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| Press visit januari 2008 | ||
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| PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSION 3 OF AFGHANISTAN: | ||
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| Dutch F-16AM stands on alert at Kandahar. Scramble !! | ||
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| The laser guided bomb GBU-12 already mounted under the wing | ||
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| Impressive sight, and also the Sidewinders are ready, only 'remove before take-off ' ribbons | ||
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| External fueltanks, the F-16 is ready to go on any scramble | ||
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| The pilot arrives, gets in the cockpit and taxies out to the runway... | ||
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| ... this can be any hour of the day or night ! | ||
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| Showing force ? Cannon ? GBU ? You never know what to expect, so be prepared ! | ||
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| And prepared they are ! Above two shots of the Dutch platform at KAF. | ||
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| Off they go, good mission and happy landings !! | ||
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| It's not only military, what about this hughe AN-124-200 ? | ||
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| He's regular seen on the Dutch part, next to the French platform. | ||
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| talking about the French, they give 'acte de presence' with Mirage 2000 and F-1 | ||
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| Here a Mirage 2000 in it's shelter, being prepared for a mission | ||
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| The 2000 is ready to depart, and the F-1 taxies out for a mission. Sunday 13-01-2008. | ||
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| Both machines hit the air and are prepared with GBU-12 and external tanks | ||
| Next to RC-South they cover the whole of Afghanistan if neccessary. | ||
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| A small view at the civil part of Kandahar Airfield, as far as civilians land here..... | ||
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| Let's have a look at the British part of Kandahar. They try to make the best of it..... | ||
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| This platform doesn't differ so much from the rest of it, stand-by Harriers... | ||
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| Standing in their shelters, waiting for any scramble. | ||
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| The weather was as bad as it was that day, Sea Kings had to stay in the wet snow ! | ||
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