A Behind the Scenes Look at the 2015 RCAF CF-18 Demonstration Team
It’s one of the more anticipated acts of the air show. As the CF-188 leaves the chocks, pulls out of the ramp area and taxis to the runway, heads turn to admire the jets’...
It’s one of the more anticipated acts of the air show. As the CF-188 leaves the chocks, pulls out of the ramp area and taxis to the runway, heads turn to admire the jets’...
Right on time; a banking, tight, two-ship section of Rhode Island Air National Guard C-130-Js came screaming in from crowd right to the conclusion of an inspiring rendition of the National Anthem. Back-dropped by...
Large scale live training and experimentation between two or more branches of American military service – Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force – is a rare opportunity in the real world....
The on-line dictionary Encarta defines the word trifecta like this: “1. bet on first 3 in race …a bet… that involves selecting the competitors that will come in the first three places in the...
The Battle of Britain occurred 75 years ago, and numerous events to commemorate that epic battle are taking place around the world in 2015. Winston Churchill described the airmen that fought their German...
Westover Air Reserve Base Fetes 75 Years of Operations The sky over western Massachusetts, at the foot of the Berkshires, was filled with the sights and sounds of the Great New England Air Show...
Setting the Record Straight By Francis Gary Powers, Jr. May 1, 2015 55th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident 55 years after my father was shot down over the former Soviet Union I still find...
Red Flag 15-2 recently concluded marking the last time that aggressor painted F-15s will be used as adversaries. Earlier this year the 65th Aggressor Squadron stood down, and the remaining F-15s were transferred to...
The Los Angeles County Air Show roared back to life over the Antelope Valley on March 20th and 21st. Headlining this second year show was the United States Air Force Demonstration Team, the Thunderbirds....
In March 2015 I was in Tucson once again and was able to spend a day in the area of the 309th AMARG. The third largest Air Force in the world sits here on 2,600...
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – The 56th Fighter Wing flew its 1000th F-35 training sortie today making it the fastest F-35 wing to reach the 1000-sortie milestone in the Department of Defense. This...
The 56th Fighter Wing officially began training new F-35 pilots today when the first student, Brigadier General Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, flew the wing’s first training sortie. Luke has a long and...