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Exercise Anatolian Eagle. Konya, Turkey
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Topic Started: Jul 27 2016, 08:24 AM (309 Views)
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Jul 27 2016, 08:24 AM
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Lt. Steve 'Gun Show' Harrison-Green
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During June I visited Konya, Turkey for Exercise Anatolian Eagle. This year the exercises fast jet participants included multiple squadrons of Turkish F-16s, Turkish Phantoms, Pakistani F-16s as well as Italian and Saudi Tornado's. Airborne command and control was provided by E-3As of the NATO E-3A Component and a Turkish E-7A Wedgetail. The Royal Netherlands Air Force also attended and provided a single KDC-10 Extender. The Turks also provided UH-1 and AS532 for rotary support.
Unfortunately during the 2 days I was there the Saudis stayed firmly planted on Terra Firma and didn't take part in the final missions. We did however get a few different supporting aircraft in on the Thursday including a Turkish A400M, Pakistani C-130 and Saudi A330-202MRTT.
Here's a selection of shots from the exercise; 1.
F-16C Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-4E Phantom, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16D Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Panavia Tornado ECR, Italian Air Force (AMI) Anatolian Eagle, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16B Fighting Falcon, Pakistan Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16C Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16B Fighting Falcon, Pakistan Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16D Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16C Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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KC-135 Stratotanker, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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KC-135 Stratotanker, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Panavia Tornado ECR, Italian Air Force (AMI) Anatolian Eagle, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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E-3A Sentry, NATO E-3A Component, Exercise Anatolian Eagle, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Panavia Tornado ECR, Italian Air Force (AMI) Anatolian Eagle, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16A Fighting Falcon, Pakistan Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16A Fighting Falcon, Pakistan Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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CASA CN-235, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Bell UH-1 Iroquois 'Huey', Turkish Army, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Boeing E-7A Wedgetail, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, Turkish Army, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16D Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Panavia Tornado ECR, Italian Air Force (AMI) Anatolian Eagle, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Panavia Tornado ECR, Italian Air Force (AMI) Anatolian Eagle, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-4E Phantom, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-4E Phantom, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-4E Phantom, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-4E Phantom, Turkish Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, Turkish Army, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16C Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16C Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16D Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16C Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16D Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16B Fighting Falcon, Pakistan Air Force, Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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CASA CN-235, Exercise Anatolian Eagle, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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C-27J Spartan, Italian Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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C-130 Hercules, Pakistan Air Force, Exercise anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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A330-202MRTT, Royal Saudi Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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A400M, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Konya, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
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F-16D Fighting Falcon, Turkish Air Force, Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016, Turkey by Steven Harrison-Green, on Flickr
The full set is on my Flickr; https://www.flickr.com/photos/89987501@N03/albums/72157669796712915/page1
Thanks for looking.
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Olde Farte
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Jul 27 2016, 09:50 AM
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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Wow!..these are absolutely gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing them.
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RJ Tucker
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Jul 27 2016, 11:21 AM
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Patrolling the MMM frontier
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Great shots!
Thanks much!
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Jul 27 2016, 11:52 AM
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
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absolutly belting pics!
especially love the ones of the F4's
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Jul 27 2016, 12:33 PM
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Gun Monkey
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Some cracking shots, love 25 rhino porn, what gear do you use?
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Jul 27 2016, 01:34 PM
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Lt. Steve 'Gun Show' Harrison-Green
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- Jul 27 2016, 12:33 PM
Thanks, Canon EOS 700D with a Sigma 150-500mm lens. I also have a 18-250mm but its not as fast as the 500mm and the shots come out soft. A lot of what I posted in the Lakenheath thread this morning was done with the short and it shows in some pics. I learnt at Tiger Meet to stick with the big lens!
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Jul 27 2016, 06:03 PM
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Gun Monkey
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I use a 7d with the 150 - 500, good lens I find as well, love to do something like this, retire in the not to distant future so it might be on the cards. tks
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Jul 27 2016, 06:11 PM
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Lt. Steve 'Gun Show' Harrison-Green
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- Jul 27 2016, 06:03 PM
I use a 7d with the 150 - 500, good lens I find as well, love to do something like this, retire in the not to distant future so it might be on the cards. tks I went with http://www.spottertrips.eu/en/ although I wouldn't recommend going to Turkey any more...
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