It was that time of year again, when the quiet village in the Cotswolds was woken up by high speed passes, reheat take-offs and the smell of good old Kerosene, it could only be, the Royal International Air Tattoo “Twenty ‘oh Nine”. Michael Buckle reports for Fighter Control with the highlights from the six day [...]

The 4th and 5th of July marked Waddington airshow in Lincolnshire. The show this year focused on NATO’s sixtieth anniversary. Charles Cunliffe reports for Fighter Control from the sun blessed event. Waddington is the second biggest airshow in the UK and plays host to a varied amount of military aircraft from Tutors to TriStars. This [...]

Fighter Control’s Mark Forest visits Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, on the West Coast of the United States. When you mention the name Miramar you think of the film Topgun & US Navy pilots roaring past the tower in F-14's. Those days have long since past and now the Marine Corps have taken [...]

Fighter Control Forum member Tony Osborne attended this years Nato Tiger meet for Artic Tigers 2007. This was the first time a Tiger Meet had been hosted in Norway. Despite the goings on in the worlds war zones involving Nato nations. Over one thousand personel from Twenty One squadrons represented by Twelve countries were able [...]

Michael Freer reports from 2007's highly successful Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. Additional photography by Stuart Freer. "When I recommended 'Agile and Adaptable' as the operational theme for RIAT 2007, I felt confident it would reflect the current strategic thinking of many of my colleagues around the globe. Together, we face an unpredictable [...]