Category: fighters

Aircraft carrier / Aviation History / fighters / military / U.S. Navy / Viet Nam

26 Jan, 2020

Grumman F-14 Tomcat History, Part 1

First F-14A 159607 in IRIAF camouflage Story and photos by Peter Boschert – this was written during the Tomcat’s final operational days. Development The Hughes (Raytheon) AWG-9 was a weapon system for which an aircraft...

2017 Sail Boston / Air National Guard / fighters / Special Events

22 Jan, 2020

Vermont Air National Guard Receives Their First F-35A Lightnings

Ground crew members salute the arrival of new F-35s in Burlington Vermont Photorecon.net Photography by Scott Zeno and Alice Leong The 158th Fighter Wing’s 134th Fighter Squadron of the Vermont Air National Guard continues...

Air Transports / Airshow / bombers / fighters / military / museums / Trainers / Transports / Viet Nam / warbirds / World War II

18 Jan, 2020

Wings Over Houston, 2019

The Wings Over Houston Airshow is an annual, privately operated show taking place at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas during the month of October. It was my first time attending the airshow on...

Aerobatics / Airliners / Airshow / demo teams / fighters / military / warbirds

5 Jan, 2020

Looking Back at the 2019 New York Air Show

Are you an air show junkie? Or, did you attend the 2019 edition f the New York Air Show? Here’s a collection of images taken from that event, through the eyes of photographers Scott...

Airshow / Blue Angels / fighters / Helicopters / U.S. Navy

4 Jan, 2020

2019 Naval Air Station Lemoore Air Show

September 21, 2019 Naval Air Station Lemoore, Ca After several years without an air show, Naval Air Station Lemoore brought a big event back to to the Central Valley on September 21st and 22nd....

air racing / Australia / Aviation History / Centennial celebration / fighters / military / Pilatus / post / Special Aviation Events / warbirds

30 Dec, 2019

Vimy to Fifth Generation in 100 Years.

RAAF Base Edinburgh has just commemorated 100 years of Aviation in South Australia with a worthy showcase of military aviation combining civil flying with historic defence force aircraft. This weekend’s Air Show – the...

Aviation History / EAA / fighters / Formation Flying / oshkosh

22 Dec, 2019

The Past, Present, and the Future. A look at the Heritage and Legacy Flights of AirVenture 2019

We continue our look at the year of the fighter at AirVenture 2019 with a closer look at the United States Air Force Heritage Flight and the United States Navy Legacy Flight. AirVenture 2019...

air force / Aviation History / Europe / fighters

21 Dec, 2019

Chateaudun Air Base Visit

Chateaudun Air Base (Base Aérienne 279) is home to Entrepét de l’Armée de l’air 601, founded in 1951. EAA 601 is the largest storage for military aircraft in Europe. For test flights, the airfield...

Aerobatics / Airshow / demo teams / fighters / Helicopters / military / museums / U.S. Navy / warbirds

30 Nov, 2019

OCEANA 2019 – ANOTHER GREAT AIR SHOW!

Six (6) Airplanes! Not Really! Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach held its annual Air Show for 2019, on Saturday and Sunday, September 21st and 22nd and everyone had a fun time...

Air National Guard / Airshow / Blue Angels / demo teams / EAA / fighters / military / oshkosh / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds

16 Nov, 2019

AIRVENTURE 2019 “YEAR OF THE FIGHTER” PART 2 A LOOK AT TODAY’S MODERN FIGHTER AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT.

Our coverage of AirVenture 2019 continues with a closer look at the modern fighter aircraft during the “Year of The Fighter” salute. Almost every modern-day fighter and attack aircraft was present from the United...