Our A-10 Thunderbolt II Scrapbook
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an attack and close air support jet operated exclusively by the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard. The twin engines are in pods...
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BRRRRRT! The A-10 Thunderbolt II
BRRRRRT! The A-10 Thunderbolt II She will never win a beauty contest, she is not loud, nor is she flashy. She is, however the best Close Air Support platform in the world and beloved...
Westmoreland County Airshow 2019
The annual Shop & Save Westmoreland County Airshow took place on May 25th and 26th at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. This was my first time attending although I had known about...
Maryland Fleet Week and Airshow, 2018
In what has become a biannual tradition, Naval vessels and aircraft arrived in Baltimore for Maryland Fleet Week and Airshow, October 3rd through 9th, 2018. American, British and Canadian ships were available for tours...
Vegas Strong 2017
Article and all photography © Steve Lewis/Photorecon.net This year, being the 70th anniversary of the United States Air Force, and with the recent tragic shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas...
My 2015 Air Show Finale Weekend
The distance “as the crow flies” between NAS Pensacola and Moody AFB is just 280 miles. What a coincidence that this pair of military air bases would host the final large events of the...
AMARG (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Tucson, Arizona)
In March 2015 I was in Tucson once again and was able to spend a day in the area of the 309th AMARG. The third largest Air Force in the world sits here on 2,600...
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst 2014 Air Show
For those in the mid-Atlantic region, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) was our first air show for 2014. After 2013, with no military air shows due to the federal budget sequestration, and a long cold...
Hawgsmoke 2014
On July 9-12, 2014, 14 different A-10 squadrons from across the country participated in the biannual gunnery competition called HAWGSMOKE! The 2014 Hawgsmoke competition was hosted by the 357th Fighter Squadron (The Dragons) based...
Raptors, Reapers and Reunions – Holloman AFB Open House 2014
It had been almost two and a half years since the gates of Holloman AFB were open to the public and airshow performers had taken to the skies over south central New Mexico. Holloman...
Peter Boschert in Spangdahlem for Combined Resolve II
The Warthog back in Germany – A-10C of the 124th FW / 190th FS at Spangdahlem Air Base. Airmen and seven A-10C airplanes of the Idaho Air National Guard were sent for the exercise...
Flying Yankees Begin A New Mission in 2013
The 103rd Airlift Wing (AW) of the Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG) celebrates 90 years of flying heritage in 2013. This milestone takes place as the Wing transitions from a period of uncertainty to...
A Day at the Range
When I got the phone call in the middle of the day, I was sitting in a heat, that we Southern Californians do not normally get. Hot and humid, and it wasn’t going away...
Dissimilar Formations: Not Quite an Oxymoron
They make it look so simple, those pilots flying different types of aircraft in formation at an air show. Two of my favorite acts are an Air Force Heritage Flight, or a Navy Legacy...
