Citat:Nearly 100 planes from nine countries will fly over northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway during the 12-day Arctic Challenge Exercise. The Finnish Air Force announced details of its involvement in the manoeuvres on Wednesday.
Citat:Most of the flight operations will take place over northern Sweden. The Finnish Hornets will fly out of bases in Rovaniemi and Bodø on Norway’s north-west coast.
The exercise will involve dropping weapons on to targets in Sweden and Norway. However the Finnish planes will not carry out these delivery missions.
According to the Norwegian Air Force, the exercise will also include weapon delivery against airborne targets, combating simulated anti-air artillery, low-level flying and mid-air refuelling.
Sweden will take part with 16 Jas Gripen fighters and Norway with about 10 F-16 jets. The US will also send F-16’s, which will fly alongside German Eurofighter Typhoons, French Mirage 2000s and Swiss Hornets.
NATO will also supply AWACS jets, transportation jets and tankers, and DA-20 Jet Falcons. The exercise is to conclude on June 5.
Citat:From Apr. 20 to 30, at least 150 combat planes from all Combat Wings/Squadrons of the HAF performed various missions, day and night, such as Counter Air Operations against Integrated Air Defence Systems, Anti Surface Force Air Operations, Fighter Sweep, HVAAE (High Value Asset Air Escort), Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), Time Sensitive Targets, Dynamic Targeting – Time Sensitive Targets.
Israel deployed 10 F-16I Sufa jets from four Squadrons (201 «The One», 253 «The Negev», 107 «The Knights of the Orange Tail» and 119 «The Bat) at the 117 Combat Wing/Andravida Air Base and U.S. Air Force in Europe dispatched a number of SF personnel as JTACs (Joint Terminal Attack Controllers).
Thanks to the exercise in Greece (not the first attended by the Israeli since the deterioration of their relations with Turkey), the Israeli Air Force has gathered important data about the Russian SAM system and had the opportunity to test and improve evasion tactics during simulated attacks against ground targets protected by S-300 batteries.
Kenguri dolaze u Indoneziju na dogfight F-16 vs F-18
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Five F-16 and eight F-18 Hornet fighter jets, owned by the TNI-AU and RAAF respectively, are involved in the training as well as 114 personnel from El Tari Kupang airbase and 125 from RAAF.
Andi said the training focuses included one-on-one close-range combat.
"[The training] also covers Air Combat Maneuvering where two jets from the TNI-AU fight against one jet from RAAF and vice versa," said Andi, adding that the joint training between the two air forces is always held in different locations around Indonesia.
U.S., British, French forces partner for inaugural Trilateral Exercise at JBLE
Citat:U.S. Service members will partner with members of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force (RAF) and the French Air Force (FrAF) for the inaugural Trilateral anti-access/area denial exercise scheduled for Dec. 2-18, 2015, at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
Citat:The exercise will not only feature the U.S.'s Raptor, but also the RAF's Typhoon and the FrAF's Rafale as primary aircraft. The Trilateral Exercise will be the first time these coalition aircraft have flown together. Adversary aircraft will be replicated by the U.S.'s F-15E Strike Eagles and T-38 Talons. The U.S.'s Airborne Warning and Control System, as well as U.S. and FrAF tankers will also provide support during the exercise.
Citat: A French Air Force (FrAF) Dassault Rafale arrives for the inaugural Trilateral Exercise at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Dec. 1, 2015. The FrAF, the British Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon and the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor will be the primary aircraft participating in the exercise, with the adversary aircraft being replicated by the T-38 Talon and F-15E Strike Eagles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kayla Newman)
http://www.jble.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123464569
Citat:Arrival of the 6 French Rafale jets to Langley AFB for the Trilateral Exercise with RAF & USAF
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Airborne assets brought to bear by the RSAF include six Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, 10 Boeing F-15SG, and 10 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D multirole combat aircraft, which will deliver nearly 100 air-launched munitions - the majority of these precision guided weapons - in day and night operations within Arizona's Barry M Goldwater Range by the end of the exercise.
These comprise two AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire radar guided air-to-ground missiles, 12 GBU-10 and 30 GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided bombs, 14 GBU-38 JDAMs, and 24 GBU-54 Laser JDAMs (LJDAMs). Sixteen unguided Mk 84 general purpose bombs were also employed.
Three Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavy lift helicopters with embarked medical teams have also been deployed for combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions.
