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air force / europe / military

4 Jan, 2015

F-111 Aardvark in Europe

During the Cold War, the United States based the EF-111A/F-111E & F-111F with the 20th & 48th TFW in the United Kingdom. While the 20th TFW received the F-111E and later the EF-111A Raven,...

Interviews / space

21 Dec, 2014

Dr.Sky Interviews Jim Lovell- Apollo 8 Astronaut

Apollo 8 Orbits The Moon-46 Years Ago / Merry Christmas It is hard to believe that Apollo 8 and the crew, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and Bill Anders, made that historic journey around the...

air force / fighters / friends / military / post

20 Dec, 2014

First Australian F-35A arrives at Luke AFB ,AZ

The Royal Australian Air Force got an early Christmas present on December 18th, 2014 with the arrival of their first F-35A multirole fifth-generation strike fighter, to be based at Luke AFB. Photorecon.net was invited...

military / navy

16 Dec, 2014

Airborne Early Warning Squadron 116 (VAW 116) “Sun Kings”

The E-2C Hawkeye is the United States Navy’s all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning aircraft. The main functions of the E-2 are to provide airborne early warning and command and control capabilities for all...

air force / europe / military

16 Dec, 2014

Lakenheath´s Strike Eagles

The 48th FW is home-based at the largest US Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. 4,600 active soldiers and 900 civilians from the UK are working and caring for 50 F-15E Strike Eagles...

Airshow / warbirds

14 Dec, 2014

Keeping the Tradition Alive

As the dog days of summer come to an end in the southwestern U.S., the Arizona skies behold a flurry of activity. Aircraft owners and pilots come out of their summer slumber, or as...

fighters / military / navy

12 Dec, 2014

The Last Tomcat Cruise

The Atlantic Ocean, near the coast of Florida. One loud “bang” and the C-2A Greyhound catches one of the cables to land on the aircraft carrier “Theodore Roosevelt”. We leave the plane, a dream...

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assignments / friends / military / navy

11 Dec, 2014

Looking Back at VF-103 “JOLLY ROGERS“ Last Tomcat Cruise, Homecoming CVW-17

On December 13th, 2004 at 14:00 local, the aircraft of CVW-17 were landing at NAS Oceana, and thus VF-103 finished their last cruise with the F-14B Tomcat. The family members of the crews couldn’t wait for...

assignments / fighters / military / navy / photocalls

7 Dec, 2014

Naval Air Facility El Centro Photocall – Fall 2014

On November 20, approximately 100 photographers arrived outside the main gates of Naval Air Facility El Centro (NAFEC). They were there for one of two annual photocalls held at one of the most active...

friends / Gallery

5 Dec, 2014

Ken Middleton’s Scale Modeling

Aviation photography is a passion of mine, particularly military aviation. So, coupled with that, I also build plastic scale model kits of aircraft. As a kid, I built World War 2 planes, tanks and...