalp again in October. The special occasion was the 75th anniversary of the aviation shooting range. While in the first few days Morane...

From September 15th to 17th, 2017, Sion airfield was once again the venue for the Breitling Airshow. When the Valaisians organize an air show, a spectacle is guaranteed. After the legendary shows in 1982, 1986, 1989, 1997 and 2011, the organizers...

The «Mach Loop» is a must seen for every military aviation photographer. Jets flying through a narrow valley in northern wales is very spectacular. This summer I managed to stay 3 days in the “Mach Loop”. The weather there was very British –...

The Royal International Air Tattoo in Fairford claims to be the largest Airshow in the world and I guess it is: in the 2017 edition 246 military and civil aircrafts took part from 26 countries around the world. Together with 160’000 other visitors...

From June 5th to 16th the exercise Tactical Weapon Meet (TWM) was held at Florennes Air Base in Belgium. The exercise was organized by the 1st Squadron “Stingers” based at Florennes. Aircrafts where involved from Hellenic Air Force (F-4E...

Sion was one of four Swiss Air Force Bases with regular military jet traffic. Because of the redimension of the Swiss Air Force decided the withdrawal from Sion and the last Training Course with lots of flying activity, called Wiederholungskurs...