2019 Naval Air Station Lemoore Air Show
September 21, 2019 Naval Air Station Lemoore, Ca After several years without an air show, Naval Air Station Lemoore brought a big event back to to the Central Valley on September 21st and 22nd....
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2018’s MCAS Miramar Airshow Reviewed, Less Than Six Months Until the 2019 Show
Less than six months remain until the U.S. Marine Corps present a seldom-seen exercise that tells the story of high-tech teamwork in action. The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) presentation combines aviation and...
California Capital Air Show 2017
In September, Mather Field hosted another great air show for the Sacramento area. Each year they host a photography tour which provides a unique opportunity for photographers to get on the other side of...
Rainbow Canyon California
Father Crowley Vista Point is a viewing platform on which you can look into the Rainbow Canyon. It is located at an altitude of about 4000 meters, is called R2508 complex and is managed...
Gary Powers Jr. and the “Bridge of Spies”
As you drive down the mountain on RT23 from the Virginia border in south west Virginia, a part of the state that most people around the Washington DC area don’t even know exists, you...
California Capital Airshow 2015
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the California Capital Airshow at Mather Airfield, and it was quite the celebration, with the RCAF Canadian Snowbirds and the USAF Thunderbirds. This year also marked the first...
VMFAT-101 Visiting Long Beach Airport
The sound of military jets could be heard all over the city of Long Beach, California during the Labor Day weekend. The source of that sound was Marine Flight Attack Training Squadron VMFAT-101 know...
GORILLA – THE FIRST JET-POWERED PRIMATE
by William B.Scott At the dawn of the jet age, a small group of test pilots, engineers, technicians and maintenance troops secretly evaluated the Bell XP-59A, America’s first military jet, at the remote Materiel...
VMFA- 323 The Death Rattlers (a.k.a. The Snakes)
The Second World War was still raging in Europe and the Pacific on August 1, 1943, when Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-323, the “Death Rattlers” were commissioned at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point...
Planes Of Fame Airshow 2015
I was checking into the hotel and the pretty lady behind the counter asked what I was doing in town? I told her I was here for the airshow. She had no clue there...
