Menace - Fighters in Flight : little friend

Big friends, big menace

Begemot — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:42:11 GMT

Big friends, big menace

Tupolev Tu-22M-3 Backfire-C at Monino on 11 August 2007 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Russian Air Force.

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Begemot — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:39:27 GMT

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear 28 Red and Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum 28 and 29 Red at Monino on 11 August 2007 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Russian Air Force.

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Begemot — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:37:06 GMT

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack 11 Red and Sukhoi Su-27 03 Red and Su-27UB 17 Red at Monino on 11 August 2007 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Russian Air Force.

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Begemot — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:34:03 GMT

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Beriev A-50 Mainstay 50 Red and Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound 71 and 73 Blue at Monino on 11 August 2007 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Russian Air Force.

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Begemot — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:30:11 GMT

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Ilyushin Il-78 Midas 36 Blue and Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer Red 40 and 42 at Monino on 11 August 2007 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Russian Air Force.

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Begemot — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:27:17 GMT

Fighters in flight, a menace?

Antonov An-124 Condor RA-82032 and Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker 65 Red and Su-27UB Flanker 61 Red at Monino on 11 August 2007 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Russian Air Force.

Father and grandsons

Begemot — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:00:33 GMT

Father and grandsons

Two completely different generations of "little friends" fighter aircraft displaying together at Florennes Airbase on the occasion of the Belgian Defence Days 2008.

Little friends

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:41:48 GMT

Little friends

A pair of QRA Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcons of the Belgian Air Component in close formation with an Airbus A.310 over the Belgian Ardennes, not far from Florennes Air Base. Air policing exercise. February 2008.

Close encounter of the friendly kind

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:29:04 GMT

Close encounter of the friendly kind

Three Belgian Air Component Lockheed Martin F-16AM and F-16BM formating with an Airbus A.310 over the Belgian Ardennes. Air policing exercise. February 2008.

On the prowl

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:15:46 GMT

On the prowl

Belgian Air Component Lockheed Martin F-16AM air defence fighter armed with short range AIM-9 Sidewinder and medium range AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles scanning the sky over Belgium for ennemy aircraft during an exercise in Febrary 2008.

Follow me!

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:06:40 GMT

Follow me!

French Air Force Mirage 2000C indicating intercepted Belgian Air Component Embraer ERJ.135 to follow it. Exercise. July 2008.

Intercepted!

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:00:43 GMT

Intercepted!

French Air Force Mirage 2000C intercepting a Belgian Air Component Embraer ERJ.135 over Flanders' Fields. Exercise. July 2008.

Protecting cities and countryside

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:55:51 GMT

Protecting cities and countryside

Belgian Air Component Lockheed Martin F-16AM low over the Belgian Ardennes. The QRA aircraft is armed with good for war Sidewinders and AMRAAMs. Exercise. February 2008.

Hello, little friend!

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:49:04 GMT

Hello, little friend!

Belgian Air Component QRA Lockheed Martin F-16AM FA-100 closing in on Airbus A.310 during an air policing exercise. February 2008.

No Reds in Belgian Blue

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:41:00 GMT

No Reds in Belgian Blue

Belgian Air Component QRA Lockheed Martin F-16AM FA-95 during an air policing exercise somewhere over Belgium. February 2008.

Feeling safer with little friends at your side

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:35:58 GMT

Feeling safer with little friends at your side

Belgian Air Component "60 years 15 Wing" Lockheed C-130H Hercules CH-07 escorted by a pair of little friends from the 10th Tactical Wing. July 2008.

Bye bye, little friend!

Begemot — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:26:38 GMT

Bye bye, little friend!

Belgian Air Component QRA Lockheed Martin F-16AM breaking away after assisting an Airbus A.310 in distress.

February 2008. Exercise.