THE 2017 NAS OCEANA AIR SHOW
Naval Air Station Oceana (NTU) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, had their big 2017 Air Show on September 16th and 17th 2017. The US Navy’s East Coast Master Jet Base, about a mile away from “Feet Wet” on the Atlantic...
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“NAVSTANOR” — THE 100th ANNIVERSARY AIR SHOW AT NAS CHAMBERS FIELD, VIRGINIA
Grumman E-2D Hawkeye of VAW-123 “Chambers Field”, the Naval Air Station facility located within Naval Station Norfolk (NAVSTANOR), celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the flying component of the base with a fairly big but somewhat “secret” air show on...
A USAF Thunderbirds Mystery Solved!
Story and photo by Mike Colaner If you have ever attended a performance by United States Air Force Thunderbirds you have seen their F-16’s and comm cart adorned in the unique Thunderbird paint. Their pilots and crews in...
Vegas Strong 2017
Article and all photography © Steve Lewis/Photorecon.net This year, being the 70th anniversary of the United States Air Force, and with the recent tragic shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, Nellis Air Force Base...
Pratt and Whitney’s Sixty-Fifth Anniversary Air Show
The year was 1990, sixty-five years after the Pratt and Whitney company began their work on aircraft engines in East Harford, Connecticut. Frederick Rentschler and six others moved into an empty shop space in 1925, and developed the Wasp...
“A SALUTE TO VIETNAM VETERANS”
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar hosted their 2017 edition of their annual airshow from Sep 29th-Oct 2, 2017. Home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3d MAW), Miramar boasts one of the largest and most popular airshows on...
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...
Thunder Over Michigan 2017
You never know what you will see or hear in the skies around Detroit’s Willow Run International Airport located in Ypsilanti MI. Willow Run has a little of everything from locally based USA Jet or Kalitta freighters to the...
Great State of Maine Air Show, 2017’s Event
Over a late summer weekend, the one just before America’s Labor Day holiday, the Great State of Maine Airshow attracted tens of thousands of vacationers and residents. Held at the expansive Brunswick Executive Airport, the venue offered a varied...
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....
Thunder Over Dover Air Show and Open House 2017
Story by Bill Sarama, photos by Bill Sarama, Howard German and Mike Colaner. Dover Delaware, 45 minutes south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, on US Route 13, is noted for two events that get huge crowds: The first is...
Airshow London’s 2017 Arrival Day
Airshow London has become a Phoenix rising from the ashes, a solid, medium-sized air show that focuses on military aircraft both in the air and on the ground. Not overcrowded by hundreds of thousands of spectators, the show’s venue...
