21st Century Alpha-Jet | Blind Bat News

On 19APR2022, it was reported that yet another Nigerian Alpha Jet crashed, killing the crew.

A contracted Canadian Alpha Jet, on 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland, 14JUN2021.
Canadian Forces photo by Master Corporal Krista Blizzard.

Alpha Jet on display at the Paris Air Show on Le Bourget Airfield, June 1989. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Dave Casey.

Qatari Alpha Jet, April 1992, USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Lee Corkran.

NATO’s Cold War era Alpha-Jet was a joint production between Germany’s Dornier and France’s Dassault. The first prototype flew in October 1973. The Alpha-Jet is still in use today.

French Alpha Jet at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, 13NOV2019. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Mikayla Whiteley.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Mikayla Whiteley, 13NOV2019.

French Air Force Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet from Tours – Saint-Symphorien Air Base arrives at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, 29AUG2018. USAF photo by Airman First Class John A. Crawford.

USAF photo by Airman First Class John A. Crawford, 29AUG2018.

In January 2018, Portugal’s last Alpha-Jet took off on its final flight.

Air Affairs Australia and Discovery Air Defence Services, contracted Alpha-Jets, March 2017.

Canada’s TopAces offers contracted military training Alpha-Jets.

Top Aces’ Alpha Jet, Cold Lake, Alberta, 14JUN2018. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Bryan Carter.

A Top Aces’ Alpha Jet, Cold Lake, Alberta,18JUN2018. Canadian Forces photo by Ordinary Seaman Erica Seymour.

A Top Aces Dornier Alpha Jet over Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 07FEB2018. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Manuela Berger.

A Top Aces Alpha Jet on Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 09FEB2018. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Manuela Berger.

Royal Thai Alpha Jet, Korat Air Base, March 2016. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Aaron Oelrich.

Royal Thai Alpha Jet, U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Mandaline Hatch, 16FEB2015.

Edited video, from videos by Airman Greg Cerny and Staff Sergeant Laura Beckley, Royal Canadian/TopAces Alpha Jets at Happy Valley-Goose Bay, October 2015:

A contracted Canadian Forces Alpha Jet flies over the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, in Michigan, 11AUG2014. Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant David Kujawa.

A Michigan C-130 Hercules escorted by Royal Canadian/TopAces Alpha Jets over Rogers City, Michigan, August 2014. Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Scott Thompson.

Belgian Alpha Jet refuels in Germany, 11FEB2014. NATO photo by Andre Joosten.

Nigerian Alpha-Jet.

Niger has a problem with its refurbished Alpha Jets; “Troops of Operation Desert Sanity on clearance patrol in Sambisa Forest, Borno State, have uncovered the wreckage of crashed Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar with two crew members on 31 March 2021.”–Nigerian Army statement

2016 Nigerian news report about upgraded Alpha-Jet delivery:

Nigerian Air Force refurbishes another Alpha Jet

Egypt operated (operates?) Alpha-Jets known as versions MS1 and MS2.

Some of Morocco’s Alpha-Jets have been upgraded for atmospheric/cloud seeding work.

In 2007, a single privately owned (H211) Alpha-Jet began atmospheric testing operations under the code name AJAX. It’s based at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California, and was recently featured on the Discovery Channel: