Flight Training the Coast Guard Way For its’ core missions, the Coast Guard operates five types of airframes: the EADS/Eurocopter MH-65B/C Dolphin and Sikorsky HH-60J/T Jayhawk helicopters, plus the FalconJet HU-25A/B/C/D Guardian, the new EADS/CASA HC-144A Ocean Sentry, and the Lockheed ... Read More

On July 21 Photorecon was on hand @  Nellis, AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada  for the RED FLAG 10-4 exercise. The USAF allowed us and several other photographers to attend an exciting opportunity to witness and  cover the launch and recovery of the ... Read More

The Royal Saudi Air Force  attended Red Flag 10-4 with  the F-15. The Saudi version is called the F-15S  is a variant of the F-15E supplied to the Royal Saudi Air Force in the mid to late 1990s. Saudi Arabia had ... Read More

Members of the Pakistan Air Force arrived at Nellis Air Force Base July 16 to participate in Red Flag 10-4.  The U.S. Air Force is hosting approximately 100 Pakistan Air Force pilots, maintainers and support personnel at the ... Read More

On Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, the world's only flyable Boeing B-29 Superfortress returned to the skies for the first time since 2006. The B-29 FIFI is the Queen of the Commemorative Air Force Fleet. Film by Hangar Workshop Productions, Gerald Oliver ... Read More

Upstate New York is an area that has miserable winters, lakes, mountains, poor farmers, vineyards, wineries, and the greatest airshow on turf.   The greatest airshow on turf happens each summer in Geneseo, New York which is a small college town ... Read More

Chino’s Planes of Fame Museum host Aviation Photographer Paul Bowen On Saturday, July 17, 80 aviation photographers, pilots and enthusiasts and I were fortunate to hear legionary aviation photographer Paul Bowen speak at Chino Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, ... Read More

Air shows and other flying events are pretty much the same.  No matter where you go, air shows are similar.  A few locals flying, a military jet, some over priced food and if you are lucky, one or two professional ... Read More

On July 24th and 25th Photorecon was fortunate enough to have its first photocall at NAS Fallon.  NAS Fallon is the home of the Navel Strike Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) and the Fighter Weapons School (Topgun).   Photographers from Photorecon, Aviation ... Read More

Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential aircraft. VC-121 Columbine II Air Force One. The presidential call sign was established for security purposes during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The change stemmed from a 1953 incident where an Eastern Airlines  commercial flight (8610) ... Read More