Jun 30, 2023 | Aviation Article
Author: Ian French Photographers: Ian French & Brian Rodgers The airfield at Gioia del Colle was established in 1916 as a training airfield. From 1920-1930 it was a logistics airfield and after 1940, a deployment base. 36 Stormo was established in 1938. After...
May 13, 2023 | Aviation Article
Author: Ian French Photographers: Ian French & Jon Astley Anatolian 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...
Mar 24, 2023 | Aviation Article
Author: Ian French Photographers: Ian French & Paul Witty Exercise Cobra Warrior 2023, the UK’s largest exercise, took place between 6th March and 24th March with visiting aircraft deployed to RAF Coningsby and RAF Waddington. Six Typhoons from a mix of...
Jan 6, 2023 | Aviation Article
Author: Ian French Photography: Ian French & Hellenic Air Force 116 Pteriga Machis (Combat Wing), moto “Bold beyond our powers”, was established in 1962 at Araxos as 116 Combat Group with a single squadron, 336 Mira which transferred from Nea Anchialos...
Dec 4, 2022 | Aviation Article
Author: Ian French Photographers: Sandro Rota/Ecuador Aviation Photography & Ian French/Aviation Press Although naval aviation origins can be traced back to the Air Force school in 1921 and naval personnel passing through US flying schools in the 1950s, it was ...
Dec 3, 2022 | Aviation Article
Author: Ian French Photographers: Sandro Rota/Ecuador Aviation Photography & Ian French/Aviation Press The Army established its own aviation element in 1954 known as Servicio Aéreo del Ejército. The Army had operated aircraft before that for medical evac,...
