Joint Base Andrews Air Show 2025
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Joint Base Andrews held what has become a bi-annual air show on September 13th and 14th 2025. I was thankful that it was not in conflict with Naval Air Station Oceana as has...
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Andrews AFB -Joint Base Andrews- Air Show 2025
Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Howard German and Bryan T. Mangan From September 12 to 14, 2025 the 316th Wing hosted the Joint Base Andrews (JBA) Air Show and open house Located in the National Capital Region,...
AirVenture Oshkosh Day 4
Looking back at the Korean War 75 years later By Ken Kula On the fourth day of AirVenture Oshkosh, there were many changes to the static aircraft collection parked parked on Boeing Plaza. The weather turned from warm to...
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...
Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC 24) commences for the Royal Australian Air Force – Part Two
Story and photos by David Campion Diamond Shield 2024 The primary aim of the exercise was Defensive Counter Air (DCA) of Australia’s airspace. The exercise was conducted over coastal training ranges between RAAF Amberley and RAAF Williamtown, an area...
Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC 24) commences for the Royal Australian Air Force – Part One
Photos and story by David Campion The fourth biannual AWIC is well underway for 2024. The six-month course will comprise the following Diamond series of exercises: • Diamond Shield 14th March to 27th March • Diamond Spear 14th May...
Newcastle Williamtown Airshow 2023
Story and photos by David Campion The weekend of November 18th and 19th saw the return of the RAAF airshow to the Newcastle region. The program was split over the weekend, with a flying day on Saturday at Nobby’s...
Australian International Air Show 2001
Miles M3A Falcon Major I was very fortunate to be able to attend the 2001 Australian International Air Show… some twenty years ago. It was as much a trade show as it was an air show, and what you...
Looking Back to my 2001 Australia Trip
I took a trip to Australia to see the 2001 Avalon Air Show, which celebrated the Centenary of Federation of that country. There were many aircraft types that I’d never seen before, and there were a number of British...
Specially Marked Military Aircraft, Volume 3
USMC AV-8B+ Harrier II US Navy’s Centennial of Naval Aviation Bell TH-57C special color scheme USAF F-15C Eagle in adversary colors from the 65th Aggressor Squadron Massachusetts 104th Fighter Wing ANG A-10 wearing Springfield Falcons hockey colors (a...
Antique/Classic/Contemporary Scrapbook #3
1941 Interstate S-1A-65F, one of Kent Pietsch’s air show aircraft. Here’s the last of our three-volume collection of Antique and Classic aircraft. Some of these are former military aircraft, others were built for the civilian market in the first...
Vimy to Fifth Generation in 100 Years.
RAAF Base Edinburgh has just commemorated 100 years of Aviation in South Australia with a worthy showcase of military aviation combining civil flying with historic defence force aircraft. This weekend’s Air Show – the first for 12 years at...
