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After Beja we rushed to Talavera de real for our visit this afternoon. On arrival at the gate we realised that we lost a our by crossing the border from Portugal. Luckily this was not a problem for our host.
At Talavera the flying normally starts early in the morning wit the base closing at 14:30 because of the temperature.
So there was no flying going on, the aircraft parked on the
platform stand with the cockpit open to keep them cool.
As the sole remaining EdA F-5 operator is Ala 23, which has two component squadrons Escuadron 231 and Escuadron 231, which provide fast-jet training and lead-in fighter training for the
Hornet. The current strength is 22 SF-5Bs.
ALA 23 has a secondary close-air support mission, and the two-seaters have a laser designator in the rear cockpit.
Every class
consist of 12 student of whom 2 will stay as instructors, 1 will go
to a typhoon squadron the remainder is going to the F-18 squadrons.
No students are going towards the MIR - F1 anymore . |
