During Operation Atalanta - the United Nations anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia, this Spanish Air Force CN235 was seen buzzing the HNLMS Johan de Witt (L-801).

T-255 was delivered to 334sq at Eindhoven on 25 Oct'04. The DC-10 arrived in the Netherlands in basic United Airlines c/s with 82,000 flight hrs on its clocks and with its former registration N1858U. Before its delivery, it as been stored at Marana (AZ) for some 3 years. On 01 Nov'05 it became T-255 and was converted in Italy for transport tasks. Due to cost reductions within the Dutch MoD, the DC-10 was only modified with a new cockpit and for personnel transport tasks. Further dwindling resulted in phasing out the a/c. Last flight on 29 Dec'13, and flown over to the UK for scrap on 11 Apr'14

T-255 was delivered to 334sq at Eindhoven on 25 Oct'04. The DC-10 arrived in the Netherlands in basic United Airlines c/s with 82,000 flight hrs on its clocks and with its former registration N1858U. Before its delivery, it as been stored at Marana (AZ) for some 3 years. On 01 Nov'05 it became T-255 and was converted in Italy for transport tasks. Due to cost reductions within the Dutch MoD, the DC-10 was only modified with a new cockpit and for personnel transport tasks. Further dwindling resulted in phasing out the a/c. Last flight on 29 Dec'13, and flown over to the UK for scrap on 11 Apr'14

From Curacao the Dutch Coast Guard operates this fine AW139, delivered in October 2012. The helicopter serves the surroundings of the islands with flying ambulance services, maritime patrol missions, drug enforcement and of course Search and Rescue.

A BAe748 in Brazilian Air Force service is named C-91. This beauty was already preserved at the Museu Aeroespacial near Rio de Janeiro when I took a picture of it.

Exactly on the day we visited São Pedro de Aldeila air base, two AS355F2s returned from an Arctic deployment on board the Ary Angel (H-44). Both helicopters were furnished with day-glow doors to improve their visibility during operations over ice. Both helicopters sports multiple pinguins mission markings on the doors. These Helibras built UH-13s will be replaced by UH-17s (Helibras built H135M) in 2019. The the Brazilian Airbus Helicopters company received a contract from the Brazilian Air Force for the delivery of three UH-17s.

A beautiful long-nose F-5F Tiger II of the Taiwanese aggressor squadron. The aircraft just returned from some Air Combat Manoevring with the Chiayi based F-16A/B Fighting Falcons and taxied back to its parking spot.

Exactly on the day we visited São Pedro de Aldeila air base, two AS355F2s returned from an Arctic deployment on board the Ary Angel (H-44). Both helicopters were furnished with day-glow doors to improve their visibility during operations over ice. Both helicopters sports multiple pinguins mission markings on the doors. Thet are operated by HU-1. These Helibras built UH-13s will be replaced by UH-17s (Helibras built H135M) in 2019. The the Brazilian Airbus Helicopters company received a contract from the Brazilian Air Force for the delivery of three UH-17s.

Do you see some hardened shelters? Most probably not, as they are very well camouflaged. This F-CK-1A, the indiginously built Taiwanese jet fighter named Ching Kuo, is seen during its landing at its home base. The aircraft is painted with a red tail as it belongs to the Ching Kuo display team.

Taiwanese TOP GUN! This aggressor Tiger II is normally based at Taitung but was deployed for training to the Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan) to Chiaya air base for some Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) with the locally based F-16A Fighting Falcons.

Returning from a mission to its home base Chiayi. Strikingly, most aircraft types of the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) use a serial as well as a code, but the F-16A/Bs of the RoCAF lack these.

The Taiwanese Army operates the Kiowa Warrior with the Army Aviation Training Centre (AATC). Some forty armed scout helicopters were bought under an US Foreign Military Sales programme. The black serial on the engine bay as well as on the tail referers to the US serial 98-00060.

The Army Aviation Training Centre, Attack Group is using multiple AH-1Ws for training. One of them is seeing here at the appraoch of its homebase Kueijen.

Beautiful Taiwanese Army CH-47SD of the AATC at its platform of Kueijen.

Former Luftwaffe Do-28D-2 (serial 5848) seen at the taxyway of Elefsis. The liaison aircraft (post, light transport, personnel carrier etc) was transferred to Greece somewhere in the mid-eighties and assigned to 355 MTM at Elefsis.

Above the northern part of the Netherlands, this F-4F of Taktische Luftwaffengeschwader (JG) 71 "Richthofen". The squadron is based at Wittmund air base and is currently flying the EF2000 Typhoon.

An Army Aviation Training Centre (AATC) is approaching its home Kueijen.

Seen during its approach to Kueijen, some miles off airport, a military Bell Jet Ranger, designated TH-67A, is seen.