DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM
Ten miles South of Omaha Nebraska, adjacent to the city of Bellevue Nebraska, one will find Offutt Air Force Base. Offutt has a very rich history dating back to the late 1890’s when Fort...
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Royal Air Force Tornadoes Are Retired From Service
Panavia GR.4 of the Royal Air Force By the time you read this article, the RAF’s workhorse Tornado GR.4/GR.4A attack jets will have flown all but their final few hours of their forty year...
FREEDOM’S THUNDER A LOOK AT OUR MODERN MILITARY AT AIRVENTURE 2018
Every year AirVenture always pulls together a fascinating array of modern military aircraft and 2018 was no different. There were aircraft representing the United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard,...
Geneseo Airshow 2018, The Greatest Show on Turf
I am proud to bring you my other hometown area airshow from Western New York. The proper name of it is the National Warplane Museum Airshow, the Greatest Show on Turf. I call her...
THE WESTOVER AIR SHOW 2018 Some Planes, Some History, and Even An Astronaut
The Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass., home of the 439th Airlift Wing and their big C-5’s of the Air Force Reserve Command, held their first air show since May of 2015 on...
Hazy’s Gallery of Photos of the Week
Here’s a running collection of Jim “Hazy” Haseltine’s Photos of the Week, it’ll be updated as a new photo is posted too. Enjoy these awesome air-to-air images of warplanes in their element! ”...
A Salute to Veterans and Avengers
Illinois Valley Regional Airport (KVYS) also known as Walter A. Duncan Field is located approximately 1 mile from Peru IL. Illinois Valley Regional has 2 runways, runway 8/36 which is 6,000 feet long...
U.S. Military Aviation’s Half Century Club
There are a handful of aircraft designs that are approaching, or have already surpassed fifty years of service with various U.S. military users. Half a century of service speaks praises of the design’s utility...
The Ghost Rider at Oshkosh 2017
EAA’s AirVenture, held at Oshkosh Wisconsin, has to be the longest continuously running aviation event in the world, dating back to September 1953 (as a part of the Milwaukee Air Pageant, at the now...
The USAF Weapons School Integration Phase – WSINT
Twice a year, the very prestigious Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base comes to an end with the large-scale capstone phase known as the Weapons School Integration phase. WSINT was held from...
