AFTER OCEANA 2019 – “THE MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM”
It was Sunday, September 22nd, 2019, in Virginia Beach. Yesterday, Saturday, was my last day at the 2019 NAS Oceana Air Show, always one of the best military shows in the United States. As...
Category: fighters
MiG-29 Scrapbook
Ukrainian Falcons MiG-29A at Burlington, Vermont in 1992 Mikoyan’s MiG-29 jet fighter prototype first flew in late 1977, and entered production in 1981. The design was developed in response to the new American...
The New Orleans Airshow 2022
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans hosted their first airshow in 5 years on March 19th and 20th, 2022. I have had this show on my list for a few years and...
Thunder Over Michigan Airshow 2021
Kevin Walsh, CEO of the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, MI as well as Event Director of the 2021 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow conducted an impressive and highly entertaining weekend of military and warbird...
VMFA-112 Cowboys Team Build With JASDF 3 Squadron at Hyakuri Air Base
The U.S. Marine Corps’ VMFA-112 “Cowboys” with their F-18A++ Hornets and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force 3 Squadron’s F-2As trained together during the week of December 13, 2021 at Hyakuri Air Base. Additional Marine...
A Super Flyover
Story and photos by Joe Kates, additional photos by Scott Plummer Photorecon was invited to attend the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation media day leading up to the Super Bowl LVI game day flyover....
Pearl Harbor Survivor: Collings Foundation’s Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
The American Heritage Museum in Stow, Massachusetts, is a must-stop visit for any military enthusiast. The museum operated by the Collings Foundation has an incredible display of military vehicles and equipment. The vehicles and...
BLUE AIRPLANES – A PHOTO COLLECTION
How well do you know your aircraft types? Well, here’s an assortment of civil, military, and oddballs all thrown together. There’s just a pair of common threads here… they’re aircraft, and they’ve all got...
Special Military Aircraft Collection #7
Here’s our seventh scrapbook of specially-colored military aircraft, enjoy! You can hover over the photo to see the type, or click for a full sized view.
Chariots Abound – Get in!
The Commemorative Air Force just hosted its annual airshow from 29-31 Oct, 2021 at Dallas Executive airfield, Dallas Texas. Know upfront that you can fly in a P-51 for 20min for $1695 – pass...
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome: The 2021 Cherry Point Airshow
Not only did Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point host an airshow on September 25th and 26th, but they pulled it together in only 9 weeks. I received an email on July 16th from...
Battle of Britain Air Show 2021
Del Laughery travelled “across the pond” to Duxford, in the United Kingdom, for the 2021 Battle of Britain Air Show. Some rare aircraft just beginning their service before World War II were displayed, such...
