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Yep, just left Chania for the return flight from Heraklion Dino.. I knew they were coming.

Also missed the Araxos Falcons and some other things. But still happy with these couple of treats.

An impression from last week. Spent a few hours each day here in the period 22-28 Oct. Missed a few things due to adverse weather on some days, me pursuing other interests or just not being in the right spot at the right time. Bear in mind flying continues throughout the weekend and at night here! E...

The weekend here are more interesting than the weekdays, transit traffic wise. Something to remember for a future visit!

Today I only took a quick peek at 9 am and again at 6 pm. The 2 2-ships went out around 9 and were familiar airframes. I didn't bother writing them down: 527 F-16C 343 Mira 1x F-16D 343 Mira 1x F-16C 340 Mira 603 F-16D 340 Mira G-FRAF Da20 Cobham (16)5832 C-40A N470JF ATR42 +1 ATR 470JF took off in ...

Oct 26 visitors:

4069 F-16C Polish AF
4073 F-16C Polish AF
F-RADB A310 AdlA

The Polish came in for a lunchstop again. Not 100% sure on 4073 due to terrrible weather conditions here.

25 Oct visitors: (16)5830 C-40A USN 1x C-21A 76AS I didn't note the locals but it seemed like the same airframes as yesterday were used. Will check my photos later. Only spent a few hours in the morning and evening here. The Global Hawk has been towed to the other side of the base, now parked on the...

Schoen! Thanks for the heads up last night for the Israelis. If not for you I would have missed them as I was originally planning to get a haircut this morning. Log of today, including locals (should I omit those?) but excluding civies, in chronological order: 538 F-16C 340 Mira 607 F-16D 340 Mira 6...

Logged today (additional to yesterday ): (156)511 EP-3E VQ1 64-844/OF rd RC-135V dep 17.45 617 F-16D 343 Mira (single-ship early morning QRA) 627 F-16C 343 Mira (Zeus demo practice) 602 F-16D 340 Mira 607 F-16D 340 Mira 500 F-16C 343 Mira (unmarked) 600 F-16D 343 Mira 538 F-16C 340 Mira arr 6PM 1× C...

Seen today, status as per 4:30 pm: IQAF1613 F-16C IQAF1630 F-16C IQAF1631 F-16C N470JF ATR42 N53993 DHC-7 N6147U Be350 64-844/OF rd RC-135V dep 16.20 77-0356/OK rd E-3B 052024/BB yw RQ-4B 40067 C-17A 137AS arr 15732 C-130J-30 317AG arr 15.20 1x EP-3E arr approx. 16.00 F-RADC A310 AdlA arr approx. 15...

"The Clipper will be headed to Jordan."

Funny, the C-40 seems to follow our KLu Gulf V-11 there, which is now approaching the coast of Israel.

Oh no, not again. Pilot killed once again, sadly. 2 in a row in Spain..

Nice angles, some really nice shots there! But the HDR effect is way too strong on many of them, although that's a matter of personal taste of course.

Nevertheless, please keep them coming, some of the most best shots of this event I've seen so far!

Kind regards, Bart

Very very nice. Too bad I had to miss it. (Military) Visitor of the year so far?

Fantastic! Nice shots of some really beautiful planes. That SeaFury looks wicked and I never knew there were so many Hurricanes in flyable condition now. Time to go back next year, thanks for reminding!

Bart

The emphasis is on multiple tankers to facilitate a single long flight, not having 1 tanker accompany the fighters and cover the stretch in multiple hops. The Indians on their journey to Istres for example made several stopovers (usually Dubai and Athens if I'm not mistaken) and most NATO forces par...