Here's our Image of the Week - another Saab Gripen, this time operated by the Royal Thai Air Force at Chiang Mai in Thailand. The photo is on our AirSpace gallery, posted by user ApistJ.
Credit: user ApisJ on Flightglobal.com/AirSpace
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Recently added to Saab's website is this picture of Swiss air force pilots perform test flights with Saab Gripen E/F test aircraft. On 30 November last year the Federal Council selected Gripen E/F as the preferred candidate to replace the Swiss service's ageing fleet of Northrop F-5E/F Tigers. This example is piloted by Lt Col Fabio Antognini, together with Richard Ljungberg Saab chief test pilot.
Credit: Saab
Like something straight out of Apocalypse Now comes this picture from the US Marine Corps. OK, so it's not the 'Nam, but the Philippines, and shows a pair of Boeing CH-46E Sea Knights on exercise on Palawan. The helicopters are with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, Marine Air Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Credit: USMC
Absolutely stunning picture of this Panavia Tornado GR4 on the Mach loop in Wales by AirSpace user Andy Chittock. It may have been slightly Photoshopped but it's still pretty awesome.
Credit: Andy Chittock on Flightglobal/AirSpace
The Lockheed Martin F-35A on April 21, completed the programme's first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Test aircraft AF-4 was fitted with two external inert AIM-9X weapons and four external stores. Internally, the jet was carrying two Joint Direct Attack Munitions and two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles. The two-hour mission tested the flying qualities of the aircraft while maneuvering with external weapons. This test paves the way for weapons separation testing later this year.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Borrowed from the Australian Defence Images site is this terrific picture of a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
Credit: Crown Copyright/NZ Defence Force
From Airbus Military's multimedia collection is this stunning image of the A400M undergoing high altitude testing at La Paz.
Chosen with a passing topicality, as engine supplier Europrop International recently announced the ramp up of the aircraft's TP400 engine production.
Chosen with a passing topicality, as engine supplier Europrop International recently announced the ramp up of the aircraft's TP400 engine production.
Credit: Airbus Military
The task of military planners if to think years, if not generations, ahead, so no wonder that, while lots of uncertainties still remain over aircraft programmes currently under development, such as the F-35, a RFI has been launched to look into the new US Navy fighter to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler in the 2030s.
Here is an artist's impression of how it could look like.
Here is an artist's impression of how it could look like.
From the UK Defence Images flickr stream is this Eurocopter Gazelle, somewhere in a field in Canada with an oh-so-moody sky. Actually, according to the caption it's at the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) in Alberta, Canada.
Credit: Defence Images
Fresh from Lockheed Martin's Flickr page - here's another sunset shot of the F-35, this time on its first night refuelling mission on 22 March from Edwards AFB.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
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