F-104
Royal Flush 1970, Deelen (NL) May 1970
November 3, 2012 | Hans & Frank
In May 1970 the annual NATO recce exercise “Royal Flush” was organized at the Dutch airbase of Deelen (now closed); participants were : USAFE (26TRW and 10TRW) with RF-4 Phantoms, BAF (42 sq.)with Thunderflashes, CAF (1 CAG) flying CF-104G Starfighters, R.Dan.AF (729 Esk) with Thunderflashes, FAF (ER 33) , Luftwaffe (AKG51) with RF-104G Starfighters, RAF (31 sq.) and R.Neth.AF/K.Lu. (306 sq.) thatwas equipped with RF-104G Starfighters. On May 14 Frank and Hans were allowed to pay a visit.
Tactical Weapons Meet 1969, Nörvenich (Germany)
November 3, 2012 | Frank
The 1969 TWM (NATO Tactical Weapons Meet) was held at Fliegerhorst Nörvenich in Germany. Participants to the Meet came from 311/312 squadron(K.Lu.), 10W (BAF), 11 Escadre (FAF), 53 TFS/36 TFW and 20TFW (USAFE), 1AD (RCAF), JABOG 33 + LeKG43/44(Luftwaffe) and 3 sq. (RAF). Referees were flying German TF-104Gs. Frank was present and took the pictures in this gallery.
Beauvechain Airshow (Belgium), September 4 – 5, 1999
October 26, 2012 | Hans & Frank
In 1999 the Belgian Air Force organized its annual airshow at Beauvechain AB, then home of the 1st Wing. Based at Beauvechain were the Marchettis of the 5th and the Alpha Jets of the 7th and 11th squadrons. This year’s show had as many as three mottos: 50 years NATO-40 years FOUGA – 20 years A-JET. Frank visited this magnificent show and took the pictures in this gallery.
Volkel Open Day (NL), June 30th & July 1st, 1995
October 26, 2012 | Hans & Frank
On June 30th and July 1st 1995 the KLu Open Days were held at Volkel AB; Hans and Frank were there and here are some of their pictures.
Bierset (Belgium) Open Day, June 21st, 1980
October 25, 2012 | Hans
On June 21st and 22nd, 1980 two Open Days were held at Bierset AB in Belgium and it was one of the first times that a Belgian F-16 was shown in public. There were so few people visiting the Open Day on the 21st , making Hans think for a while that the organizers had assembled the aircraft on static especially for him…! Despite the less favourable weather conditions he took some colour-slides.
Deelen Air Base (NL) Open Day, June 17th, 1978
October 24, 2012 | Hans & Frank
On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the R.Netherlands Air Force the annual Open Days in 1978 were held at Deelen AB ; Hans en Frank took a number of pictures there just to give you an impression ; amongst others the presence of the RAF Avro Vulcan and two USAFE F-111’s was significant.
Beauvechain (Belgium) Airshow, June, 1972
October 24, 2012 | Hans & Frank
In 1972 the Belgian Air Force organized its annual airshow at Beauvechain AB on 24 and 25 June. Here’s a nostalgic report by Hans and Frank.
Beauvechain Airshow (Belgium), June 27 – 28, 1970
October 24, 2012 | Hans & Frank
In the seventies the Belgian Air Force organized great annual airshows (they still do, by the way). The 1970 show at Beauvechain AB was remarkable because of the very active presence of 5 Starfighters of the Royal Danish Air Force. Next to that the static provided an extensive overview of the Belgian Air Force of those days.
Volkel Open Day (NL), June 20th, 1970
October 24, 2012 | Hans & Frank
During this KLu-Open Day , held at Volkel AB on June 20th, 1970 , a long flight-line of nearly all resident Lockheed F-104 Starfighters could be watched by the public from nearby. Some TF-104’s were pictured in colour on their dispersals , which were also open to the public during the early morning hours.The only foreign – not really of course- aircraft on the static show was an F-4E Phantom from Soesterberg (USAFE) . Hans and Frank were present to give you a photographic impression…
