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RCAF unveils CF-18 Demonstration jet for 2016 season

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The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) unveiled its CF-18 Demonstration Jet for its 2016 season at Wing 4 on Apr. 5.

The CF-18 Demonstration Jet is unveiled during a ceremony at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on 5 April, 2016. Image by: Cpl Bryan Carter, 4 Wing Imaging, CK04-2016-0278-002 Le CF-18 de démonstration est dévoilé pendant une cérémonie tenue à la 4e Escadre de Cold Lake, en Alberta, le 5 avril 2016. Photo Caporal Bryan Carter, Imagerie de la 4e Escadre Cold Lake (Alberta), CK05-2016-0278-002
The CF-18 Demonstration Jet is unveiled during a ceremony at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on 5 April, 2016.
Image by: Cpl Bryan Carter, 4 Wing Imaging, CK04-2016-0278-002
Le CF-18 de démonstration est dévoilé pendant une cérémonie tenue à la 4e Escadre de Cold Lake, en Alberta, le 5 avril 2016.
Photo Caporal Bryan Carter, Imagerie de la 4e Escadre Cold Lake (Alberta), CK05-2016-0278-002

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Twelve F-15Es from RAF Lakenheath are now in Greece for INIOHOS 16

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Twelve F-15Es from 492nd Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, are now at Andravida Air Base, Greece for exercise INIOHOS 16.

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 492nd Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, taxi to the runway, April 4, 2016, during exercise INIOHOS 16 at Andravida Air Base, Greece. Twelve F-15E aircraft from the squadron and approximately 260 U.S. Air Force Airmen are participating in the training event that also includes air forces from Greece and Israel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric Burks/Released)
U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 492nd Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, taxi to the runway, April 4, 2016, during exercise INIOHOS 16 at Andravida Air Base, Greece. Twelve F-15E aircraft from the squadron and approximately 260 U.S. Air Force Airmen are participating in the training event that also includes air forces from Greece and Israel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric Burks/Released)

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Apaches from 12th CAB had combined gunnery exercise with German Tigers

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The 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery exercise with two German Tiger Attack helicopters from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36.

Two AH-64 Apache helicopters (left and middle) from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and one German Tiger Attack helicopter (right) from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36, Fritzlar, Germany, take off from the forward arming and refueling point (FARP). The 1st Bn., 3rd Avn. Regt., recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery from March 16-April 05, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Mort, 12th CAB)
Two AH-64 Apache helicopters (left and middle) from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and one German Tiger Attack helicopter (right) from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36, Fritzlar, Germany, take off from the forward arming and refueling point (FARP). The 1st Bn., 3rd Avn. Regt., recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery from March 16-April 05, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Mort, 12th CAB)