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| IMPRESSIONS PART 2 / 10 | ||
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HASANUDDIN - MAKASSAR AFB |
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| This 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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| Not 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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| We 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 | ||
| ( 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 | ||
| Still we'd like to show you this fine example of the Skyhawk, preserved at Makassar | ||
Indonesian
Teeth article in English |
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