DUE TO CAS EXERCISE 'POPPY 01', AIRSPACE LIMITATIONS CAN BE
IMPOSED WITHIN THE EBTRASA (TRA SOUTH ALPHA) UP TO FL150.
PARTICIPATING ACFT HAVE PRIORITY.
AIRSPACE LIMITATIONS CAN BE CHECKED WITH ATCC DATCO (+32 9 389 2555)
OR BELGA RADAR. 4500FT AMSL - FL150, JAN 23 1200-1600 1800-2000, 24 0800-1100
1200-1600 1800-2000, 25-26 0800-1100 1200-1600, 27 0800-1100, 23 JAN 12:00 2012
UNTIL 27 JAN 11:00 2012. CREATED: 05 JAN 09:26 2012

DUE TO CAS EXERCISE 'POPPY 01' HIGH DENSITY MILITARY TRAFFIC UP TO
13NM AROUND PSN 500910N 0052711E. PROHIBITED FOR ALL
NON-PARTICIPATING MIL ACFT. 250FT AGL - 4500FT AMSL, JAN 23 1230-1600, 24-26
0830-1100 1230-1600, 27 0830-1100, 23 JAN 12:30 2012 UNTIL 27 JAN 11:00 2012.
CREATED: 05 JAN 09:20 2012

DANGER AREA EBD35 ACTIVATED FOR CAS EXERCISE 'POPPY 01'
PROHIBITED FOR ALL NON-PARTICIPATING MIL ACFT. 250FT AGL - 4500FT AMSL, JAN
23 1230-1600, 24-26 0830-1100 1230-1600, 27 0830-1100, 23 JAN 12:30 2012 UNTIL
27 JAN 11:00 2012. CREATED: 05 JAN 09:16 2012

Great quiz...love to see some of Friday's pictures!

hoi iedereen in ben redelijk nieuw hier!!!
dus aan iedereen hallo en ik en blij dat ik op deze site ben terecht gekomen
ik ben ook hevige fan van Kb en andere militaire vliegtuigen
Greetz Raf

Stacy Johnson, Times Record News
Posted September 26, 2009 at 2:18 a.m.

Belgium will be reentering the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program at
Sheppard’s 80th Flying Training Wing next year, and the business of training
NATO air warriors will continue as usual, according to ENJJPT steering
committee chairman Brig. Gen. Franco Marsiglia, commander of the Italian Air
Force Academy. The steering committee met this week at Sheppard to discuss
details of the multi-national undergraduate pilot training program.
“Next year we will have the reentry of the Belgium air force, and we are
very lucky because we will have more students and more European instructor
pilots,” Marsiglia said.
Marsiglia said the steering committee also focused on the new syllabus for
pilot training which includes the T-6 Texan II airframe, which replaced the
T-37 Tweet this past year for Phase 2 pilot training at the base.
“The main change was the new T-6 aircraft and the new syllabus, which is a
good syllabus for the...

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Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany would lose 18 F-16s — and possibly one of its three fighter squadrons — in a plan the Air Force announced Tuesday to eliminate about 250 fighter jets from its inventory.

The move, tied to the service’s desire to free up more money for next-generation aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle operations, would save $355 million in fiscal 2010 and $3.5 billion over the next five years, according to an Air Force news release.

[...]
The Air Force has three bases with fighter squadrons in Europe: Spangdahlem, Aviano in Italy and RAF Lakenheath in England. Aviano was not listed among bases that would lose aircraft under the proposal, but Lakenheath would have six fewer F-15s.

The 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem currently has about 42 F-16CJs, according to information provided in the release. The 81st Fighter Squadron flies A-10 Thunderbolt IIs. The F-16s are flown by the 22nd Fighter Squadron and 23rd Fighter Squadron. A loss of 43 percent of the jets might indic...

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