EAA AirVenture 2024: Day Two
Story and photos by Ken Kula Tuesday July 23, 2024 was a stormy day in Oshkosh. A thundershower arrived around 4 AM, followed by a rain shower at 6 AM. Weather forecasts called for heavier thunderstorms later in the...
Category: Aviation History
Dwindling Numbers: The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
A-10A, 78-697, 75th FS, 23 FW, London, 3 June 1995 Story by Ken Kula, photos by Don Linn, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Dwindling Numbers is our series of articles showcasing aircraft types in the U. S. inventory being...
The Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association – a. k. a. The River Rats
Story by Ken Kula, with plenty of help from the “River Rats” Association U. S. military aircraft began bombing targets in North Vietnam in March 1965 and completed their campaigns by December 1972. Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine...
Air Show T-Shirts From My Past
The Kansas Air National Guard operated ten B-1B Lancers from 1994 to 2002. They participated in the Royal International Air Tattoo in 1997, where I got this great shirt. Collecting aviation memorabilia has been a hobby of mine for...
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....
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...
