In June we planned to head out to Anchorage to fly a few days with our Austrian friend Dietmar Schreiber, as he is definately the ‘master of Alaska’ when it comes to chasing all that fantastic old metal that is still flying there.And it certainly was a great roadtrip with a lot of interesting stops to indulge ourselves into the floatplanes and Beavers…Alaska style.

However, this report is about our unexpected but brilliant encounter with the jetfighter power of Eielson airbase. It’s great to have friends in aviation all around the world.

Our crewmember Geert had the chance to hop on the Belgian Air Force A400M for an aerial photoshoot with the F-16 demo jet, 'Dream Viper'. Piloted by 'Vrieske', they took the formation over the Ardennes and coastline to have some nice backdrops. Of course there are a few ingredients present if you talk about an F-16 join-up when it's in the hands of a pilot with 5000+ flight hours on the jet…very dynamic maneuvers, smoke and flares! The grand finale will always come with the famous inverted pose!

In March 2023,we were super excited to fly out to Arizona for two days of testflights with Skydive Arizona providing the Skyvan photoship. Main purpose is not to have a ton of aircraft joining up on us, but to see how procedures work and if they are comparable to our concept in Europe. We had great support in advance from the FAA, and would focus on two days of flying.

When you say Greece, you think about nice people, sunny weather, deep-blue seas and it’s extraordinary history. This gives us the most perfect background to for our photoflights for the Athens Flying Week Airshow. Add to it an awesome line-up of colorful aircraft and you will feel like being in paradise.

The International Sanicole Airshow is one of the Airshows with the richest history, running since 1977. The annual show attracts thousands of aviation enthusiasts to the little Aerodrome in Belgium. As one of the most famous shows in Europe, it’s an honor for many pilots to be able to participate the Sanicole show. For many years the Aviation PhotoCrew has worked together with the Sanicole team to provide the best photo and video opportunities flying the Skyvan.

For the second time the Aviation Photocrew joined forces with the Airpower Zeltweg organization to offer flights above the beautiful Austrian Alps. Just like previous edition we flew out of Trieben airfield. Airpower is a cooperation between the Styrian Government, the Austrian Air Force and RedBull.

The Royal International Air Tattoo, or RIAT by its popular name, is that one airshow in the world that does not need an introduction. You have read that sentence for sure already on the website, and I am happy to use it again! This was the first event to take place after the 2 year covid hiatus, and of course expectations were as high as they could be. We always have an very intensive schedule of photoflying that sounds a bit like this: sleep well to be sharp in the morning! Fly, land, refuel, pee, repeat...for two and a half days.

Tropical weather and a steel blue sky, a great bunch of aviation photographers and warbird enthousiasts, a terrace with a view and cold drinks... what more can you wish for when visiting the Sywell aerodrome in July?

Flying warbirds of course!

The Polish city of Leszno hosted the biggest airshow of the country in the 2022 season, the famous ‘Antidotum airshow’. This small 1-day project was in corporation with well known Polish photographer Hesja, who has the Antidotum airshow firm on his calendar for the many ATAMs ( Air to Air Meeting ) he is offering in Poland for photographers eager to get a taste of air to air.

The Danish Air Force is hosting a major airshow every two years at one of its prime airbases. Unfortunately covid got here in the way as well, and so it was the first big aerial event since 2018. With a new airshow team in place, the airshow took place at Karup airbase, home of the helicopter squadrons and the T-17 trainers.

We kicked off the 2022 season with the Danish Air Force airshow, the large bi-annual airshow that came now a few years late due to the corona pandamic. In the days leading up to the airshow, we had a chance to meet the Danish F-16s in full force in the skies! In just 2 days we were priviledged to welcome 28 join-ups behind, below and besides the Pink Skyvan photoship.

The International Anatolian Eagle 2022 training exercise took place between 20 June - 01 July 2022 at 3rd Main Jet Base Konya, Turkey. Aims of the exercise were to develop the capabilities of Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, Jordan, Pakistan, NATO and Turkish components day time joint operations.

On Friday May 13th, the newly painted Anniversary jet of the No 1 ‘Stingers’ Squadron of the Belgian Air Force was revealed. To commemorate the 105th Anniversary of the Squadron, F-16 FA-57 received a striking paint scheme on the tail and spine.

A few of our Aviation PhotoCrew members had the opportunity to visit NAS Point Mugu in April, part of Naval Base Ventura County (also consisting of Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island), in California. The facility in Point Mugu, started as a United States Navy anti-aircraft training center during World War II and was developed in the late 1940s as the Navy's major missile development and test facility. This was where most of the Navy's missiles were developed and tested during the 1950/1960 era, and they still do today.