Category: bombers

Airshow / bombers / Civil aviation / demo teams / military / U.S. Air Force / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

11 May, 2019

Wings Over Wayne 2019

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base hosted their bi-annual airshow, Wings Over Wayne (WOW) on April 27th and 28th. The 4th Fighter Wing and the 916th Air Refueling Wing were the hosts and the show...

Airshow / Aviation History / bombers / fighters / U.S. Air Force / warbirds

2 Mar, 2019

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...

bombers / Europe / fighters / military

23 Feb, 2019

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...

Air National Guard / Air Transports / Airshow / Boeing / bombers / fighters / Formation Flying / Helicopters / Marines / Special Events / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

9 Dec, 2018

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,...

Airshow / Aviation History / bombers / Civil aviation / fighters / museums / warbirds

9 Sep, 2018

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...

Airshow / bombers / demo teams / NASA / U.S. Air Force / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

11 Aug, 2018

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...

Air National Guard / Air to air photography / bombers / fighters / Formation Flying / Helicopters / U.S. Air Force

1 Aug, 2018

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! ”...

Airshow / bombers / Fly-In / Special Aviation Events / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds / World War II

1 Jul, 2018

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...

bombers / fighters / Helicopters / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

6 May, 2018

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...

Airshow / bombers / EAA / Formation Flying / military / post / warbirds

13 Apr, 2018

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...