A LOOK BACK AT OCEANA – 2018’s Show With Planes and STEMS
Naval Air Station Oceana is a pretty secure place. Unless you have business here, you’re never going to get in……except for one weekend each year when Oceana opens up its Main Gate to the...
Naval Air Station Oceana is a pretty secure place. Unless you have business here, you’re never going to get in……except for one weekend each year when Oceana opens up its Main Gate to the...
This past September I had the good fortune to see the Royal Navy’s newest and largest ship the HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) in Norfolk Virginia. Her visit to Norfolk coincided with my visit to...
Less than six months remain until the U.S. Marine Corps present a seldom-seen exercise that tells the story of high-tech teamwork in action. The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) presentation combines aviation and...
MISSION BRIEF: Stewart International Airport held its big Air Show for 2018 on Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th. Officially called the “New York Air Show”, Stewart, located west of Newburgh, New...
On Friday, March 8th, 2019, the United States Marine Corps said farewell to the venerable Grumman EA-6B Prowler and the last squadron to fly it, VMAQ-2, ‘The Death Jesters”. This was truly an end...
Panavia GR.4 of the Royal Air Force By the time you read this article, the RAF’s workhorse Tornado GR.4/GR.4A attack jets will have flown all but their final few hours of their forty year...
The 2018 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow held as usual at the famed Willow Run International Airport just outside of Ypsilanti Michigan celebrated its 20th birthday. This annual airshow never fails to impress, the 2018...
An air base open day was held on 2 December 2018 at Hyakuri Air Base (RJAH) in Ibaraki Prefecture, marking the start of the transition of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jeitai...
All imagery © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence (unless otherwise credited) On 10 December 2018, a new technological era dawned as Air Force celebrated the delivery of its first F-35A Joint Strike Fighter...
This is Part 1 of a multi-part history of the F/A-18 Hornet by Peter Boschert Originally, this model was developed for the USAF, the roots of the F / A-18 lie in a study...
The culmination of my ten day photographic bender in Japan was the JASDF Hyakuri Air Festival, held on Sunday December 2nd, 2018. Hyakuri Air Base is approximately 90 minutes driving time north of Tokyo....
Sorry about incomplete credits: Scott and Steve Mantegani collaborated on this article. 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of Mather Airfield, and to celebrate it, this year’s air show included a Friday night show. Mather...