NATO Tiger Meet 2004 - Schleswig-Jagel

The 40th edition of the annual Tiger Meet was hosted by Aufklarungsgeschwader 51 at Schleswig-Jagel, Germany. Between 30 August and 6 September, several members of the NATO Tiger Association came to Schleswig-Jagel for a week of combat training and of course the social activities more>>

50 Years Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" - Wittmund

Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2009. Part of the festivities was a spottersday which was held on the 5th of June. More then 850 people (from Belgium, the Czech republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom) registrated themselves for this event. It turned out to be a successful event with a variety of aircraft from more>>

Base visit Celle

The German army (HEER) has two flying units based at Heeresflugplatz Celle: the Heeresfliegerwaffenschule (HFlgWaS AusbZ C) and Heeresfliegerverbindungs-/aufklärungsstaffel 100 (HFlgVbdg/AufklStff 100). The airfield is located north of Hannover. Both units operate the Bo-105P1 more>>

Base visit Bundespolizei - Stützpunkt Gifhorn

In Germany, most of the police duties are carried out by the Bundespolizei (Federal Police) which is subordinate to the Bundesministerium des Innern (Ministry of Interior). The Bundespolizei has about 40.000 employees for a variety of tasks like e.g. border protection, railway police and the special units more>>

Base visit Eggebek - the last photo call

2 September 2004, on this day the last photo call was held at Naval Air Station Eggebek, northern Germany. The homebase of Marinefliegergeschwader 2 will close in the future and MFG 2 will be disbanded more>>

Base visit Hohn

Hohn air base is located near Rendsburg, in the north of Germany, close to Denmark. Hohn is the homebase of Lufttransportgeschwader 63 more>>

Photo call Wittmund - 2004

Once again, Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" opened the gates for aviation enthousiasts on the 4th of August 2004. Several units of the German Air Force, Navy and Army were more>>

Nordholz 'Airday 2006' - Tag der Marineflieger

The German Navy organized an open day called Airday 2006 - Tag der Marineflieger on Sunday the 27th of August which was hosted by Marinefliegergeschwader 3 based at Nordholz. Many of the based aircraft could be seen during the day. It was the last time for the public to see the Atlantic, it will be retired on a short term. But it was also the first time that the public could watch the newest "Seefernaufklärer"more>>

Eggebek Open House 2003

Marinefliegergeschwader 2 held an open house on the 24th of August 2003. MFG 2 was celebrating the 45th anniversary of the unit and 90 years of naval aviation in Germany. Prior to this open house, Naval Air station Eggebek opened the gates for aviation enthousiast on the friday and the saturday. more>>

Das Aeronauticum, Nordholz

The German 'Luftschiff und Marinefliegermuseum - Aeronauticum', is situated close to the main gate at Naval Air Station Nordholz. The musuem pays attention to the history of airships and the German Navy. The aircraft and helicopters are parked more>>