From April 7 to April 18, the Eurofighters of the Austrian Air Force will be conducting their first supersonic training this year. Two supersonic flights are planned each day between 8.00 am and 4.00 pm.
Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner: “This training is indispensable for our air forces. Security policy developments are a daily reminder of how fragile peace is in Europe at the moment. The preservation and protection of air sovereignty is central to a sovereign state and must be continuously practiced and expanded, including in the supersonic range.”
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Safe flight operations and flight safety also have “top priority” in the supersonic range, as stated in a recent press release from the Austrian Armed Forces states. The pilots therefore train under real physical stress, which cannot be simulated in a simulator. The close and extremely time-critical coordination between military pilots, radar control officers and military and civilian air traffic control is another essential part of the training.
Flights are conducted over almost the entire federal territory with the exception of conurbations and the federal states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The flight areas are determined in cooperation with civil air traffic control. In order to keep the noise level as low as possible, flights are flown at high altitudes.
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