Red Flag and other Air Exercises in the NTTR
This will be place holder for a future post about Red Flag Exercises.
Category: Aerial Refueling
The 2021 Atlantic City Airshow, “A Salute to Those Who Serve”
Don’t miss the 2022 Atlantic City Airshow on Wednesday, August 24, featuring the US Air Force Thunderbirds, US Army Golden Knights, and returning for the first time in five years, the US Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet “Rhino” team will...
Giants At EAA AirVenture 2022
Delta Airlines’ Airbus A-350-900 arriving over the runways at Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the EAA AirVenture 2022. More than 10,000 aircraft pass over the western shores of Lake Winnebago during the seven-day celebration known as EAA AirVenture. The flying machines...
Thunder Over New Hampshire – “Live Free and Fly” 2021
The 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard decided to host an air show in 2021. They worked in conjunction with Herb Gillen of the Herb Gillen agency to produce the best air show in...
The New Hampshire Air National Guard Celebrates The Last of Their Dozen KC-46A Deliveries
The New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157th Air Refueling Wing reached a milestone recently as their final Boeing KC-46A Pegasus was delivered to their base at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, on the Seacoast. The Wing will fulfill...
Military Aircraft on Display at the 2021 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
There were more military aircraft than normal displayed at Oshkosh this year. Some performed in the air, many more were parked as static displays on the grounds. After a strangely quiet year at airshows that were presented in...
Some Aircraft of Interest at the 2021 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Gathering of All Things Aviation
Culver LCA Here’s a brief bit of coverage from the aviation festivities found in Oshkosh, Wisconsin during the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the 2021 edition of AirVenture. Over 10,000 aircraft and hundreds of thousands of pilots, crew, friends,...
Our Special Use Lockheed C-130 Photo Scrapbook
The original YC-130 prototype first flew on August 23, 1954… that means we’re coming up on the 67th anniversary of the event. Originally designed as a cargo and troop transport with medivac mission capabilities, the basic C-130 airframe has...
Our C-135, C-137 and Military Boeing B-707 Scrapbook
As the Boeing 707 and 717 models of the 1950s matured, the shorter 717 was renamed as the C-135 for the U.S. Air Force. Numerous versions of the C-135 were used as aerial tankers, reconnaissance platforms, test beds for...
First MC-130J Commando II is Delivered
On May 29, 2020, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced that they have successfully delivered to the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) the first MC-130J (Tail Number 08-5697) Commando II equipped with the advanced Airborne Mission Networking...
Random Aviation Photos #7
A Northwest Airlines Boeing B-757-200 series jetliner approaches Washington D. C. ‘s Reagan National Airport. Grumman A-6E TRAM at Manchester, New Hampshire. Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, ready to be mothballed at AMARC. F-15A Eagle at Tucson, Arizona. Interstate L-6A...
About Lieutenant Colonel Mike Pillion’s and KC-10A 860036’s Fini Flights.
As 860036 was prepared for the boneyard, its flying boom was removed while still at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The all volunteer crew was piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Mike Pillion, who was making his Fini Flight and retiring from the...
