Author: Dave Budd
Walt Ray Memorial install
With some recent inquiries — and after seeing more people visiting the site where Walt Ray lost his life — I dug through some old hard drives and pulled together a small set of photos from the day we...
“The Wild Weasels at 60”
“The Wild Weasels at 60” refers to the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force’s specialized Wild Weasel mission, dedicated to Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD), which began in 1965. With modified F-100F Super Sabres hunting Surface-to-Air...
TOP GUN House
The TOP GUN House is in Oceanside California. It is located at 250 N Pacific St, Oceanside, CA 92054 I had the chance to visit the historic structure on a recent trip to Southern California. First week of January...
NT-43A RAT 55
The Boeing T-43 is a retired modified Boeing 737-200 that was used by the United States Air Force for training navigators, known as USAF combat systems officers, from 1973 to 2010. A third aircraft 73-1115, was also transferred to...
355th EMS CDDAR
MSgt Michael C. Alstrin retirement print. CDDAR, or Crash, Damaged, or Disabled Aircraft Recovery, is a critical program in military and civilian aviation designed to handle aircraft involved in accidents or incidents. Its primary purpose is to safely remove...
The F-16 Viper Demonstration Team Unveils New Retro 50th Anniversary Paint Scheme
Capt. Taylor Hiester is the United States Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team Commander and Pilot stationed at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C. As the F-16 Demonstration Team Commander, he is responsible for representing Air Combat Command,...
Revisiting the Bloody Hundredth
Started watching the new trailers for Masters of the Air and wanted to pay respect to those brave men….I did a Bloody 100th print a couple years ago….but wanted to do a newer version. Its a real English countryside...
116th Air Refueling Squadron and the 100th Anniversary Tail Flash
Not sure which I like better!!? All reproduced with Shayne’s and Steve’s permission. https://www.facebook.com/141ARW https://www.facebook.com/flygirlpainter Special Thanks to Steve Grime/Radial Designs..logo design and retired 116th member. Newest Livery on the KC-135
F-16 “First Flight” 50th Anniversary Celebration
Hoping one of our contributors went to this event and is writing an article and supplying photos..
Photorecon attends the 2023 Reno Races
We did a slightly different mission this year at the last Reno Air Races. After attending the races since the early 2000’s Dave and Joe wanted to present our favorite teams with special take-home gifts and thank them for...
Skip Holm attends last Reno Air Race
Joe holding a past Reno guide signed by the legend himself..Skip Holm. In 2003, Skip Holm piloted Terry Bland’s modified P-51D Mustang, Dago Red, and reached an all-time unlimited class speed record of 507.105 mph in a six-lap race...
