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 Oxidizer of unsymmetrical Dimetral Hydrozine...
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 bombers attacking New York City....
This is the first of a three part article about the anti-aircraft defenses around New York City from World War II through the Cold War years. Some of you might be old enough to remember the 1974 docudrama made-for-television...
The Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass., home of the 439th Airlift Wing and their big C-5’s of the Air Force Reserve Command, held their first air show since May of 2015 on Saturday and Sunday, July 14th...
The Quonset Point Air Show for 2018, officially called the “2018 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show”, was held on Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th, at the Quonset State Airport in North Kingston Rhode Island....
Jones Beach, on the Ocean in Long Island near New York City, just had its big Memorial Day Weekend Air Show on Saturday and Sunday, May 26th and 27th, 2018. The Jones Beach air show was officially called the...
The 30th “Fleet Week New York 2018” was celebrated from May 23rd through May 29th, 2018, all around New York City and there was actually an aviation component included with the participation of the “USS Arlington” (LPD-24), a 684-foot...
Story and photos by Bill Sarama, except where noted on photos I had the recent good fortune to be invited to stay at a Vacation House with some friends on the property at Walt Disney World near Orlando Florida...
The “2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show – Breaking Barriers for 70 Years – Featuring the Thunderbirds and the Golden Knights” – was held on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 – 17, 2017. Andrews had a fabulous 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 “Feet Wet” on the Atlantic...
Grumman E-2D Hawkeye of VAW-123 “Chambers Field”, the Naval Air Station facility located within Naval Station Norfolk (NAVSTANOR), celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the flying component of the base with a fairly big but somewhat “secret” air show on...
Story by Bill Sarama, photos by Bill Sarama, Howard German and Mike Colaner. Dover Delaware, 45 minutes south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, on US Route 13, is noted for two events that get huge crowds: The first is...
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