While attending the 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation in San Diego, CA, the Photorecon team was invited to attend Media day at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.   Having previously covered numerous media events at MCAS Miramar, we knew what to expect.   As expected, the Marines went out of their way as our gracious hosts. As we arrived to a “red carpet” VIP reception, we were greeted by Maj Manual Delarosa, ... Read More

The Centennial of Naval Aviation (CONA) Parade of Flight, held on February 12th 2011, will be what I judge all other aviation events against for a very long time.  It was the Kickoff event of the year-long celebration of 100 years of naval aviation.  The Parade of Flight featured more than 170 aircraft in the air and close to 75 more on the ground at NAS North Island.  It ... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.historicflight.org Mukilteo, WA, January 23rd 2011 - A former Ukranian MiG-29 fighter has become the second privately owned MiG-29 to fly, taking to the air over Washington six years after it left Eastern Europe. Capable of speeds of Mach 2.2 and altitudes of nearly 60,000ft, the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29 “Fulcrum” is a far cry from the 1927-57 vintage airplanes that Historic Flight Foundation specializes in restoring. However, the ... Read More

A few of our best photographs from this years races.. ... Read More

National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrines joined presenting sponsor Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. in awarding the Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage trophy to the 1945 North American P51-D NACA 127. Owned by William Allmon of Las Vegas, Nev. and restored by Pacific Flyers, the NACA 127 P-51D (N51YZ) was used by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1945 to 1952 to get transonic data in addition to wind tunnel information, to ... Read More

A Journey To The USS Carl Vinson / CVN 70 By Steve Kates- Dr.Sky As a Radio/TV host; Dr.Sky; it has been a goal of mine, to report on what it is like to visit a US Navy carrier, out at sea! That dream was given to us in August of 2010, as our media group, Dr.Sky Inc./ Photo Recon.net and Blue Scarecrow Entertainment were given an opportunity to be a part ... Read More

Flying with the Blues As a prelude to the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show held on the last weekend of August, the New Hampshire Air National Guard assisted in an important mission: to refuel the Navy's Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets en route, as they flew from NAS Pensacola to Pease International Tradeport non-stop.  I was part of a contingent of about 20 media and air show "key" personnel that went along to ... Read More

Going to the annual EAA Convention at Oshkosh has become a part of every summer for a lot of us.  I’ve been taking my son since he was four years old.   My father went when I was seven (it was in Rockford, IL back then).  I haven’t missed a lot of shows in 43 years.  The “Fly In” has evolved into the “premier aviation event in the world” but ... Read More

Flight Training the Coast Guard Way For its’ core missions, the Coast Guard operates five types of airframes: the EADS/Eurocopter MH-65B/C Dolphin and Sikorsky HH-60J/T Jayhawk helicopters, plus the FalconJet HU-25A/B/C/D Guardian, the new EADS/CASA HC-144A Ocean Sentry, and the Lockheed Martin C-130 H and J model Hercules.  The C-130 community flight trains at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Clearwater, Florida.  Training on the other four aircraft types is performed ... Read More

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

The Royal Saudi Air Force  attended Red Flag 10-4 with  the F-15. The Saudi version is called the F-15S  is a variant of the F-15E supplied to the Royal Saudi Air Force in the mid to late 1990s. Saudi Arabia had previously wanted the F-15F, a proposed single-seat Strike Eagle. Saudi Arabia sought to order 24 F-15Fs, but was blocked by U.S. Congress. The F-15S is almost identical to the ... Read More

Members of the Pakistan Air Force arrived at Nellis Air Force Base July 16 to participate in Red Flag 10-4.  The U.S. Air Force is hosting approximately 100 Pakistan Air Force pilots, maintainers and support personnel at the world's premier large force employment and integration exercise July 17-31. This is the Pakistan Air Force's first time participating in Red Flag. Also participating will be fighter pilots ... 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