Landing of a U.S. Air Force Aviano Viper.
A General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon of the U.S. Air Force during landing photographed at Aviano Air Force Base in Italy.
Aviano Air Base is a military aircraft base in north-east Italy, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. The base is located in the municipality of Aviano at the foot of the Alps.
The Italian Air Force owns the base but it is home to 31st Fighter Wing of the US Air Force and is one of six active air bases in Europe where US nuclear weapons are stored.
31st Fighter Wing consists of two squadrons using the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the 555th Fighter Squadron and the 510th Fighter Squadron.
This photo was taken on 7 February 2022.
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…