Westover Airport: A Living Time Capsule
If you found a 70 year old time capsule, how much do you think things would have changed from 1942 to today? During a recent air show and open house at the Westover Air Reserve Base, we were surprised...
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The 2012 Great New England Air Show
The Great New England Air Show, held at western Massachusetts’ Westover Air Reserve Base, was a salute to the Greatest Generation… those American men and women who came of age during the time between the Great Depression and the...
Red Flag 12-4 in Review
Attending the media day last week allowed us the opportunity to go between the runways during the USAF Red Flag 12-4 training exercise. Visiting for the first time was the Colombian Air Force with their advanced KFIR C2 aircraft....
2012 Lewis-McChord Air Expo Review
July 22nd and 23rd saw the bi-annual Air Expo take place at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Tacoma WA. Weather throughout the weekend was changeable with bright sunshine on Saturday and low cloud and showers on Sunday. As always, the Pacific...
2012 Andrews Air Show
Photorecon was on hand for this year’s 2012 Andrews Air Show. Over 200,000 turned out over the two day show, at one point filling to capacity and forcing the base to turn eager fans away. The show, per usual,...
Red Flag 12-3 – A Different Perspective
Once again, US Air Force units from around the country and coalition forces from around the world gathered at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada to participate in Red Flag 12-3. Participants of Red Flag 12-3 included various...
An experience of a lifetime…
Almost all aviation photographers have one dream, crave one chance, an event that can make or break a career, and that is to be able to shoot Air 2 Air! Shooting an aircraft while up in another aircraft. This...
Bomber Stories From the 70th Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Anniversary Reunion
Dayton Ohio’s National Museum of the U.S Air Force was home to the official ceremony that marked the 70th anniversary of the Doolittle Raiders’ World War II bombing mission against Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen North American B-25...
The Doolittle’s Raiders Goblets
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the raid which was the first strike against the Japanese homeland. The National Museum of the United States Air Force has a B-25 that was restored by North American Aviation and presented...
B-25 Executive Sweet on its way to Doolittle / Reunion at Dayton, OH
The B-25 known as Executive Sweet began it’s journey from Camarillo, CA to Dayton, OH. The aircraft will be one of Twenty-five B-25 Mitchell bombers that plan to pay tribute to the Doolittle Raiders as they commemorate the 70th anniversary of their raid on...
B-25s at Tico 2012
The Valiant Air Command’s show commonly known as “TICO” (which comes from the Titusville Coca Airport) this year worked around a “Doolittle Raider” theme, since this year is the 70th anniversary of the famous carrier launched raid. As we...
Thunder over Utah
The first ever Thunder Over Utah air show took place on March 17th and 18th 2012 at the new St. George municipal airport. The new airport opened on Jan 13th 2011 and has become the largest airport southern Utah,...
