A VEB-license built Ilyushin Il-14 is found with the excellent collection at Hermeskeil. Ilyushin Il-14Ps were built by VVB Flugzeugbau under license in East Germany. Since May 1988, way before the collapse of the Iron Curtain, this aircraft had made its way to Western Europe already and was received by the museum.

The first three Eastern European aircraft that arrived in Hermeskeil were a Hungarian An-2 and Mi-1, and this East-German built VEB-14P from Poland, which arrived in 1988, before the fall of the Iron Curtain in late 1989.

Tiger, tiger, tiger.......

3076 is one of 55 F-16E single-seater "Desert Falcons" in service with the UAEAF since 2004. Built in 2006, this airframe previously carried US FY number 00-6051 and is reported to be assigned to Shaheen / Squadron 2 based at Al Dhafra AB. Note the rather massive Raytheon AGM-88C HARM missile under the wing. HARM stands for High-Speed-Anti-Radiation-Missile and it's purpose is to cause harm to radar installations. However, in this picture, the 4 meter long missile does not carry any explosives, as can be seen by the blue ring on the missile. The UAE has about 160 AGM-88 in its inventory.

Built for the US Army as 72-21485, then civil registered as N72954 in 2011. Delivered to Dominican Republic Air Force in February 2023.

From TLG 31 'Boelcke' at Nörvenich (ETNN).

A pretty Il-14 preserved at Hermeskeil, which lies east of Luxembourg.