Fleetweek 2018
Scott and Steve Mantegani collaborated on this article. San Francisco’s Fleetweek 2018 festivities started on the week of October 1. The ships came in ahead of the show weekend for various emergency preparedness training...
Scott and Steve Mantegani collaborated on this article. San Francisco’s Fleetweek 2018 festivities started on the week of October 1. The ships came in ahead of the show weekend for various emergency preparedness training...
Here’s a small group of photos from Tim Adams… who attended the 2018 Reno Air Races last year. The 2019 edition will be held during the second week of September, and promises to present...
All imagery © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence (unless otherwise credited) On 10 December 2018, a new technological era dawned as Air Force celebrated the delivery of its first F-35A Joint Strike Fighter...
Recently, I was intrigued by an offer on my social media feed that I could not refuse. It read, have you ever attended a night launch before? Now’s your chance! Today is the last...
This is Part 1 of a multi-part history of the F/A-18 Hornet by Peter Boschert Originally, this model was developed for the USAF, the roots of the F / A-18 lie in a study...
The Nike Missiles: The early Nike-Ajax missiles came to Sandy Hook in 1954. They were a 2-stage missile that used a highly flammable and explosive fuel mixture of: JP-4 jet fuel; an HNO3...
The culmination of my ten day photographic bender in Japan was the JASDF Hyakuri Air Festival, held on Sunday December 2nd, 2018. Hyakuri Air Base is approximately 90 minutes driving time north of Tokyo....
With a nod to the Foo Fighters, my look back at 2018 saw many great new opportunities open up for me as a member of the Photorecon.net family. I contributed seven articles that...
Sorry about incomplete credits: Scott and Steve Mantegani collaborated on this article. 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of Mather Airfield, and to celebrate it, this year’s air show included a Friday night show. Mather...
The New Nike Missiles at Sandy Hook: The Cold War essentially started in 1946 with the beginnings of the development of the USSR Soviet strategic bomber force. The threat was now Soviet strategic...
My Favorite time of year (other than Airshow Season) is almost upon us. As we prepare to say farewell to 2018 and ring in 2019 we stop and reflect on the past year...
In 2018, it can be said that one of the most highly anticipated airshows was the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford which was celebrating the Royal Air Force’s centenary. The airshow marked...