Category: Aerial Refueling

Wings Over Wayne Air & Space Expo 2025

Story and photos by Shawn Byers The bi-annual Wings Over Wayne (WOW) Airshow was hosted by Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on May 3rd and 4th, 2025. Welcome to Eagle Country. Seymour Johnson is the largest F-15E Strike Eagle...

March Air Reserve Base’s – Southern California Airshow

March Air Reserve Base Riverside, California Thousands of spectators were drawn to the March Air Reserve Base for the Southern California Airshow, April 12th and 13th. The airshow featured military and civilian performances, accompanied by static displays including Military,...

Part 1: 2024 Royal International Air Tattoo – Arrivals

Story and photos by Del Laughery Every year, over 100,000 people, 1,500 exhibitors, and nearly 100 civil and military aircraft descend on RAF Fairford to participate in the Royal International Air Tattoo air show. It’s touted as the largest...

The Last Ten Standing

Had Michael Buffer been the Master of Ceremonies on September 26 at Travis Air Force Base, I imagine he would have introduced the guest of honor like this. Hailing from Long Beach, California, at age forty-five, and weighing in...

Modern Military Aircraft Present at the 2024 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Story by Scott Jankowski, photos by Scott Jankowski and John Freedman Every Year the U.S. Military plays a vital and important role in AirVenture and 2024 was no different. AirVenture featured static displays and airshow support from all 5...

Dover AFB Air Show 2024

Story by Daniel O. Myers, photography by Howard German It was only appropriate that the first major air show in the mid-Atlantic U.S. should be held in Delaware, the nation’s first state. Weather wise, the weekend of May 17...

Dwindling Numbers; More American Military Aircraft Heading Towards Retirement

Captions by Ken Kula, Photos by Photorecon.net’s Photography Team Many of the U. S.’s military aircraft are approaching or have exceeded 50 years of use. As such, the military branches are replacing older airframes with new ones; there are...

RAF Fairford RIAT 2024

Story and photos by Jeff Serpa Royal International Air Tattoo 2024 is in the books. This year RIAT promoted several themes for 2024 and welcomed its 58th participating nation to the airshow. RIAT 2024 attracted a sell out crowd...

Exercise Pitch Black 2024

Story and photos by Dion Makowski, material first published in aviationreportdownunder.wordpress.com With Exercise Pitch Black 2024 now winding up we will place it in its context with some informed observations and quotations. Air Force ensured media had access to...

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