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Kleine Brogel - Spotter's Day 2005
Report from Spotter's Day 2005, at Kleine Brogel
Nov 12, 2005, 03:33

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Austrian National Day Parade, 26 October 2005
At the 50th Anniversary of the Austrian National Day, the Bundesheer staged a large parade in Vienna. Here are the first photographs from this event - marred only by bad weather.
Oct 27, 2005, 03:10

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Pharewell to 337's Phantoms...
On Friday the 16th of December 2005, 337th Squadron of the Hellenic Air Force hosted the retirement ceremony for its Phantom F-4E SRA's. ACIG was at Larisa AB and this is the photo report.
Oct 25, 2005, 03:18

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"Archangel '05" Airshow, Tanagra, Greece. Part 2
This is the second part of the ACIG report on the Archangel airshow held on September 16, 17 and 18 at Tanagra Air Base, Greece.
Oct 24, 2005, 09:54

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"Archangel '05" Airshow, Tanagra, Greece. Part 1
In this first part of the ACIG report on the Archangel Airshow that took part in Tanagra Airbase from September 16th to 18th, we see some of the Greek participation of both the static and flying displays. More photos are coming since there were many interesting and rare participants.
Sep 12, 2005, 10:09

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KLu Open Day: Gilze Rijen, 2005
Report from the Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Day on 16 and 17 June 2004.
Apr 13, 2005, 22:49

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TLP 2005-4 Gallery
Picture gallery illustrating participants of the TLP 2005-4 exercise, in Belgium.
Mar 14, 2005, 13:01

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Nepolisy Provisional - Czech Radar Station
Exclusive pictorial report showing details of an improvised Czech radar site.
Nov 26, 2004, 06:28

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Base Visit of the German Air Force JBG-31
This ACIG Special Report takes us to Germany and one of the oldest Luftwaffe units active today, JBG-31. Stefan Kuhn has prepared this exclusive report. All photos by Stefan Kuhn.
Aug 21, 2004, 06:33

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Why Austria Selected Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon?
In this article, Georg Mader, JDW-Correspondent in Austria, is explaining how it came that Austria selected the EADS EF-2000 Typhon as it future interceptor.
Aug 10, 2004, 05:54

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KLu Open Day: Volkel, 2004
Report from the Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Day on 18 and 19 June 2004.
Mar 30, 2004, 04:05

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341 Squadron Hellenic Air Force participation in TLP 2004-2
This is an exclusive photo-report about the F-16s of the 341 Squadron EPA on their way to Florennes to take part in TLP 2004-2, while being refuelled by USAFE KC-135's and during low level flight over Central Europe.
Feb 8, 2004, 17:25

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Hellenic Air Force Open Day 2003 at Tanagra Air Base, Part 3
An ACIG Special Report on the Tanagra Air Base Display from November 7, 8, and 9, as well as some "behind the scenes" photographs of stored Mirage F.1CGs, including very rare and exclusvie report about EPA Mirage 2000's getting ready for a mission - taken one month before!
Dec 30, 2003, 18:41

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Hellenic Air Force Open Day 2003 at Tanagra Air Base, Part 2
An ACIG Special Report on the Tanagra Air Base Display from November 7, 8, and 9, as well as some "behind the scenes" photographs of stored Mirage F.1CGs, including very rare and exclusvie report about EPA Mirage 200s getting ready for a mission - taken one month before!
Dec 30, 2003, 16:20

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Hellenic Air Force Open Day 2003 at Souda Air Base, Crete, Part 1
An ACIG Special Report on the Tanagra Air Base Display from November 7, 8, and 9, as well as some "behind the scenes" photographs of stored Mirage F.1CGs, including very rare and exclusvie report about EPA Mirage 2000s getting ready for a mission - taken one month before!
Dec 28, 2003, 17:20

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Spotters-Day Rheine 2003
On 23 October 2003 the Rheine AB held the "Spotters Day". ACIG.org's Stefan Kuhn visited this great event, using the opportunity to make a walk-around several F-4Fs, take place in the cockpit, and see the non-ICE F-4Fs being scrapped. Here is his photo-report.
Dec 2, 2003, 16:18

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Macedonia, 2001
In 2001 Macedonians and Albanians fought a short, but destructive civil war in what was then known as "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" ("FYROM"). During this conflict the Macedonians developed their small air arm into a potent COIN-force, equipped with Su-25s, Mi-8/17s and other interesting aircraft and helicopters. This development appears to became a sort of a prototype for several similar subsequent conflicts as well.
Nov 30, 2003, 10:41

