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...
Apr 14, 2018 | Aviation Article
Author & photographer: Ian French The Aviación del Ejército de Colombia is currently organised in two operational Brigades, numbered 25 and 33. The entire fleet of consists of 135 aircraft: 47 Sikorsky UH-60L, 7 Sikorsky 70i, 20 Mil Mi 17, 14 Bell UH-1N, 23 Bell...
Mar 31, 2018 | Aviation Article
Author & photographer: Ian French The Aérea de Aviacion (ARAVI) of the Policía Nacional de Colombia’s, headquartered at Bogotà – El Dorado, is primarily a counternarcotics force and its parent organisation is the Dirección de Antinarcóticos (DIRAN) which is the...
Oct 14, 2017 | Aviation Article
The Flotilla de Aeronaves de la Armada Española celebrated its centenary on 15th September 2017 at Rota Naval Base. Ian French and Stefan Goossens attended the official celebrations. Author: Ian French Photographers: Ian French & Stefan Goossens Flotilla de...
Sep 1, 2017 | Aviation Article
Author & Photographer: Ian French The 37 Stormo was originally formed in 1939 at Lecce before soon moving to Sicily which was a key strategic location during World War II. The wing was heavily involved in attacks on North Africa, Malta, Greece and Yugoslavia. ...
Aug 1, 2017 | Aviation Article
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 began a huge modernisation program. Up to and including 2015 a...
Jul 3, 2017 | Aviation Article
Author & Photographer: Ian French The Guardia Costiera is part of the Italian Navy and under the control of the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport. It is headquartered in Roma. It is primarily a search and rescue organisation and was originally...
