Red Flag 20-02 Foreign East Coast Visitors
For those who can’t get to Las Vegas Nevada and witness the various foreign aircraft types at Nellis Air Force Base, there is another way to spot them. Many on the east coast of...
Category: fighters
Random Aviation Photos #2
A South Dakota Air National Guard F-16C streaking through Star Wars Canyon Good Day Everyone! Here’s a new feature that we’ll be running regularly in the pages of Photorecon.net. “Random Aircraft Photos” will feature...
103rd Fighter Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard – Bradley Air National Guard Base, CT 10 October 2006
On 10 October 2006, I had the great privilege of visiting the 103rd Fighter Wing of the Connecticut Air National Guard at Bradley Air National Guard Base, located at Bradley International Airport, in order...
F-111 Aardvark in USA and Austalia
On December 21, 1964, the first F-111 took off on its maiden flight. In June 1960, the United States issued Specific Operational Requirement 183 (SOR 183), calling for a tactical fighter plane for nuclear...
RIAT at RAF Cottesmore
Ukrainian Air Force Tu-22M3 bomber at RAF Cottesmore close to the turn of this century. The Royal International Air Tattoo is a yearly gathering of military aircraft, aircrews, and aviation history rolled into almost...
Bundeswehr Museum of Military History Berlin – Gatow
At the Bundeswehr Museum… an RF-4E, RF-84F and an SU-22M4, all capable of Photorecon missions!. The Bundeswehr Museum of Military History Berlin – Gatow in western Berlin Germany is a large impressive complex with...
Lockheed Martin Ready to Deliver the 500th F-35 Fighter
U.S Navy F-35C dwarfed by the C-5M in the background… don’t judge the F-35’s capabilities by its size though! The 158th Fighter Wing, U.S. Air National Guard, will soon welcome the 500th F-35 Lightning...
VINTAGE JETS: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WARBIRDS PRESENT AT AIRVENTURE 2019
Jet warbirds are gaining in popularity with growing numbers ending up in the hands of civilian owners. AirVenture always assembles a fine selection of vintage jets from all era’s, types, and country of manufacture....
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...
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...
