Kedar Karmarkar talks us through the Assignment to NAS Key West, Florida, which presented perhaps the finest ramp shoot in the history of aviation photography… And some real challenges to get the best out of it. Read more  

Richard Clarke experiences the full-on action of the Bulgarian AF MiG-21s, MiG-29s and Su-25s during an epic five-day visit, which included going air-to-air in a BuAF C-27J Spartan with the fighter fleet!  Read more  

Jonathan Young was one of two COAP members to respond to the chance of going air-to-air with the stunning Seafire SX336 in the hands of John Beattie in mid September.  Read more  

Keith Meachem experienced being on Assignment at RAF Valley, shooting the next generation of RAF fighter pilots going through their Fast-Jet Training. We spent the day with Nos IV(Res) Squadron’s slick Hawk T2 sand No 208(Res) Squadrons classic (and soon to be retired) Hawk T1s, and had a super rare chance to shoot a SAR Sea King HAR3 and SARTU AB412. This busy Assignment also included hooking up with a serving QFI and skilled aerial photographer in the evening for a briefing & squadron tour followed by a photography Workshop. Furthermore, the next day offered the chance to try low-level photography in the famed ‘Mach Loop’.  Read more  

Mark Sutherland travelled to the foothills of the Tatra Mountains in Southern Poland to joing COAP’s second Assignment, shooting the awesome Mi-24 ‘Hinds’ and the rare Mi-2 ‘Hoplites’ on deployment for a mountain flight training exercise  Read more  

Adrian Carver was at London Heathrow at the end of April for the first COAP Workshop as well as the first COAP Assignment to No 12(B) Squadron at RAF Marham in May.  Read more