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INDONESIAN
AIRFORCE
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IMPRESSIONS PART 2 / 10 |
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HASANUDDIN
- MAKASSAR AFB |
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Fuerza Aerea houses 4 articles of Dutch Aviation Support, this is one of
them |
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| Proud
to present you: Makassar AFB, the FLANKER-HOME |
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easy to get access, but once you're there it was all worth it ! |
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image right below: credits Julius, Alex Sidharta - provided by Marco
Pennings, Flying Sukhoi Flankers: TNI-AU ) |
| iINDONESIA'S
MOST IMPORTANT FIGHTERBASE |
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show you the Sukhoi Flankers, as a photographic impression |
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| Early
in the morning, preparing the fighters for missions |
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| It's
already hot under the shelters, soon it will be 35 degrees.... |
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| Also
the planes are prepared or checked on the platforms |
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2 images above: credits Julius, Alex Sidharta - provided by Marco Pennings
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| Then
they leave for any mission, training mostly ofcourse |
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| Indonesia
has - in contradiction to for example Singapore - a large aerea to
fly |
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| ...an
low-flying |
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| Over
beatutiful environments... really hard to be a pilot ... :-)) |
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| We
hope you liked this Flanker impression |
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| Read
more about it in our article |
| credits
flying Sukhoi Flankers on this page: TNI-AU |
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| It
was not possible to visit all bases and to show all types of aircraft in
the 2,5 week we visited |
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we'd like to show you this fine example of the Skyhawk, preserved at
Makassar |
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|
Indonesian
Teeth article in English |
Go
to impressions part 3 |
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