On July 21 Photorecon was on hand @  Nellis, AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada  for the RED FLAG 10-4 exercise. The USAF allowed us and several other photographers to attend an exciting opportunity to witness and  cover the launch and recovery of the aircraft participating in the exercise from in between the two main runways. At a blistering 117 degrees before noon, units representing  USAF, USMC, USN, RSAF(Singapore) ,RSAF(Saudi Arabia) ,and PAF(Pakistan) "their first ... Read More

Upstate New York is an area that has miserable winters, lakes, mountains, poor farmers, vineyards, wineries, and the greatest airshow on turf.   The greatest airshow on turf happens each summer in Geneseo, New York which is a small college town south of Rochester.   It’s the home of the 1941 Historical Air Group and a museum which has the Memphis Belle (OK, USAF Museum, it’s the “Movie Memphis Belle”, but ... Read More

On July 24th and 25th Photorecon was fortunate enough to have its first photocall at NAS Fallon.  NAS Fallon is the home of the Navel Strike Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) and the Fighter Weapons School (Topgun).   Photographers from Photorecon, Aviation Photographers of Southern California (APSOCAL), and Arizona Aviation Photographers (AzAP) made the trek to NAS Fallon, located approximately 60 miles east of Reno, Nevada. On day 1 at 0830 we ... Read More

Each June, warbirds take to the sky over the Valle Airport in Arizona’s High Country near the Grand Canyon when Planes of Fame Air Museum hosts its annual High Country Warbirds Fly-in. A number of the aircraft on display at Planes of Fame Air Museum in Valle, AZ are flyable, providing plenty of up-close and personal warbird action throughout the day of a Fly-in, ... Read More

A few weeks ago my brother Steve Kates (drsky) got a call from his good friend Brigadier General Richard Stephen "Steve" Ritchie Ret. The General was in town for a speaking engagement  and invited us to join him for lunch. I was real excited to join them and speak to a legend of modern air combat. Form the moment I first met Gen Ritchie I found out what a great ... Read More

Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is one of the largest fighter bases in the world. Aircraft from Nellis operate on the Nevada Test and Training Range, which offers more than 15,000 square miles of airspace and 4,700 square miles of restricted land. More than 75 percent of all live munitions used by the Air Force for training are dropped on the Nevada Test and Training Range. Many communities in ... Read More

Sun n’ Fun is always a great place to go in the spring to get the air show season started off right.   It’s in central Florida and the weather this time of year is generally very nice.  Sun n’ Fun is a bit more than a simple air show.  It’s a weeklong event that supports the local air museum and in a lot of ways gives you an idea ... Read More

Punta Gorda is on the western coast of Florida, south of Tampa.  It is one of the nicer small shows in the country.  I’ve never been to that part of Florida and never to Punta Gorda in particular; so this was a good opportunity to see it all.  The weather on Saturday was great and it was a nice venue.  Hotels were within a couple of miles and traffic ... Read More

Local owner Maj take's his TA-4 airborne from Marana, Arizona and makes this wonderful video during his trip. Thats him in the back seat doing the filming. . Then he takes it to Chino California for the Chino Airshow 2010. http://www.skippyscage.com/aviation/az/avrafc/ ... Read More

Story and Photos by Phil Myers On Wednesday, May 5th Planes of Fame Air Museum, located in Chino California, hosted it annual Media Day.  The Media Day was kicked off with an Airshow overview by Frank Mormillo, the museum’s media coordinator.  Following Frank, was the president of the museum, Steve Hinton. Steve spoke about the museum and the airshow.  Also in attendance was Steven “Steve O" Hinton, the current Air ... Read More

  The B-17, B-24, and P-51 will start the 21st season of the Wings of Freedom Tour. Call 978-562-9182 to book your seat today * Flight Experiences Donations are $425 per person aboard the B-17 or B-24. * The B-25 is available at select locations for flight experiences. Flight experiences on the   B-25 are $400 for forward fuselage seats, and $325 for waist gun seats * Flight training in the TP-51C "Betty Jane" will ... Read More

 3-11-2010 was a sad day; we lost a great man and in his personal  words "A Custodian of  Aviation History".  Nazzi Hirani left this world doing what he loved to do. Fly his vintage Warbird  In the skies over Arizona.  My time knowing Nazzi was short but he is a man I will never forget meeting. I first met Nazzi at an air show in AZ ,he was flying and displaying ... Read More

One of the best Aviation based photographs I have ever seen. Taken at KBFI (Boeing field) by Dave's best mate Scott Lindsell. What a spectacular photo!! And it's not even HDR folks!! Visit him http://www.flickr.com/photos/bfiguy/ ... Read More

Our very own Dave Budd was invited out to Mojave Space Port to photograph the Orbital L-1011 known as Stargazer”  This  aircraft is an L-1011 commercial transport aircraft modified to serve as the launch platform for Orbital’s air-launched Pegasus rocket as well as a platform for airborne research projects. The L-1011 has been used to successfully launch 32 Pegasus rockets as well as the captive carry flights of the ... Read More