Red Flag 14-3
The 3rd and the last RED FLAG U.S. Air Force exercise of 2014 has ended. It’s July in Las Vegas, Nevada and it’s hot, really hot and humid, as weather was blowing up from...
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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst 2014 Air Show
For those in the mid-Atlantic region, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) was our first air show for 2014. After 2013, with no military air shows due to the federal budget sequestration, and a long cold...
Peter Boschert at Edwards AFB / NASA
Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base An article about Edwards Air Force Base isn’t complete if you don’t mention the Flight Research Center at the base. This is the...
Peter Boschert at Edwards AFB / U.S. Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base, in the beginning it was named Muroc Army Air Field and later renamed Muroc Army Air Force Base, Finally it was named on 08th December 1949 after test pilot Glen...
Hawgsmoke 2014
On July 9-12, 2014, 14 different A-10 squadrons from across the country participated in the biannual gunnery competition called HAWGSMOKE! The 2014 Hawgsmoke competition was hosted by the 357th Fighter Squadron (The Dragons) based...
Red Flag Alaska – Training, Tactics, Testing
The expansive airspace over south central Alaska offers an unsurpassed classroom during Red Flag Alaska (RF-A) training exercises. A pair of Air Force Bases (Eielson AFB is east of Fairbanks and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson...
YF-12A 60-6936
In the aviation world there are those that prefer to do artwork. Doing side views like this is called a ‘profile’. This is my first attempt at doing such artwork. Every one knows I...
Raptors, Reapers and Reunions – Holloman AFB Open House 2014
It had been almost two and a half years since the gates of Holloman AFB were open to the public and airshow performers had taken to the skies over south central New Mexico. Holloman...
Quonset Point’s Air Show in Top Form After Hiatus
After taking an uncharacteristic year off in 2013, the (almost annual) Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show roared back to life in mid-May, 2014 with an entertaining combination of past favorite...
Teaching and Keeping the Edge
While nothing can match actual aerial combat, or even just normal flight time for a Marine fighter pilot, modern technology can lend a helping hand in keeping these Marines trained and ready for any...
Aviation Spotlight Episode One- The 2014 Planes of Fame Airshow
Aviation Spotlight is our new aviation based series from AIRSHOWVID.com hosted by Daniel Wotring. This is the first of four episodes that will be produced as a test of concept. Daniel is himself a...
Peter Boschert – Air Refueling F-15E From RAF Mildenhall
Air to Air refueling of Lakenheath’s F-15E of 48th FW/494th FS with KC-135R. In the early hours on 24th April 2014 I walked into the briefing room of 100th ARW at RAF Mildenhall to...
