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Flights under the Open Skies Treaty

A meeting at the Hofburg in Vienna, 14 July 2008, to mark the approaching 500th flight under the Open Skies Treaty.
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Crew members check the equipment in the nose of an An-26 aircraft used by the Hungarian Air Force to fly observation missions under the Open Skies Treaty, July 2004.
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German and Russian officers discuss, 23 August 2004, flights by German crews under the Open Skies Treaty over the territory of Russia.
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Members of a joint Romania-Hungary flight under the Open Skies Treaty pose in front of an AN-30B aircraft, 20 November 2006.
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Members of a joint Romania-Hungary trial flight under the Open Skies Treaty pose in front of an AN-30B aircraft, 2 April 2007.
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Russian officers (right) greet members of a joint United Kingdom/Croatia observation flight over Russia under the Open Skies Treaty, 14 August 2006.
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Members of a Russian crew come off their Tu-154 aircraft as they arrive in the United States, July 2000, before a flight under the Open Skies Treaty.
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A group photo of Russian and Italian crews after test flights under the Open Skies Treaty over Italy, April 2006.
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A US crew flying under the Open Skies Treaty over Russia pose next to their OC-135B aircraft, in Ulan-Ude, Russia, 3 March 2006.
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Danish jets accompany a Russian An-30 aircraft during an observation flight under the Open Skies Treaty over the territory of Denmark.
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Russian and American representatives sign an agreement, 5 August 2006, before a US flight under the Open Skies Treaty over Russia.
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Italian crew members and their Russian counterparts pose next to a C-130H aircraft during flights over Russia, 30 September 2004, under the Open Skies Treaty.
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Team members from Slovenia and the United Kingdom pose next to an Andover C Mk1 aircraft during a trial mission by UK over the Republic of Slovenia, at Joze Pucnik Airport, Brnik, March 2007.
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Members of a Russian crew pose on the tarmac next to a Tu-154 aircraft together with their US counterparts during an observation flight over the territory of the United States under the open Skies Treaty, July 2000.
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Canadian crew members performing a flight under the Open Skies Treaty over Russia, pose next to their C-130H aircraft, 29 May 2003.
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Swedish crew members pose next to their Saab-340B aircraft after an observation flight over the territory of Russia under the Open Skies Treaty, 6 April 2005.
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On board a Turkish Casa CN-235 aircraft flying under the Open Skies Treaty, 23 February 2004.
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Members of a Turkish team flying under the Open Skies Treaty pose next to their Casa CN-235 aircraft, 14 August 2006.
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Russian and French crews flying under the Open Skies Treaty, pose on the tarmac next to their aircrafts, September 2003.
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Members of a Benelux flight over Greece, 14 March 2006, under the Open Skies Treaty.
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Shaking hands after a joint UK-Croatia flight over Russia, 17 August 2006, under the Open Skies Treaty. Latvian representatives observed the flights.
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Members of a joint Canadian-Swedish-Italian flight over Georgia under the Open Skies Treaty pose, 30 November 2006, next to a Canadian C-130H aircraft.
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A camera used on a Saab-340B aircraft over Slovakia during a joint US-Swedish training flight, 28 May 2008, under the Open Skies Treaty.
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Members of a joint Greek-Benelux-Spanish flight over Georgia, 1 November 2006, under the Open Skies Treaty pose next to their C-130H aircraft.
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A group photo next to a C-130 aircraft after a flight over Croatia, 1 February 2006, under the Open Skies Treaty.
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Members of a joint Bulgarian-German flight over Croatia, 13 June 2007, under the Open Skies Treaty.
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A joint Bulgarian-Spanish flight over Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 March 2007, under the Open Skies Treaty.
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Members of a joint Italian-Russian flight over Croatia under the Open Skies Treaty pose in front of their aircraft, 5 March 2007.
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Camera equipment on board a Russian An-30 aircraft used to fly over Greece, 30 October 2007, under the Open Skies Treaty.
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A briefing for participants of a Russian flight over Greece, 19 March 2007, under the Open Skies Treaty.
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Canadian officer A/Lt.Col. John Preston and Russian officer Col. Alexander Baryshnikov shake hands after signing a document as part of a Russian mission over Canada under the Open Skies Treaty, September 2004.
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A group photo, including of members of the Ukrainian team participating in flights under the Open Skies Treaty, next to some of the aircraft used under the Treaty.
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A Ukrainian An-30B aircraft used under the Open Skies Treaty.
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Members of a Ukrainian team that perfomed flights under the Open Skies Treaty over Turkey from 2 to 6 September 2002 pose next to their aircraft.
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Members of a US team conducting a flight under the Open Skies Treaty over Russia pose on Red Square in Moscow, 11 April 2006.
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Russian and Danish military personnel responsible for a Russian flight over Denmark, July 2007, under the Open Skies Treaty, which establishes a regime of unarmed aerial observation flights.
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Ukrainian military personnel greeted by their Czech counterparts after a flight over the Czech Republic, April 2003, under the Open Skies Treaty, which establishes a regime of unarmed aerial observation flights over the territory of its 34 signatories.
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Czech and Spanish military experts discus a flight over Ukraine, May 2004, under the Open Skies Treaty, which establishes a regime of unarmed aerial observation flights over the entire territory of its 34 signatories.
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Date Date:
1 July 2004
Source Source:
Forum for Security Co-operation

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