Aug 2, 2018 | Aviation Article
Authors: Ian French & Alexander Golz, Photographer: Ian French The 15th Transport Aviation Brigade is a unit of the Ukraine Air Force and is the successor to the 1st Air Transport Aviation Regiment. The unit was formed in the Hungarian town of Dunapataj from...
Jul 16, 2018 | Aviation Article
Authors & photographers: Ian French & Alexander Golz The 831st Galatskiy Chervonopraporniy order of the Kutuzova 3rd Regiment was established on November 27 in 1941 in Krasnovodsk originally as the 659th Fighter Aviation Regiment. In 1941 the Regiment was...
Jun 29, 2018 | Aviation Article
Aviation Press visited the former Heavy Bomber Long Range Aviation base at Poltava, Ukraine. Author & photographer: Ian French Poltava air base is located in north eastern Ukraine and was activated in 1940. However, it fell to German forces in 1941 and they...
Apr 20, 2018 | Aviation Article
Author & photographer: Ian French The Escuela de Helicópteros para las Fuerza Armadas (Helicopter School of the Armed Forces) de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana is located at Melgar – Tolima in central Colombia and is today the largest and most rigorous helicopter...
Apr 20, 2018 | Aviation Article
Author & photographer: Ian French The Fuerza Aérea Colombiana has its central maintenance depot located at the Major Justino Mariño Cuesto air base at Madrid in central Colombia. The Air Force is structured into various commands and the facilities at Madrid form...
Apr 20, 2018 | Aviation Article
This article is dedicated to Captain Pedro Andres Rojas Forero, our guide for the visit, who very sadly died in a gliding accident a week later. Author & Photographer: Ian French The Escuela Militar de Aviación Marco Fidel Suárez (EMAVI ) of the Fuerza Aérea...