Alpine Gunfighters at Wittmund

For the very first time the Austrian Air Force has deployed its Eurofighters to another central European country – to practise live air-to-air gunnery. Oliver Jonischkeit reports. EXERCISE REPORT Air-2-Air Gunnery 2017 A former German Luftwaff e Eurofighter, 7L-WG prepares to depart Wittmund’s Runway 08 for a gunnery-training mission over the North Sea. Oliver Jonischkeit AFTER A year’s preparation, the Luftstreitkräfte’s (Austrian Air Force’s) Überwachungsgeschwader (Surveillance Wing) based at Zeltweg deployed seven of its 15 Eurofighters and 130 personnel to