Author: Howard German

Aviation History / fighters / military / U.S. Air Force

October 27, 2020

Stealthy Sighting at MCAS Miramar

Lockheed Skunk Works’ YF-117A Nighthawk prototype first flew on June 18, 1981. Evidently it became operational in 1983, and was publically displayed for the first time on April 21, 1990 at a small event at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Nellis...

Air National Guard / Airshow / Aviation History / military / U.S. Navy

October 3, 2020

Looking Back: The 2002 NAS Norfolk Air Show

Continuing on a theme introduced a month ago; this is the second installment of photographs from airshows that I attended prior to the age of digital photography. I am not proceeding in any particular chronological order from my collection....

Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

July 11, 2020

Looking Back at the 2002 Dover AFB Air Show

With no current air show activity taking place and nothing realistically happening in the foreseeable future, I could not think of a better time than now but to go through my archive of negatives and slides and start scanning...

Aviation History / europe / fighters / museums / Special Color Schemes / warbirds

March 14, 2020

Bundeswehr Museum of Military History Berlin – Gatow

At the Bundeswehr Museum… an RF-4E, RF-84F and an SU-22M4, all capable of Photorecon missions!. The Bundeswehr Museum of Military History Berlin – Gatow in western Berlin Germany is a large impressive complex with more than 200 aircraft, helicopters...

Airliners / Aviation History / Civil aviation / Photography and Spotting

February 12, 2020

TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy Airport

Having grown up within miles from John F. Kennedy Airport, I eagerly awaited the opportunity to visit and stay at the newly renovated TWA Hotel on location at JFK airport. The TWA Hotel opened in May of 2019 following...

Airshow / Centennial celebration / Europe / military / Special Aviation Events / Special Color Schemes

December 29, 2018

Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford – RAF Centenary

In 2018, it can be said that one of the most highly anticipated airshows was the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford which was celebrating the Royal Air Force’s centenary. The airshow marked the 100th year anniversary of...

Airshow / Blue Angels / fighters / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

November 24, 2017

Photographic Highlights From NAS Oceana’s 2017 Air Show

All Photography by Howard German The weekend of September 16th and 17th, 2017 was surely a noisy one for the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The annual air show at NAS Oceana roared through the skies, with a mix...