Falcon Rejoin 50
Story and photos by Jacob Green 50th Birthdays are a very special celebration, and this one was no different. A perfectly sunny day in late January was the setting of the 50th birthday celebration for the F-16 Fighting Falcon....
Category: Aviation History
Preview: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024
Story and photos, except where noted, by Ken Kula There’s a saying that I’ve heard many times in my life… and it happens “Only in Oshkosh!”. This year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 has a few of these moments in...
Farewell to the USAF’s KC-10 Extender
Farewell flyer for the KC-10 retirement at McGuire AFB in June, 2024. Story by Don Linn, photos by Don Linn and other attributed photographers It was a grey and cloudy day as KC-10A 84-0188, the last example of the...
Lockheed Martin’s F-16 Fighting Falcon First Spread Its Wings 50 Years Ago!
USAF Thunderbirds F-16Cs Story and photos by Ken Kula The United States-designed F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, more commonly called the “Viper”, first took to the skies by accident on January 20, 1974 some 50 years plus a few months...
Ultimate Harrier: The 2024 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show
Story by Shawn Byers, photos by Shawn Byers and Bryan T. Mangan I would have been here anyway, but the 2024 edition of the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show was not to be missed. Among the...
“Doc” Visits Allentown
Story and photos by Corey Beitler, except where noted Ideally located in the center of the Lehigh Valley, the Lehigh Valley International Airport serves the travel needs of residents of the surrounding communities and the major population centers of...
Fantasy of Flight
Article and photography by Del Laughery Powered heavier-than-air flight became part of human collective consciousness when, on December 17, 1903, Ohio-native Orville Wright flew the 600-pound “Flyer” a distance of 850 feet in 59 seconds at a location just...
NATO Turns 75 Years Old in 2024 – An Air Forces Review
One of NATO’s own E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft in its 50th Anniversary color scheme – 25 years ago. Story and Photos by Ken Kula On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed by twelve countries...
D-Day Squadron Assembles For Another Atlantic Crossing
A photo of some of the 2019 preparations for the Atlantic crossing. The D-Day Squadron is an organization which enabled fifteen Douglas C-47/C-53/DC-3 transports to fly from the United States to Europe in time to help mark the 75th...
Wings over Solano 2024
Article and photography by Jeff Serpa Fairfield, CA Travis Air Force Base The 2024 Air Show season is getting off to a good start. Wings over Solano 2024 took to the skies over Travis Air Force Base, March...
RCAF 100th Part 2 – The Most Recent Past Five Decades
BELL CH-146 GRIFFON Photographers include: Bob Finch, William Ellison, Ken Middleton, Scott Jankowski, Scott Zeno, Corey Beitler, Don Linn and Ken Kula The Royal Canadian Air Force celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2024. Here is an incomplete look at...
The origin of problems with the Boeing 737 MAX and a possible solution via return to fundamentals. :PART THREE
PART THREE Ironically, Boeing’s “bet the company” strategy — built on Engineering & Design excellence — in connection with each successive introduction of new generation commercial jet aircraft was/is less risky than its more recent focus on maximizing short-term...
