Malbork AB 30-31 October 2023

[Olief22raptor]

Spent the first two days of our week in Poland at Malbork, heading to the base on Monday afternoon, with two MiGs in the circuit as we arrived

15 | MiG-29UB | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

108 | MiG-29 9.12A | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

The Italians currently have 4 F-35A deployed to the base, so when we tracked the Herc heading our way we were expecting a straight in approach, but much to our surprise, it broke into the circuit with 2 MiGs and 2 F-35s!

Task Force 32nd Air Wing, NATO Enhanced Air Policing, EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

Task Force 32nd Air Wing, NATO Enhanced Air Policing, EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

Which then all arrived in some nice light,

MM62181 | KC-130J | 50° Gruppo Aeronautica Militare | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

MM7366 | F-35A | 6° Stormo, Aeronautica Mitare | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

MM7337 | F-35A | 32° Stormo, Aeronautica Mitare | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

89 | MiG-29 9.12A | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

83 | MiG-29 9.12A | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

The Tuesday was rather miserable weather wise, but the MiGs and F-35s did some air to air sorties with a Casa, allowing for some decent (albeit high ISO) taxiing shots

38 | MiG-29 9.12A | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

111 | MiG-29 9.12A | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

38 | MiG-29 9.12A | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

38 | MiG-29 9.12A | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

Apologies for all the text, thought I'd try tell a bit of a story Hope you all enjoyed.

[Mustang531]

Very interesting selection of shots, nice to see the Mig 29s. Thanks for sharing these with us.

[paddyboy]

Excellent set there, Olie

[Ridge Runner]

Excellent shots and great subjects, Olie

[James Cutting]

Great write up and some lovely shots there! Great to see some MiG-29's! It's also great to see the F-35's with some 'art' on them as it were Cheers for posting.

[slogen51]

Lovely stuff

You can't go wrong with a 'Crum!

[Olief22raptor]

Lovely stuff

You can't go wrong with a 'Crum!

Thanks, and you certainly can't!

[Olief22raptor]

Great write up and some lovely shots there! Great to see some MiG-29's! It's also great to see the F-35's with some 'art' on them as it were Cheers for posting.

Thanks James, really appreciated the 35s looking a bit more interesting!