Photo Contest Finalists: International Fighters And Adversary Aircraft
January 06, 2022
Credit: Aldo Wicki/Kerzers, Switzerland
A Swiss Air Force Boeing F/A-18C Hornet is ready for action at RAF Leeming for a night training mission during the annual “Yorknite” night flying exercise in the UK.
Credit: James Tadlock/Las Vegas
F-16 No. 299 from the 64th Aggressor Sqdn. based at Nellis AFB, Nevada, flies in support of Red Flag 21-2. They are the really good bad guys of the U.S. Air Force.
Credit: Jose Ramos/Lakeland, Florida
Capt. Mark “Casper” Brazelton takes off in Bandit 23, an F-5N adversary aircraft from the VFC-111 Sqdn. Sun Downers at NAS Key West, Florida, for his final flight as a naval officer.
Credit: Johnson Barros/Brasilia, Brazil
A fighter pilot gets into his Embraer A-29 Super Tucano for another night mission at Campo Grande, Brazil.
Credit: Maciej Hatta/Ottawa
A Canadian Armed Forces CT-114 Snowbird solos across the show center during an air show in Gatineau, Quebec.
Credit: Avichai Socher/Givat Shmuel, Israel
An Israeli Air Force F-15I “Raam” points at the Sun while the technicians (wearing their COVID-19 masks) rest in its shade after finishing their work.
These images submitted for the 2021 Photo Contest capture fighters from international air forces as well as U.S. adversary aircraft that are painted to resemble those of other nations and flown by pilots who emulate the tactics of potential opponents. Adversary training is important to honing skills before pilots from the U.S. and its allies put them to use in combat.
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