Al Fursan Display Team in action during AIR14.
Al Fursan (The Knights) is the aerobatics demonstration team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force. It was established in 2010 with Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339NAT jet aircraft. The team has a total of seven aircraft, all of which are used for performances. They are the only aerobatic display team in the world to use black smoke.
This photo was taken on January 23, 2016 at Sakhir Airbase during the Bahrain International Air Show.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…