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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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13 Jul, 2019

Warbirds Over The Beach 2019

On May 18th and 19th, The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, VA held their annual Warbirds Over The Beach Airshow. If you love Warbirds, this is a special place. A private air force...

Aircraft carrier / Helicopters / military / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / Yearly Review

13 Jul, 2019

New York City held its 31st annual Fleet Week from Wednesday May 22nd through Tuesday, May 28th and was invaded by not only 15 international Naval ships but also by aircraft in overflights including:...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / Aviation Record Setters / Formation Flying / legends / meetings / military / museums / oshkosh / Special Aviation Events / warbirds

6 Jul, 2019

“Shooting Oshkosh”

One air show I always look forward to shooting is EAA AirVenture. Located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, AirVenture is a massive show to cover. PhotoRecon will have four (3) photojournalists on site this year to...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Base Visits / Blue Angels / military / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

6 Jul, 2019

Joint Base Andrews AFB Air Show 2019

With air boss Wayne Boggs coordinating the flying, announcer Matt Jolley describing the action and Jay Rabbit providing entertaining musical interludes, the Joint Base Andrews “Legends of Flight” air show was underway. Opening with...

Base Visits / Exercises / Red Flag

29 Jun, 2019

Exercises Red Flag 19-1 and 19-2 Report

Just north of the famous Las Vegas strip sits Nellis Air Force Base, ‘Home of the Warfighter’. Several training exercises are held here each year, but by far the largest and most well known...

Air to air photography / Air Transports / Airliners / Aviation History / europe / Formation Flying / museums / New England / post / Special Aviation Events / U.S. Army / World War II

29 Jun, 2019

D-Day Squadron – Missions Accomplished!

On June 6th, a group of aircraft collectively known as the D-Day Squadron will make history when they will mark the 75th Anniversary of ‘Operation Overlord’, the D-Day invasion of Europe. A group of...

Air Transports / Airshow / Blue Angels / demo teams / Marines / military / Transports

22 Jun, 2019

‘Bert’s Retirement Surprises Many, What’ll Replace the Iconic Lockheed Transport?

The U.S. Navy’s ‘Blue Angels’ caught nearly everyone by surprise when they announced on May 22nd of this year that their U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed Martin KC-130T Hercules (BuNo 164763 / CN 5258) affectionately...

Airshow / featured / friends / Photography and Spotting / Reno

22 Jun, 2019

Shock and Awe

(All photos via Joe Kates) Shock and Awe!!!!!!!!! I am in total shock having received the news of the loss of my good friend and “brother” Mark Hrutkay. At the same time I...

Air Transports / Airbus / Airliners / Helicopters / military / Transports

15 Jun, 2019

Airbus Celebrates Their 50th Year in Business; Delivers Their 12,000th Aircraft

Air Tahiti Nui A-340-300 At the big Paris Air Show of 1969, a collaboration between two countries with rich aviation histories signaled the beginning of what is known today as the Airbus company. Fifty...

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8 Jun, 2019

Northrop Grumman’s Final Mission in the BAC 1-11

Northrop Grumman retired their last British Aerospace Corporation (BAC) One-Eleven (1-11) Testbed as well as the last flying example of a BAC 1-11 in the world on May 6th, 2019. Takeoff on Runway 28...