Tagged: U.S. Navy

Airshow / Blue Angels / U.S. Coast Guard

February 2, 2019

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...

Helicopters / Marines / U.S. Navy

June 13, 2016

Fleet Week, NYC 2016

I spent the Thursday of Fleet Week NYC 2016 on the Flight Deck of the USS Bataan LHD-5, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. Later that week, my Saturday May 28th was spent at Republic...

air force / Airshow / demo teams / europe / fighters / military / Trainers

June 11, 2015

Rhode Island Air Show Hits Jet Team Trifecta

The on-line dictionary Encarta defines the word trifecta like this: “1. bet on first 3 in race …a bet… that involves selecting the competitors that will come in the first three places in the...

air force / featured / fighters / military

February 16, 2013

Tanker Crews Keep ‘Em Flying at Red Flag

An exceptional array of aircraft contribute during each Red Flag exercise. Participation runs the gamut from mighty USAF B-2 stealth bombers to visiting allied aircraft like the Colombian Air Force’s Kfir C2s, which attended...