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Belgian Air Force F-16 Solo Display Team
Belgian Air Component Solo display team flying, what else, a Sabca F-16 MLU. "MLU" stands for "Mid Life Update". With Michel "Mitch" Beulen as Solo Display Pilot, the Team enters the second period of 3 years to be flown by the same crew, this time provided by349 squadron @ Kleine Brogel.
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Royal Air Force - Red Arrows - 9 * BEA Systems Hawk T1
All time favorites ! The United Kingdom Royal Air Force "Reds" or Red Arrows. The dual control BAE Systems Hawk T1 is the Royal Air Force’s advanced trainer, and has been used by the Red Arrows since 1979, replacing the Folland Gnat. The Hawk’s Rolls Royce Adour engine produces 5,200lbs of thrust and can power the aircraft to a top speed of Mach 1.2.
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Armée de l'Air - Patrouille de France - 8 * Alfha Jet
The French Air Force Patrouille de France operating 8 Dasault Alfha Jets since 1971. The "PAF" is not only one of the best, but maybe one of the oldest teams in Europe. They celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2003.
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U.S. Navy - Bleu Angels - 6 * FA-18 Hornet - USA
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Koninklijke Luchtmacht Nederland - F-16 Solo Display Team - Netherland
Every year again I do enjoy these guys performance and not only for the fine paintings... Although it looks spectacular, the F-16 demo team's show contains maneuvers that occur during normal operational missions. What makes the show special is that all of these maneuvers are smoothly choreographed together and are performed at very low altitude. Although Captain Schutte's body is put under these enormous G-force stressors, it is his goal to give an accurate illustration of the F-16's outstanding maneuverability and skill set that every Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 fighter pilot must master.
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Spanish Air Force - Team Aguila - 7 * CASA C-101 Aviojet - Spain
On July 4th, 1985 five Casa C-101 aircraft took off from the Spanish Air Force Academy in San Javier, Murcia to perform the first training flight of the "Aguila" AerobaticTeam. Then days later they flew their first public performance... Two more plains where added to the team and there they are, the Spanish Team Aguila, famous for their formation landing at the end of the display.
The Casa C-101 is a training jet used by the Royal Spanish Air Force.
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Portugese Air Force - Asas de Portugal - 4 * Alpha Jet - Portugal
Asas de Portugal (stands for "Wings of Portugal") is the official aerobatic display team of the Portuguese Air Force. The team consists of four specially colored Alpha Jets in white, red and green colors, where only two of them performed at airshows. In some fly-pasts the team flies with four-ship formation, but this is not official practice for now. The team is a part of 103 Squadron, at B.A. 11 airbase in Beja.
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U.S.Air Force - Thunderbirds - 6 * F-16 Fighting Falcon - USA
Professionalism & a big sense for detail on top of that. That's how you should remember them once you have seen them performing. I will surely remember Thunderbird 5 and 6 doing that amazing “Mirror Flight”. More than 20 years went by since I saw them again in Koksijde, Belgium. Anyway, it was worth waiting that long…
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Saudi Arabian Air Force - Saudi Hawks - 6 * BEA Systems Hawk T1
First performance ever in Europe on July 6th & 7th 2011 in Belgium. Being a “younger” team as they were formed in 1998, you’ll have to admid they perform well! One thing's for sure by the way: these guys were trained by the Reds !
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Turkish Air Force - Turkish Stars - 9 * NF-5 Tiger - Turkey
"A perfect harmony of skills, speed and discipline" they say on their website....and they could be very right....
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Polish Air Force - Team Iskry - 7 * T-11 Iskra - Poland
Bialo-Czerwone Iskry (White-Red Sparks) aerobatic display team is a part of Polish Air Force and fly seven TS-11 Iskra airplanes painted in white and red and use the same colors smoke generators, as the demonstration duration is about 18 minutes.
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