Category: Special Events

2017 Sail Boston / Air National Guard / fighters / Special Events

22 Jan, 2020

Vermont Air National Guard Receives Their First F-35A Lightnings

Ground crew members salute the arrival of new F-35s in Burlington Vermont Photorecon.net Photography by Scott Zeno and Alice Leong The 158th Fighter Wing’s 134th Fighter Squadron of the Vermont Air National Guard continues...

Formation Flying / Helicopters / Special Aviation Events / Special Events / U.S. Army / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy

15 Jan, 2020

The Army-Navy Game in the Sky

Photography copyrighted by Mike Colaner as labeled, or via U.S. military sources if unmarked. The Army Navy football game is considered the greatest rivalry in all of collegiate sports. Ask anyone who has ever...

Aircraft carrier / military / Special Events / U.S. Navy

30 Aug, 2019

Carrier Air Wing Nine Returns Home

Portions of Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) returned to Naval Air Station Lemoore following a 7 month around the world deployment on May 16th. The VFA-14 Tophatters (F/A-18E), VFA-41 Black Aces (F/A-18F), VFA-151 Vigilantes...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Blue Angels / fighters / military / Special Events / U.S. Navy / warbirds

26 Apr, 2019

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...

Air National Guard / Base Visits / fighters / New England / Special Events / tribute / U.S. Air Force

12 Apr, 2019

Viper Out -158th Fighter Wing – Vermont Air National Guard

Viper Out 158th Fighter Wing – Vermont Air National Guard Burlington International Airport 6 April 2019 Ken Middleton In December 2013, it was announced that the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National...

General Aviation / Special Events

16 Mar, 2019

Alton Bay, New Hampshire’s 2019 Ice Runway Season Is Finished

First Published in our sister journal, CivilAviationWorld.com The Vernal Equinox, otherwise known as the first day of astronomical Spring in the Northern hemisphere, occurs on March 20th of every year. In America, the...

Aircraft carrier / Aviation History / fighters / Special Events / U.S. Navy

9 Mar, 2019

Sundown for the U.S. Navy’s Legacy Hornets

On Friday February 1, 2019 a rare sundown had occurred at 1303 hours at the U.S. Navy’s East Coast Master Jet Base, Naval Air Station Oceana. This sundown had not come early, because this...

Air National Guard / Air Transports / Airshow / Boeing / bombers / fighters / Formation Flying / Helicopters / Marines / Special Events / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

9 Dec, 2018

FREEDOM’S THUNDER A LOOK AT OUR MODERN MILITARY AT AIRVENTURE 2018

Every year AirVenture always pulls together a fascinating array of modern military aircraft and 2018 was no different. There were aircraft representing the United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard,...

Air to air photography / Airshow / featured / Special Events

11 Nov, 2018

Sean D. Tucker Finishes A Splendid Solo Aerobatic Career

In his last year of Performing Solo in his Oracle Challenger III biplane, Sean D Tucker took some time out to take a few photos over Boston and answer a few questions to promote...

Airshow / Aviation History / Special Events / warbirds / World War II

25 Oct, 2018

A Look Back in Time, the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend

Reading Pennsylvania’s Mid-Atlantic Air Museum can boast of a collection of over ninety aircraft and replica aircraft, from the past 100 years. Most of these are civilian aircraft, but a lot of the attention...