⚡️🇭🇺 The Hungarian Air Defense Force and the Soviet 36th Tactical Aviation Army used ten grass airfields in the 70s and 80s in Hungary.

The MiG-21s, Su-7s and Su-17s operating from grass reserve airfields would have been more difficult to find by NATO reconnaissance during the Cold War.

(Post credit to @EasternOrbat on Twitter)

⚡️🇭🇺 Hungarian MiG-29 9.12B maintenance in the nineties. The side of the MiG-29 shows the badge of the Hungarian Air Force 59th Aviation Regiment's 1st aviation squadron.

This regiment used two MiG-29s and one L-39ZO squadron in the second half of the 1990s.

(Post credit to @EasternOrbat on Twitter)

Heatseeker

⚡️🇵🇰 Time for late Cold War (80s) PAF vibes


"Tum Hi Se Aye Mujahido" by Alamgir was released in 1986.

The video is insanely well made. Airdrops, Paratroopers ops, Showing every plane in the inventory at the time, Hot scrambles, Night operations, Close Air Support runs, air-to-air missile launches, Dropping Runway bombs, Formation flying, High altitude CAPs, Sensors at work, Ground operators.

@planenerd

Actually so cool

⚡️🇵🇰 Why can't we film this shit nowadays

⚡️🇵🇰 PAF Mirage dropping a BLU-107/B Durandal Runway Denial bomb

⚡️🇵🇰 Ok last one I swear. The night shots are so cool.

⚡️🇵🇰 No. 2 Squadron "Minhasians" JF-17 Thunder Block II, armed with the C-802A air-launched anti-ship cruise missile.

@planenerd

Happy 50th birthday old fart

⚡️🇮🇩 Indonesian F-16 flying over Nusantara

F-104 Starfighter

🇹🇭⚡️🇨🇳 Royal Thai Air Force JAS-39 Gripen C and PLAAF J-10C Vigorous Dragon spotted together during the "Falcon Strike 2024" Air Exercises.

@planenerd

⚡️🇵🇰 An undisclosed Airbase with 10 J-10Cs

Mitsubishi F-2