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[PoAF Anniversary] 10mm shot. Neptunes remained in service until 1977. These Neptunes were former Royal Netherlands Navy aircraft. Stored at the Air Museum in Sintra Air Base. EOS 300 & Sigma 10-20@10mm.
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Toma a 10mm de la cabina del Hercules en una session de spotting por la noche en la base de Montijo. Muchas Gracias a la PoAF y todos sus membros que han estado involucrados en este evento.
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Now part of the Portuguese Air Force history, the Aviocar and the 401st Squadron "Cientistas" were retired on the 6th of December 2011 after 37 years of service and more than 170.000 flying hours in missions of photo reconnaissance, search and rescue, inter-island transport, electronic warfare, education and training of Navigators, pluri engine training, tactical transport and support for Airborne Troops (including troops launch), medical evacuation, VIP transport and land resource survey.
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Starting engines for departure into a Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) with three hoisting operations... with a Navy ship, the Cape Espichel cliffs and in high sea!
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Flying a 3 ship formation of Chipmunks from the Air Force Academy over the Sintra Mountain with most of it's landmarks in the background. Left of the frame it's the Pena National Palace, top left it's the Seteais Palace, below the second DHC-1 it's the Castle of the Moors and on top of the 1335's right wing is the Quinta da Regaleira. The best photo I could get for an air-to-air photoshoot about the 60th anniversary of the DCH-1 in the PoAF, a plane that my father also flew while he was serving.
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The perfect end for an awesome Spotters Day at Real Thaw 12 Exercise... this Orion is seen here entering the runway for departure to Beja AB after a short sunset visit to Monte Real at the end of the afternoon missions!
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Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) with some 5 meters waves right behind and hitting the cliffs below the Merlin. I was onboard this SAREX and after we simulated a rescue with a navy ship we headed for this Cape and they dropped me here... after another hoisting operation they landed back in the cliff and picked me up for some high sea operation... an awesome flight!
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Flying low over the Ria de Aveiro in a ferry flight from Montijo AB to Ovar AB during Real Thaw 11 Exercise. A few hours after landing we took off in another C-130 for an extraction mission to Bragança where we picked up a team from the Navy's Detachment of Special Operations (DAE) that were in the field since 1 week ago and returned to Ovar. After delivering the PoAF's Unit of Protection of the Force that assisted the mission we departed again heading back to Montijo with the DAE... what a day!!
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One of the two QRA fighters in Monte Real, armed with two live sidewinder missiles and ready to intercept 24/7. Just another calm night at the portuguese F-16 wonderland...
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Coming in low & fast over the beach and heading towards me, this Merlin is starting a SAR display in the Tagus River during the official tribute cerimony to the PoAF Rescue Swimmers that everyday risk their life "So that others may live"!
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Passagem baixa. Esquadra 501 Bisontes
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A falta de luz, buenos son los barridos...Dia de bastante niebla en Lisboa, al menos en esta llegada alcanzabamos a ver que avión aterrizaba en ese momento, pero tuvimos ratos en el dia que era imposible sacar una foto a un avión que rodaba a 30 metros de nosotros.
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