Northrop F-5E Tiger II of the Patrouille de Suisse.
This F-5 taxies as the first aircraft of the team towards the head of the runway to take off moments later in 2 formations of 3 aircraft for the flight demonstration.
The Patrouille Suisse is the demonstration team of the Swiss Air Force and exists since 1964. The show that this team gives during air shows is beautiful to see. It is also one of the few teams that uses flares during their show.
This photo was taken during AIR14 at Payerne Air Base on September 7, 2014.
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…