A Look at the 2022 MacDill AFB Air Show
T-1A Jayhawk in USAF/Squadron commemorative colors at MacDill AFB Bob Finch took a quick trip to visit family and the MacDill AFB air show in March, 2022. Here are some of the aircraft on...
Category: military
A Lockheed Constellation Scrapbook
The Constellation was a pre-World War II airliner design begun by Lockheed Corporation in 1937. In 1939, Transcontinental and Western Airlines (later known as just TWA) showed interest in a long ranged transport with...
Black Aircraft Photo Scrapbook
All of the aircraft in these photos have one thing in common… the color black. You can hover over the photo to find the type or click it for a larger view. Enjoy!
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...
Ceremony Caps off 100 Years
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-18 Mustang VH-SVU / AM-G makes its dedication pass Wednesday, March 30, was the date on which the Royal Australian Air Force concluded its year of centenary celebrations with a moving...
AVIATION ON THE WAY TO OCEANA
Are you heading down to Oceana this September on US-13 south through DelMarVa? Hope so! It’s been a quiet two summers for plane chasers and our beloved air shows with most shut down because...
Crowned Wings
The Blue Angel pilots started training at a base like this long before arriving to Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, FL. While they we’re heading the show at Naval Air Station Kingsville 2-3 April...
Fortissimo – “VERY LOUD —used especially as a direction in music.”
Fortissimo – “VERY LOUD —used especially as a direction in music.” And the city of jazz and jets couldn’t have sounded better at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse,...
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...
Our KC-10 Scrapbook
The Boeing KC-10 Extender is a long-ranged air refueling and cargo carrying jet. Based upon the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airframe, sixty KC-10As were produced for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) during the early 1980s....
The Royal Canadian Air Force Retires Their Buffaloes
The last operational flight of Canada’s long serving CC-115 Buffalo transports occurred on January 15, 2022. The 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, based at Comox, British Columbia, was the last operational unit in the...
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...
