Super Hornets!
This is Part 3 of a multi-part history of the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet… more to come next month! The US Navy then looked for an actual successor to the aged Grumman F-14 Tomcat, and in 1992 It placed...
Category: Airshow
Naval Air Facility El Centro 2019 Air Show
One of the first air shows of the year is held at Naval Air Facility El Centro in the Imperial Valley. In addition, NAF El Centro has long been the winter training home of the United States Navy Demonstration...
Wings Over Wayne 2019
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base hosted their bi-annual airshow, Wings Over Wayne (WOW) on April 27th and 28th. The 4th Fighter Wing and the 916th Air Refueling Wing were the hosts and the show was located on the 916th...
A LOOK BACK AT OCEANA – 2018’s Show With Planes and STEMS
Naval Air Station Oceana is a pretty secure place. Unless you have business here, you’re never going to get in……except for one weekend each year when Oceana opens up its Main Gate to the public for its annual big...
Chino’s 2019 Planes of Fame Air Show is Right Around the Corner!
The Planes of Fame Air Museum has two branches, one in Arizona, the other and oldest, is in Chino, California. On the weekend of May 4-5th, 2019, their annual air show, chock full of warbirds, will be presented once...
2018’s MCAS Miramar Airshow Reviewed, Less Than Six Months Until the 2019 Show
Less than six months remain until the U.S. Marine Corps present a seldom-seen exercise that tells the story of high-tech teamwork in action. The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) presentation combines aviation and ground forces together on the...
“Legends In Flight” – the 2019 Joint Base Andrews Air and Space Expo Preview
“Legends In Flight” is the theme for the 2019 Air and Space Expo at Joint Base Andrews, just off of the Capital Beltway in Camp Springs, Maryland. Andrews serves the Washington DC area, and is where the Air Force’s...
A Look Back to the New York Air Show of 2018, and a Preview of What’s Ahead
MISSION BRIEF: Stewart International Airport held its big Air Show for 2018 on Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th. Officially called the “New York Air Show”, Stewart, located west of Newburgh, New York, in rural Orange County,...
DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM
Ten miles South of Omaha Nebraska, adjacent to the city of Bellevue Nebraska, one will find Offutt Air Force Base. Offutt has a very rich history dating back to the late 1890’s when Fort Crook was constructed, as a...
The “Thunder” in the 2018 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow
The 2018 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow held as usual at the famed Willow Run International Airport just outside of Ypsilanti Michigan celebrated its 20th birthday. This annual airshow never fails to impress, the 2018 event brought together several different...
Hyakuri Air Base Open Day and F-4 Phantom Showcase
An air base open day was held on 2 December 2018 at Hyakuri Air Base (RJAH) in Ibaraki Prefecture, marking the start of the transition of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jeitai or JASDF) from the McDonnell...
My 2018 Memories
Aviation is alive and well, as I witnessed during my travels in 2018. Innovations are still forthcoming, history is still revered, and air shows and other presentations still draw large crowds. I traveled outside the U.S. for a pair...
