France - Air, Terre et Mer

[Kevin Martin]

A busy couple of weeks in June for visits to French bases at Mont de Marsan, Hyeres and Le Luc saw me finally kick start the year aviation wise for me. The Mirage F1 retirement do at Mont De Marsan was quickly followed, after a long drive by the open door event held at Hyeres naval base.

Two weeks later saw the French Army training base at Le Luc hold it's 60th aniversary bash and a good chance to get up close to the Tigre's and NH90's of the French Army.


Thanks for taking the time to look, with more on my Flickr page if intrested...

Kevin
http://www.flickr.com/kevinmartin1/sets



1. Mont De Marsan gets a visit from Ramex Delta

Mont De Marsan - June 12th 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

2. Le Luc

Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr


3. Hyeres

Hyeres - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr


4. Mont De Marsan Mirage F1

Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

5. South of France in June's a safe bet for sunshine so they say......

Hyeres - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

6. Rafale action at Mont De Marsan

Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

7. And at Hyeres too...

Hyeres - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr


8. Le Luc

Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

9. Special tails to mark the F1 retirement

Mont De Marsan - June 12th 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

10. But only one took to the air

Mont De Marsan - June 12th 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

11. Back at Hyeres in was nice too see 3 Super Etendards in the air

Hyeres - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Hyeres - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

13. Hyeres

Hyeres - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

14. Ramex Delta at Mont De Marsan

Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

17. Not surpisingly, they arrived at Hyeres a bit eariler than we did.....

Hyeres - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

18. Once again back at Mont De Marsan for the F1's

Mont De Marsan - June 12th 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Mont De Marsan - June 12th 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Mont De Marsan June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

23. The St Dizier Rafale demo also put in an appearance at Mont De Marsan

Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

25. Some other visitors to Mont De Marsan

Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Mont De Marsan - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

27. Once again back to Hyeres where the Navy were flying most type's both old and new....

Hyeres - France June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Hyeres - June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Hyeres - France June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Hyeres - France June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Hyeres - France June 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

And a final batch from the Training school at Le Luc

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

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Le Luc - France 2014 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr


Thanks again for looking;

Kevin
http://www.flickr.com/kevinmartin1

[Skylinerworld]

Brilliant post! Good to see the Alize out and about, and those NH90s look great.

[Tim Laurence]

Absolutely fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

Tim

[Screechy]

Nice angles and subject matter. Particularly like 2,9 & 24

[bigcrow]

Great set with some lovely light, nice to see an Alize again.

[Ledhead27]

Brilliant set, particularly like 15, 19 and 24. Nice to see a Breguet Alize!

[soundbarrier]

Very creative photography Kevin

Although lots of different angles on the fighters I am more a fan of your Hyeres and Le Luc work. Beautiful pics in great light

[Hanzi]

nice very nice!!!!!!

[JonoUK]

Brilliant post Kevin, thanks for sharing.

[Craig_85]

Excellent stuff Kevin, I like the panned Mirage 2000 and some of the choppers are in particularly nice light, 33 for example.