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Aviation Press Limited, established in 2011, is a company specialising in military aviation photography and reporting. Its photographers and journalists, with over a 100 years of military aviation experience between them, have had hundreds of photographs and articles published. This website showcases some of that work.

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NATO Tiger Meet 2025 Beja Air Base, Portugal

NATO Tiger Meet 2025 Beja Air Base, Portugal

Author: Ian French Photography: Paul Witty & Ian FrenchSince 1961 annual training events have been organised by the NATO Tiger Association. The training applies NATO standards bringing together Allied and Partner aircraft for two weeks of flying in highly...

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Hamamatsu Air Base, Japan

Hamamatsu Air Base, Japan

Author & Photographer: Ian FrenchHamamatsu Air Base is located in the Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan.Hamamatsu Air Base was established in 1925 as an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force base and in 1933 it became the primary flight school.  Post World War II...

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Komatsu Air Base, Japan

Komatsu Air Base, Japan

Author: Ian French Photography: Ian FrenchKomatsu Air Base is located in the Ishikawa Prefecture on the west side of the main island. The Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) shares the facilities with the international airport.The Air Base was established in 1944...

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Anatolian Eagle 2025

Anatolian Eagle 2025

Author: Ian French Photographers: Paul Witty & Jon AstleyAnatolian Eagle is an international training exercise based at Konya Air Base in the centre of Turkey.  The first exercise was held in 2001 although its roots could be linked back to the 1980s when Turkey began...

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Greece – Andravida Air Base

Greece – Andravida Air Base

Author: Ian French Photographers: Jon Astley, Mark Forest, Ian French, Paul Witty & Hellenic Air Force117 Pteriga Machis (Combat Wing), moto "Defend yourselves against the enemies" was established in 1960 at Andravida as 117 Combat Group with 339 Mira transferring...

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Iniochos 2025

Iniochos 2025

Author: Ian French Photography: Ian French, Paul Witty & Jon AstleyExercise Iniochos is an annual operational and tactical level training exercise hosted by the Greek Air Tactics Centre at Greece’s Fighter Weapons School at Andravida Air Base.  Originally Iniochos was...

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Sri Lankan Air Force

Sri Lankan Air Force

Author: Ian French Photography: Ian French/Aviation Press and Patrick Dirksen/Tristar AviationThe Royal Ceylon Air Force (RCyAF) was established in 1951 while still a British colony. The first base was RAF Negombo which housed two squadrons, one focused on training...

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Yelahanka Air Force Station, India

Yelahanka Air Force Station, India

Author and photographer: Ian FrenchYelahanka AFS was established during World War II as an RAF airfield and is located at Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore). India gained independence in 1947 and took control of the station for pilot training.Yelahanka gained widespread...

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