Formation flights

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The image appears to show a formation of Royal Pakistan Air Force Hawker Tempest Mk.2 fighter aircraft during an Independence Day flypast in the early 1950s

 

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A mixed formation of Pakistan Air Force aircraft near Mianwali on 30 March 1986.

Shenyang FT-5s from No. 1 Fighter Conversion Unit (1 FCU), FT-6s from 25 Operational Conversion Unit (25 OCU), and Shenyang F-6s from 14 Operational Conversion Unit (14 OCU), flying in right echelon.

The photographer Peter Steinemann was airborne in one of the lead Shenyang FT-5 trainers.

© Peter Steinemann