Tagged: Oceana

Aerial Refueling / Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / Blue Angels / fighters / warbirds

November 26, 2022

Back to the Beach: NAS Oceana Airshow 2022

Naval Air Station Oceana hosted their first public airshow since 2019 on September 17th and 18th, (the 2021 event was held but remotely). Spectacular weather, save a few cloudy moments, made it feel great...

Airshow / Aviation History / Blue Angels / fighters / U.S. Navy

January 9, 2021

Looking Back at the NAS Oceana Air Show of 2006 – The Tomcat’s Sundown

The 2006 NAS Oceana Air Show was one of the major highlights (or lowlights, depending how you feel) for U. S. Naval aviation in the new Millennium. The show featured the beginning of the...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Blue Angels / fighters / military / Special Events / U.S. Navy / warbirds

April 26, 2019

A LOOK BACK AT OCEANA – 2018’s Show With Planes and STEMS

Naval Air Station Oceana is a pretty secure place. Unless you have business here, you’re never going to get in……except for one weekend each year when Oceana opens up its Main Gate to the...

Airshow / Blue Angels / military / museums / Special Aviation Events / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / warbirds

October 23, 2018

2018 NAS Oceana Airshow

Naval Air Station Oceana held their annual airshow on the 22nd and 23rd of September. This was also the 75th Anniversary of the East Coast Master Jet Base. For me, it is approximately 20...

Airshow / fighters / U.S. Navy

March 5, 2018

THE 2017 NAS OCEANA AIR SHOW

Naval Air Station Oceana (NTU) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, had their big 2017 Air Show on September 16th and 17th 2017. The US Navy’s East Coast Master Jet Base, about a mile away from...

Airshow / Blue Angels / demo teams / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

December 20, 2016

NAS Oceana, VA Air Show 2016

The September 10th and 11th open house recognized the fifteenth anniversary of 9/11 and honored those who lost their lives in the attack on our nation by radical Islamic terrorists. With especially tight security,...

Airshow / demo teams / fighters / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

October 22, 2015

Early Autumn Colors Bathe the 2015 NAS Oceana Air Show

Naval Air Station Oceana Virginia was awash with color during the weekend of September 19th and 20th. No, the Autumn foliage hadn’t really begun to blaze forth yet in Virginia, but this year’s air...

fighters / military / navy / post / tribute

May 5, 2015

Last Tomcats at NAS Oceana

The movie “Top Gun” made the F-14 Tomcat famous to most everyone. In 1997, after Naval Air Station Miramar was transferred to the United States Marine Corps, all F-14 Tomcats were moved to the...

Airshow / fighters / navy

October 28, 2014

NAS Oceana Air Show 2014

With no military air shows last year, fans were anxiously awaiting 2014. Absence seems to make the heart grow fonder. NAS Oceana, VA is not just a weekend air show but rather a week-long...

demo teams / fighters / Marines / post

October 17, 2012

Miramar Air Show 2012

Every year for 3 days in October, an estimated crowd of over 700,000 make the journey to MCAS Miramar near San Diego, CA. It was no different this year, and the 2012 Miramar Air...