On this page you will find a selection of my work for German armed forces and about military events in Germany.
Please feel free to download some PDF copies of my published work for non-commercial purposes.
Dirk Jan de Ridder
On this page you will find a selection of my work for German armed forces and about military events in Germany.
Please feel free to download some PDF copies of my published work for non-commercial purposes.
Dirk Jan de Ridder
Old-timers with new skills, in Air Forces Monthly (February 2015)
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Boelcke’s Bombers go multi-role, in AirForces Monthly (October 2012)
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“All Eurofighter wings will be able to do both air-to-air and air-to-ground. The aim is that there will not even be wings focusing a bit more on one specific role. All wings are going to be multi-role, but this wing will be the leading unit to set the standards for air-to-ground, to do the testing and evaluation, because we have pilots with that background.”
LtCol Stefan Kleinheyer
about converting from the Tornado fighter-bomber to the multi-role Eurofighter
“Although the air assets of the Marineflieger are getting older and its current missions might be moving away a little bit from ‘alluring’ high threat level operations, it is still a very potent air arm with a wide range of capabilities. Marineflieger personnel are flying year-round in order to ensure the security and economic stability in Germany and the rest of the world, possibly more than ever before with fewer assets.”
From ‘Old-timers with new skills’, AirForces Monthly (February 2015)