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Airshow / Blue Angels / Marines / U.S. Marines

19 May, 2018

MCAS Cherry Point Air Show 2018

“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.” – Ronald Reagan. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point held their bi-annual...

Airshow / Australia / Centennial celebration / warbirds

12 May, 2018

The Yarram Centenary of Flight

Paul Bennet (Paul Bennet Airshows) turns on another fine performance in his Wolf Pitts Pro, backed by the Wall of Fire. The Yarram Centenary of Flight on 17.3.2018 celebrated 100 years of flight...

bombers / fighters / Helicopters / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

6 May, 2018

U.S. Military Aviation’s Half Century Club

There are a handful of aircraft designs that are approaching, or have already surpassed fifty years of service with various U.S. military users. Half a century of service speaks praises of the design’s utility...

museums / space / U.S. Air Force / warbirds

28 Apr, 2018

SEARCHING FOR WARBIRDS IN WALT DISNEY WORLD

Story and photos by Bill Sarama, except where noted on photos I had the recent good fortune to be invited to stay at a Vacation House with some friends on the property at Walt...

Exercises / fighters / military / Red Flag

23 Apr, 2018

Red Flag 18-2 Review

The second of three scheduled Red Flag exercises for fiscal year ’18, (RF 18-2) concluded on March 23, 2018. Red Flag is the United State’s premier air combat exercise and is coordinated at Nellis...

Air Transports / Airliners

18 Apr, 2018

A Unique Partnership

In 2009 a unique partnership was formed between Milwaukee Wisconsin’s General Mitchell International Airport and Airbus headquartered in Toulouse France. This agreement has seen Airbus use Milwaukee as a base of operations to cold...

Airshow / bombers / EAA / Formation Flying / military / post / warbirds

13 Apr, 2018

The Ghost Rider at Oshkosh 2017

EAA’s AirVenture, held at Oshkosh Wisconsin, has to be the longest continuously running aviation event in the world, dating back to September 1953 (as a part of the Milwaukee Air Pageant, at the now...

europe / Exercises / military / navy

10 Apr, 2018

Joint Exercise “Chesapeake 2018”

In December of 2015 the American and French militaries began discussions on the possibility of deploying Marine Nationale (French Navy) Dassault Rafale M fighters and a Northrup Grumman E-2C Hawkeye from a United States...

Airshow / military / post / warbirds

7 Apr, 2018

THE 2017 ANDREWS AIR SHOW

The “2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show – Breaking Barriers for 70 Years – Featuring the Thunderbirds and the Golden Knights” – was held on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 – 17, 2017. Andrews...

Centennial celebration / europe / Special Aviation Events / Special Events

31 Mar, 2018

Royal Air Force is One Hundred Years Old

The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) celebrates its’ one hundredth anniversary on April 1, 2018. Formed during the latter part of the First World War, it came into being through the merging of...