To convey the stories of the armed forces in a powerful and accurate way, Engage assembled a team of passionate reporters. Armed Forces reports are written and visualized by the following persons:
Our profile
Patrick Roegies
My passion for aviation started at the age of 7 in 1977 when my father took me to a nearby airbase. This passion further developed when I started writing military aviation related articles based upon visits to various nations and Air Forces. In 2021, my first book was published and there will be more in the near future.
Hans Antonissen
Growing up close to a major Dutch military airbase I developed my interest in military aviation. Since I stepped back from my commercial career I am able to put more effort and time in my aviation passion resulting in many publications in major aviation magazines.
Paul Gross
Ever since my father took me to Gilze-Rijen Air Base, I have been hooked on aviation. In the years since, my passion for aviation has led me to great discoveries, but the most inspiring thing is traveling around the world and meeting like-minded spirits; from pilots to flight attendants, from technicians to veterans. It is endlessly interesting to share our experiences.
Paul van der Linden
In my daily life I am an information advisor in the public domain. I developed an interest in military aviation in the early 1980s and became a passionate freelance aviation historian and photographer in the 1990s. Ever since I wrote numerous articles and assisted in various books on military aviation related topics.
Ben Gorski
In my daily life I am a control room operator at a chemical plant. In addition to my job as an operator, I am a freelance aviation photographer/reporter. This addition came about because of my great passion for military aviation and the technology surrounding them. I have been doing this for 5 years now and have not yet achieved all the goals I would like to achieve.
Twan van Dommelen
From the moment my parents took me to Volkel Air Base in the 1980s, I was captivated by military aviation. In daily life, I run a creative agency that develops brands for a variety of companies and organizations. As a freelance aviation photographer/reporter, I contribute to tell a wider audience about the essential work of the various armed forces.
Angelo Romano
Born in Naples, Italy in 1955, Angelo Romano, started being interested about US Navy at the age of 8, after an episode that sparked his passion for this topic. In 1963, the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) called port in Naples, on her maiden voyage around the world, and his parents were invited aboard to visit the new carrier. However, because of his age, he was left ashore! Ten years later, in a sort of “revenge,” Angelo visited all the US Navy aircraft carriers that called port in Naples, between 1970 and 2021. Angelo even experienced the thrill of eleven traps (or carrier landings) and catapult launches from aircraft carriers with Cargo On Board Delivery (COD) aircraft and Vertical On Board Delivery (VOD) helicopters. In 1973, he joined the small historic group of Neapolitan aviation photographers (including Carlo Tripodi, and the long-gone Angelo Gialanella and Giorgio Salerno). He began shooting photos in various Italian locations, and exchanging slides with photographers in the US and Japan, expanding his collection of US Navy aircraft photos. In 1984, Angelo graduated in Aeronautical Engineering at the Naples University, and began a long and fruitful career in the aviation industry, working for prestigious companies such as Alenia, ATR and Geven. Over the years, Angelo contributed as a freelance with articles for aerospace magazines such as Aerei, Air Fan, Le Moniteur de l’Aeronautique, Volare, and the prestigious Aviation Week & Space Technology. His articles and reports represented a turning point in his publishing activity, and were the prelude to the release of his first book WINGS FROM CORAL SEA, a photo-album of the carrier embark aboard the USS Coral Sea (CV- 43), during the first cruise with the F/A-18A Hornets, in 1985-86. This book was followed by another thirteen, which have been a great success among fans of the US Navy and military aviation in general. In carrying out his freelance activity, Angelo has often traveled to the United States, visiting various archives, meeting with famous photographers and collectors such as Duane Kasulka, Dave Lucabaugh, Douglas Olson, Jim Sullivan, William Swisher, and many others. During these visits Angelo collected precious photographic material, which was then merged with his collection of prints and slides, in a comprehensive digital/still archive (nicknamed Naval Aviation Archives – NAVARCHIVES). The archive includes photos and documents about US Navy and Marine aircraft, operational from 1911 to the present day. It is composed of a physical section, consisting of about 120,000 slides, 3,000 negatives, 5,000 color and black and white prints and 1,500 books and magazines, and a digital section, with about 2,000,000 scans of photos from private collections, historical archives, and museums. NAVARCHIVES is filed by squadrons, and by aircraft type: it represents a unique reference source for Angelo and researchers worldwide who may need his support for their books or articles. In 2010, Angelo had the privilege of being chosen by the famous photographer and editor of Tailhook magazine, Bob Lawson, to become the curator of his personal collection. Thousands of original slides and photos, taken by Lawson during his 30-year career as a US Navy photographer, were thus entrusted to the custody and care of Angelo, who filed and embedded them into NAVARCHIVES. Since his retirement in 2021, Angelo concentrated on organizing his archive and published an average of one book per year.
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