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recently back from the Madrid area.
When planning this trip I was not aware of the "day of Spain" (Columbus did find the Americas). However Pablo Rada was so friendly to inform me that on this day was on Friday. After a phone call on Thursday evening a pick up from my hotel was arranged. So of to Torrejon AB to take some pictures from outside the base.
However after the pick Pablo told me that the Spanish aviation spotters had arranged a base visit for which you had to be prenotified. He told me that I should try it at the gate as other Spanish spotters were not prenotified.
So a local spotter spoke with the MP if I could enter as well. I was from the Netherlands so that was to be checked with his commander first. Apparently the commander did not reply so he did let me in as it was ok he thought. So instead of spending my days around the base, I was going insite.
The following pics were taken during take of and landing. Hope you like them. Oh yeah, there were about 60 fighters on the platform....
Special thanks for the guy with the beard as he did the talking (sorry, I lost his name)
bird meets enemy
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