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1 May, 2017

Looking Over The Edge

by Keith “Rosey” Rosenkranz Aviators who’ve been to “the edge of the envelope” definitely know the name “Chuck Yeager.” On Oct. 14, 1947, the legendary test pilot became the first person to fly supersonic,...
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30 Oct, 2016

T-BIRD BOMB BURST

BY GEN. MERRILL A. (TONY) MCPEAK , Del Rio could be the movie set of a West Texas border town. It’s windy, and the weather tends toward seasonal extremes. A large U.S. Air Force...
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14 Mar, 2016

KILLING TRAINS

By Ed Rasimus (Excerpted from When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam) Our target for the day was a bridge at Bac Ninh on the northeast railroad. Ingress could be along the...
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26 Oct, 2015

FAREWELL FLIGHT

FAREWELL FLIGHT by Capt. William R. Tymczyszyn I hoped we’d fly together again someday, but I didn’t know just when. Then a sense of something special came over me, as I released the brakes...
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17 Aug, 2015

GORILLA – THE FIRST JET-POWERED PRIMATE

by William B.Scott At the dawn of the jet age, a small group of test pilots, engineers, technicians and maintenance troops secretly evaluated the Bell XP-59A, America’s first military jet, at the remote Materiel...
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16 Jun, 2015

B-52 STRIKE ON IRAQ

January 16, 1991; 1900 Hours: “We’re going!” That simple announcement from “Moondog,” our radar navigator, triggered a flurry of activity. We were going to war with Iraq. Jamming last-minute gear into our helmet bags...
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23 Mar, 2015

THE FIRST NIGHTHAWKS

by William B. Scott Depicting a symbolic nighthawk in flight and worn on a man’s suit lapel, it’s just a small, innocuous silver pin. But a red ruby in the hawk’s eye silently...

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Airshow / Aviation History / EAA / military / museums / oshkosh / warbirds

26 Jan, 2020

WARBIRDS: A Look at the Other Vintage Propeller Powered Warbirds of AirVenture 2019

Warbirds and the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) have walked hand in hand since the early days, long before the name was changed to AirVenture. Warbirds play a vital role in the continued success...

Aircraft carrier / Aviation History / fighters / military / U.S. Navy / Viet Nam

26 Jan, 2020

Grumman F-14 Tomcat History, Part 1

First F-14A 159607 in IRIAF camouflage Story and photos by Peter Boschert – this was written during the Tomcat’s final operational days. Development The Hughes (Raytheon) AWG-9 was a weapon system for which an aircraft...

2017 Sail Boston / Air National Guard / fighters / Special Events

22 Jan, 2020

Vermont Air National Guard Receives Their First F-35A Lightnings

Ground crew members salute the arrival of new F-35s in Burlington Vermont Photorecon.net Photography by Scott Zeno and Alice Leong The 158th Fighter Wing’s 134th Fighter Squadron of the Vermont Air National Guard continues...

Air to air photography / Airliners / Airshow / Aviation History / Base Visits / Blue Angels / post / RCAF Snowbirds / warbirds

21 Jan, 2020

About Our Tales That We’ve Published, and Future Stories Yet to be Told

The pages of Photorecon.net, ClassicWarbirds.net, and CivilAviationWorld.com are filled with aviation-related stories which offer an archive of facts, figures, photos and first-hand accounts. We’ve published around one thousand articles and features between our three...

air racing / Airshow / military / Reno / Special Aviation Events / warbirds

18 Jan, 2020

Reno, 2019

Once a year, Stead Airport erupts with the sound of the fastest motorsport on Earth. The Reno Air Races are one of the most iconic aviation events of the year. After finally attending my...

Air Transports / Airshow / bombers / fighters / military / museums / Trainers / Transports / Viet Nam / warbirds / World War II

18 Jan, 2020

Wings Over Houston, 2019

The Wings Over Houston Airshow is an annual, privately operated show taking place at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas during the month of October. It was my first time attending the airshow on...

Aerobatics / Airshow / U.S. Air Force

15 Jan, 2020

THE DOVER AIR SHOW FOR 2019

Dover Air Force Base in Delaware had its big air show for 2019, officially called “Thunder Over Dover”, on Saturday and Sunday, September 13th and 14th. Counting both the Static Ramp and the Hot...

Formation Flying / Helicopters / Special Aviation Events / Special Events / U.S. Army / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy

15 Jan, 2020

The Army-Navy Game in the Sky

Photography copyrighted by Mike Colaner as labeled, or via U.S. military sources if unmarked. The Army Navy football game is considered the greatest rivalry in all of collegiate sports. Ask anyone who has ever...

Airshow / Aviation History / bombers / museums / warbirds

8 Jan, 2020

Brantford Community Charity Airshow 2019

A few seasons ago, I learned about the airshow in Brantford, Ontario from my Canadian Airshow friends but was never in the area during the August time frame. The subject of those discussions always...

Aerobatics / Airliners / Airshow / demo teams / fighters / military / warbirds

5 Jan, 2020

Looking Back at the 2019 New York Air Show

Are you an air show junkie? Or, did you attend the 2019 edition f the New York Air Show? Here’s a collection of images taken from that event, through the eyes of photographers Scott...