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Austrian Radar Plots
Positioned in the heart of the Europe, Austria is a neutral country, the constitution of which is still strongly influenced by the Cold War thinking. Brought in 1956, this constitution requires the government to defend its air space from incursions from all sides. Since the late 1980s the Austrian airspace is controlled by the "Goldhaube" radar net, for which is meanwhile known to be able of tracking targets far outside the Austrian borders. Some details about how far this system reaches were shown on the recent show given on the national independence day: many of these details are important for the better understanding of what was going on in the airspace over the former Yugoslavia during the different wars there in the 1990s.
Nov 30, 2003, 10:26

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Yugoslav & Serbian MiG-29s
Gallery of photographs and short service history of MiG-29s in Yugoslav and Serbian service.
Nov 30, 2003, 10:13

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MiGs Over Croatia
A short overview of Croatian MiG-21-operations since 1992, with additional details about several confrontations between Croatian and Serbian aircraft and helicopters.
Oct 28, 2003, 18:32

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Romania, 1989
At the time seen as an act of public uprising against a Stalinist dictatorship, the popular uprising against the Communist dictatorship in Romania, in December 1989, saw a very intensive use of air power - even if in a very different way than could be expected! Here an exclusive, in-depth account.
Oct 28, 2003, 18:17

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European Air-to-Air Victories
List of confirmed, claimed, and probable air-to-air victories scored by the pilots of different European air forces during the Cold War, 1948-1989, as well as during the subsequent wars in Yugoslavia, 1994-1999
Oct 28, 2003, 17:22

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U.S. Air-to-Air Victories during the Cold War, Wars in Yugoslavia, and Anti-Terror War
List of confirmed, claimed, and probable air-to-air victories scored by the US pilots during the Cold War, 1948-1989, as well as during the subsequent wars in Yugoslavia, 1994-1999
Oct 28, 2003, 17:18

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Greek & Turkish Air-to-Air Victories
List of confirmed, claimed, and probable air-to-air victories, as well as "close-calls" scored by various Greek and Turkish pilots and air forces since 1974
Oct 28, 2003, 04:37

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Cyprus 1974: Greek Point of View
No other event from the long history of Greek-Turkish incidents is as heatedly discussed like the case of the engagement between EPA F-5As and Turkish F-102s on 21st or 22nd July 1974. The following verbatim was prepared by Nicholas Tselepids on the basis of an article written by Demetrius Stergiou - who interviewed both Ioannis Dinopoulos and Thomas Skampardonis - and published in the Greek magazine "Cockpit", in May 2001. It describes the "Greek Point of View" regarding this engagement and was provided to ACIG.org with permission from the author.
Oct 28, 2003, 04:36

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Cyprus, 1974: Turkish Point of View
This story has been prepared on the basis of an account published in the Turkish Magazine "Savunma ve Havacilik", by retired Korgeneral Hulusi Kaymakli, who served as Commander of the Turkish 2nd Tactical Air Force from 1973-74, and as the Commander of the Air Force HQ Staff 1974-75. The Turkish Air Force�s historical office has provided many of the pictures. It must be stressed that this account has not been written for the purpose of any political aims but solely as a historical military event of some significance. The author has visited most of the places which are accounted for in order to investigate matters himself and has cross-checked all events as closely as possible.
Oct 28, 2003, 04:33

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Cyprus, 1974
Detailed history of Greek and Turkish Clashes around and on Cyprus, in 1974
Oct 28, 2003, 04:30

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Cyprus, 1955-1973
In the 1950s Cyprus was a British crown colony, when the Greek majority of population not only began demanding independence, but also the "Enosis" - the reunion - with Greece. The British ignored these demands, in turn causing an Emergency that lasted for five years. This conflict was barely over when fierce antagonism between the Greeks and Turks was to result in aircraft being used in an indirect conflict which is - actually - very much going on until today.
Oct 26, 2003, 14:13

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The Greek Civil War, 1944-1949
Almost forgotten in modern times, the Greek Civil War erupted actually already during the WWII, in 1944. Although lasting until 1949 it was therefore fought mainly with weapons left behind from the World War. This conflict made obvious many important lessons and experiences about counterinsurgency warfare, most of which are valid until our days.
Oct 26, 2003, 14:11

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A Cold War Defection
This is translated and reworked version of an article published by Carsten Bak in "Flyv" magazine (Danish Aviation Magazine), in February 1999, about defection of a Polish Air Force pilot to the West.
Oct 25, 2003, 09:49

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