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SAAB 35 Draken
To defend its neutrality during the second world war, Sweden faced the problem that they could not easily order fighters from other countries. In the U.S.A. they had ordered a number of modern Consolidated Vultee Model 48 fighters. However, the United States placed an export ban on these planes. As a result Sweden had to [...]
RIAT 2007
The Royal International Air Tattoo is a very large Air Show containing hundreds of military aircraft from a wide variety of countries both in the static park and flying display. RIAT has been held at Fairford since 1985 and one of the themes of this years display was to mark the 60th anniversary of the [...]
SAAB J-29 Tunnan
Honor to become first European sweep wing fighter belong to the Swedish plane SAAB J-29. Tunnan. In the wake of the Second World War it was decided that Sweden needed a strong air defense and it should be built around the hottest new technology around, jet engines. Project “JxR” began in the final months of [...]
KLu Open Day at Leeuwarden AFB 2006
These shots were taken on Friday 16 June 2006 during the KLu Open Day at Leeuwarden AFB. Imges bellow present following subjects: MIG-29 Polish AF, KLu solo demo, B-25 DBAF, B-25 DBAF, Beaver Gilze Rijen, Beech C-45 Gilze Rijen, Bellanca Declathon aerobatic, Blue Angels formation start, Blue Angels Hercules, Blue Angels photo plane, Chinook KLu, [...]
