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Old 2nd Mar 2016, 11:21
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DACT 2016 Gando Las Palmas

Down there yesterday to cover this exercise and was quite surprised to find 2 A4 Skyhawks, listed as "private contractor" involved in what I assume is a specific NATO exercise.

This is the line up which I was supplied :- F-16AM from Belgium, Mirage 2000C from France, a NATO E-3 SENTRY, A-4 Skyhawk from a private contractor, EF-18 Hornets (12th, 15th and 46th Wings), Eurofighter Typhoon (11th and 14th Wings), C-101 Aviojets (MATACAN), C-295 (35th Wing) and Super Puma and Persuader (802 Squadron).

One of the Skyhawks was in Standard NATO grey, whilst the other was in a gray, blue, white blotch camo.

The best I could get out of the co-ordinator was "ask the Americans".

Perhaps Draken International

Any Clues ?

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Discovery Air Defence ? A-4 Skyhawks at Wittmund, Germany | GAR
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Stitch, I would guess that you are right... Discovery Air (used to be Top Aces) operate A-4N Skyhawks as part of their fleet.
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You can often observe two or three of those A-4s over NW Germany on Radar24.
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Cracked it I think Stitch. Camo on first pic looks about right ! Thanks for that !

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