Reopening America’s Hangar
When its doors opened to the public in December 2003, the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center was a dream come true for the Smithsonian Institution. After years of private fundraising...
Category: Aviation History
A Mid-Year Look at How 2021 is Shaping up
Business and General Aviation aircraft flight numbers rebounded faster than airline flights since the Covid-19 restrictions began Mid-Term Report For the Year 2021 By your Assignment and Content Editor We, the combined groups...
EAA’s AirVenture 2021 = EAA AirVenture 2020 (Plus One) And Then Some
P-51 Mustang at a past AirVenture EAA’s AirVenture 2021 = EAA AirVenture 2020 (Plus One) And Then Some The AirVenture 2020 aviation celebration in Oshkosh, Wisconsin was forced to be cancelled over health...
More MASDQ, AMARC, and AMARG Photos from Tucson, Arizona
Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona is home to the United States military’s storage and regeneration center for warplanes. I was privileged to have the opportunity to visit the facility on multiple...
America’s Air Superiority Starts Here: Land of NO SLACK, Part 2
173rd Fighter Wing – Oregon Air National Guard Kingsley Field Klamath Falls, Oregon America’s Air Superiority Starts Here Land of NO SLACK Part 2: Operations On 4 May 2021, I had a fantastic visit...
Our F-16 Scrapbook – Special Color Schemes
Here’s our last of four photo scrapbooks about the F-16 Fighting Falcon. This contains special markings from many air force’s flight demonstration teams, whether it be like the six jets of the US Air...
Airbus Aircraft Identification Guide
Airbus is a giant conglomerate of aviation businesses which, over time, were all rolled into one through mergers and purchases. As the company’s website states: “Airbus is an international reference in the aerospace sector....
America’s Air Superiority Starts Here: Land of NO SLACK
173rd Fighter Wing – Oregon Air National Guard Kingsley Field Klamath Falls, Oregon America’s Air Superiority Starts Here ; Land of NO SLACK...
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...
Scott Jankowski’s Jet Carrier Warbirds Scrapbook
Photographer Scott Jankowski has had the opportunity to see loads of U.S. Navy and Marine jets on airport ramps and at air shows. Here’s a collection of photos he’s taken over the years,...
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,...
Looking Back, the 2007 Otis ANGB Air Show
The 2007 air show at the Otis Air National Guard Base (located near Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod) was the last of its kind. The following year, the tenant 102nd Fighter Wing of the...
Remembering the Doolittle Raid
One week and seventy-nine years ago, a formation of U.S. Army Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell bombers launched off of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet to deliver a counter-attack against Imperial Japanese Forces....
Looking Back, the 2008 Rhode Island International Air Show
The 2008 Rhode Island International Air Show was a wide-ranging celebration of military and civilian aviation. Some of the highlights were: the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows were completing their North American Tour,...
