Looking Back, the 2007 Otis ANGB Air Show
The 2007 air show at the Otis Air National Guard Base (located near Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod) was the last of its kind. The following year, the tenant 102nd Fighter Wing of the...
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Special Military Color Schemes, Volume #2
This is the second of many volumes of specially painted military aircraft photos from our Photorecon.net photographer team. You can hover over each photo for an overview of the aircraft type, operator and/or...
Remembering the Doolittle Raid
One week and seventy-nine years ago, a formation of U.S. Army Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell bombers launched off of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet to deliver a counter-attack against Imperial Japanese Forces....
The Red Arrows: Ambassadors of the Royal Air Force & the United Kingdom
With a thundering roar, nine red and white jets streak overhead from behind the airshow crowd. The jets trail patriotic red, white, and blue smoke as they climb skyward with the crowd craning their...
Airline Colors, Scrapbook #1
We’re at the beginning of a new monthly feature on our sister publication CivilAviationWorld.com featuring airline color schemes of the past and present. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated most airline operations in 2020 and...
A Look Back: The 2017 Defenders of Liberty Air Show
Before I was a Media Contributor, I was an avid air show photographer attending 8 to 10 shows a season. In addition to my annual driving-distance shows, I would take one trip that was...
THE ROI OF THE B-2 SPIRIT STEALTH BOMBER
THE ROI OF THE B-2 SPIRIT STEALTH BOMBER -A Transformative and Impactful Public Private Partnership- By George A. Haloulakos, CFA, MBA George A. Haloulakos, CFA, is a university instructor, author and entrepreneur. His...
Special Military Color Schemes, Volume #1
This is the first of many volumes of specially painted military aircraft photos from our Photorecon.net photographers team. You can hover over each photo for an overview of the aircraft type, operator and/or special...
My Trip to MCAS Kaneohe Bay and Hawaii in 2007
Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay is located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, the original aviation facilities were built for Navy PBY Catalina patrol...
Our LTV A-7 Corsair II Scrapbook
The LTV A-7 Corsair II was a single engine, subsonic attack jet that was operational in U.S. service between the Vietnam War and the Desert Storm war. The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) company won a 1964...
Seaplane Spotting in British Columbia, in 2009
August, 2009 was hazy and warm in the Canadian Province of British Columbia . Unfortunately, forest fires contributed to the haze, and stole some of the boldness of the Abbotsford Air Show that year....
Remembering the First Airbus A-380 Arrival at KJFK
Airbus’s A-380 super-sized airliner was launched at the end of the year 2000. A little more than four years later, the first flight of a prototype occurred, on April 27, 2005. European and U.S....
