I never forget this afternoon when two Egypt Air Force Phantoms arrived at RAF Lakenheath enroute to the States for overhaul. Note the painted over roundels, US markings and old American serial 66-0366 applied.
Take-Off like an Hornet ! With the help of eight JATO-rockets, MIRO 303's climbs with 3600 kg extraboost. Those rockets work only for max. 14 seconds, but are very impressive.
Originally planned for the Austrian Air Force, AS007 became the first Tranche 2 Eurofighter for the German Luftwaffe. The aicraft will become 31+14 when in regular service.
Fatal crash after ingesting a Buzzard during take-off. The pilot missed the arresting cable and ended up in one of the ditches outside the airfield. It had been the special 40 years 322 sqn aircraft just months earlier..