Category: AMARG

Aerial Refueling / Air to air photography / Airshow / AMARG / Aviation History / Aviation Photography / featured / fighters / military / Sikorsky / Special Color Schemes / Spotting / warbirds

September 15, 2025

Some of My Favorite Aviation Photographic Opportunities, Volume One

Andrews AFB Air Traffic Control Tower Access The static display ramp at an Armed Forces Day weekend air show at Maryland’s Andrews AFB. Photo was taken from the Andrews air traffic control tower. Stories and photos by Ken Kula....

Air to air photography / Airports of the World / Airshow / AMARG / Aviation Photography / Fly-In / Special Aviation Events

November 23, 2023

Location, Location, Location – Some of My Favorite Perches For Aviation Photography

Story and photos by Ken Kula Lord Harold Samuel, a British real estate tycoon, is widely credited with the phrase “There are three things that matter in property: location, location, location”. I feel that this saying can be attributed...

Aerial Refueling / Air Transports / AMARG / U.S. Air Force

September 5, 2020

The Perfect “10” of an Aircraft

Forty years and one day after it made its maiden flight, the Air Force has finally flown its first KC-10 west to the boneyard. KC-10A 860036 (MSN 48249/424) named the “Peace Maker” was the 50th of the 60 airframes...

AMARG / Davis Monthan AFB / museums / Pima Air and Space Museum / Transports / Tucson AZ

November 29, 2016

Pima Air and Space Museum Receives Orbis DC-10

The Pima Air & Space Museum has added the recently retired Orbis DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital to its ever-expanding world renowned collection. The Orbis DC-10, Flying Eye Hospital, arrived Monday, November 7 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and then...

AMARG / fighters / military / photocalls / U.S. Air Force

November 11, 2015

PhanCon 2015

Written by Ken Kula Frank Ertl travelled to Tucson Arizona during mid-October to partake in the festivities of the 2015 edition of PhanCon. Just what is a PhanCon? Well, according to the organization’s web site, “PhanCon is an annual...