Author: Dave Budd

Red Flag 11-3 Media Day

Once again Air Forces from many different nations met at Nellis AFB to simulate war games during Red Flag 11-3. This Flag had RAF G4 Tornadoes from the UK show up. One had the Commemorative scheme from TWO squadron....

Aviation Nation – Nov. 13-14th 2010

The largest free public event in Nevada returned to Nellis Air Force Base Nov. 13-14 when the U.S. Air Force hosted Aviation Nation 2010– the Nellis Air Force Base Open House and annual Las Vegas air show. Aviation Nation...

The National Aviation Heritage Invitational – Reno 2010

National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrines joined presenting sponsor Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. in awarding the Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage trophy to the 1945 North American P51-D NACA 127. Owned by William Allmon of Las Vegas, Nev. and restored by...

Visit to a Presidental plane VC-121A – Columbine

Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential aircraft. VC-121 Columbine II Air Force One. The presidential call sign was established for security purposes during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The change stemmed from a 1953 incident where an Eastern Airlines  commercial...

Photorecon Meets Bill Muszala – ATW Aviation

“Marana 2010” was the theme for bringing The Collings Foundation’s Classic Warbirds to Marana Airport on April 24th and 25th. Not only did they open the aircraft for public viewing but they also took care of the volunteers and...

Tribute to Nazzi Harani and P-51 SUSU

I did not know the man..but Joe Kates did. He had met Nazzi at the Luke show a few years back and Joe was instantly taken with Su Su. Joe told me the story on how he was trying...

A Visit to the X-15 Crash Site and Memorial

Yesterday I set off on a day trip to discover crash sites of some of the “X” planes that have went down in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. After recording the GPS coordinates from a few different websites I set...

Visit to NAF El Centro

Thanks to Matt and Joe over at Arizona Aviation Photographers(AzAP) Joe and I got to attend the AzAP Photo Call that they had set up with Michelle Dee the Public Affairs Officer of El Centro.

Nellis Open House 2009

We had a wonderful time both days at the Aviation Nation now renamed Nellis Open House. Not sure if it is official but we are hearing now with budget cuts that the Air Force has had to cut back....

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