San Francisco Fleet Week 2017
It’s October in San Francisco, which means it has to be Fleet Week. Since 1981 Fleet Week has been a fixture in the City by the Bay. It’s a week long event with disaster preparedness drills, military displays, ship...
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California Capital Air Show 2017
In September, Mather Field hosted another great air show for the Sacramento area. Each year they host a photography tour which provides a unique opportunity for photographers to get on the other side of the airfield for better lighting....
Sentry Eagle 2017
Mantegani Photos – Robert, Steven, & Scott Mantegani Sentry Eagle 2017 – July 20-24, 2017 Sentry Eagle is a joint Air National Guard (ANG), Air Force, and Navy air-to-air combat training exercise hosted by the 173rd Fighter Wing at...
NAS China Lake Airshow March 18-19, 2017
NAS China Lake located in Ridgecrest, CA just had its first air show in twenty years. The home squadrons, VX-9 Vampires and VX-31 Dust Devils, each had the various airframes from their squadrons on display including the F/A-18D Hornet,...
Patrouille de France Mather Field- Sacramento
The Patrouille de France flight demonstration team is currently flying a North American tour in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the United States entering World War I. They are the oldest flight demonstration team in the world...
San Francisco Fleetweek 2016
This year’s Fleetweek had some amazing weather across all practice and show days for the weekend, which is rather rare for San Francisco. There was no humidity in the air which meant that the F-22 Raptor produced only a...
Ventura County Air Show 2015
This year marked the return of the Ventura County Air Show at Point Mugu after a 2 year hiatus, and the show did not disappoint. There was an excellent showing of military aircraft on static. Many were from Point...
California Capital Airshow 2015
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the California Capital Airshow at Mather Airfield, and it was quite the celebration, with the RCAF Canadian Snowbirds and the USAF Thunderbirds. This year also marked the first night show for the Capital...
