RED FLAG 24-3 NELLIS AFB, NEVADA
Story and photos by William Ellison Well, it was that time of the year again to brave the Las Vegas 110+ degree heat out at Las Vegas Motor speedway for Red-Flag 24-3. 24-3 is the last red flag of...
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RAF Fairford RIAT 2024
Story and photos by Jeff Serpa Royal International Air Tattoo 2024 is in the books. This year RIAT promoted several themes for 2024 and welcomed its 58th participating nation to the airshow. RIAT 2024 attracted a sell out crowd...
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...
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...
Ken Kula’s Favorite 15
Convair QF-106As being assembled as QF-106A Full Scale Aerial Targets (FSATs) at Tucson’s Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC). Photos by Ken Kula From time to time, most of our contributors will share a group (some more than one)...
The Junkers A50 Junior’s Revival
Story by Ken Kula, photos by Junkers Aircraft Corp. and Ken Kula Ninety-four years ago in early 1929, the Junkers aircraft company of Germany first flew its A50 Junior two-place sport plane. Made from all metal, the aircraft featured...
Finland Joins NATO – A Brief History of the Ilmavoimat
Story and photos by Ken Kula Finland has become part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The country’s armed forces have been involved in numerous conflicts during the 20th Century, especially in the first five decades of the...
Royal International Air Tattoo 2022
If you maintain an air show bucket list like I do, I submit that the list is not complete without the Royal International Air Tattoo. This exceptional show, which occurs every year in July at RAF Fairford, about an...
Fokker Turboprop Airliners
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer which operated in various forms from 1912 through 1996. Anthony Fokker’s company began its life in Germany before World War I, and ended up in The Netherlands, headquartered in Amsterdam before closing in...
Our Air Show Preview for 2022
Night photography, Thunder Over Michigan 2021 by Shawn Byers We’re planning our 2022 event campaign as the year changes on our wall calendars. Already, a pair of hoped-for military air shows have been cancelled this year. Undoubtedly there will...
Fokker Jet Airliners
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer which operated in various forms from 1912 through 1996. Anthony Fokker’s company began its life in Germany before World War I, and ended up in The Netherlands, headquartered in Amsterdam before closing in...
