Story and photos by Shawn Byers Joint Base Langley-Eustis held their 2025 airshow on April 26th and 27th. The weekend started with tragedy as World Champion Aerobatic Pilot, Rob Holland, crashed upon arrival on Thursday and perished. Having seen...
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Nellis Air Force Base held their 2025 airshow, “Aviation Nation” on April 5th and 6th. This was my first airshow of the season, a “fly and drive” birthday present to myself. Although I...
Story and photos by Del Laughery Editor’s note: This is the second part of Del Laughery’s coverage of the 2024 Air Tattoo. I will conclude my coverage with a separate submission with photos focused on the departure day, which...
Story and photos by Del Laughery Every year, over 100,000 people, 1,500 exhibitors, and nearly 100 civil and military aircraft descend on RAF Fairford to participate in the Royal International Air Tattoo air show. It’s touted as the largest...
Story and photos by Ken Middleton The 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard is located at the Portland International Airport, near the city of Portland Oregon. It is the first operational unit to receive the new F-15EX...
Story and photos by Ken Middleton On 8 October 2024, I had my 3rd visit to the 173rd Fighter Wing, of the Oregon Air National Guard. Situated in beautiful southern Oregon in Klamath Falls, the 173rd FW trains F-15...
Story and photos by Mike Colaner No other Raptor compares to the ultimate Apex Predator, the Eagle. The same holds for the F-15EX Eagle II. Boeing has manufactured an aircraft that exposes the US Air Force’s need for a...
Story and photos by Ken Middleton This article covers F-15C Eagle 85-0104 during its last days of service. It finished with the 104th Fighter Wing / 131st Fighter Squadron, after arriving from Kadena Airbase in early 2023. The jet...
Story and photos by Ken Middleton The 144th Fighter Wing / 194th Fighter Squadron, of the California Air National Guard, is the US Air Force’s last F-15C Eagle unit to form and is based at the Fresno / Yosemite...
Story and Photos by Mike Colaner Boeing Defense shocked the world of aviation with an unexpected announcement on their social media platform on May 24th when they posted, “Our F-15 demo team is back and better than ever with...
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...
With over 1,000 aircraft on the ground already at Oshkosh, I guessed that Sunday would bring a rather orderly, steady stream of general aviation aircraft to watch. A quartering headwind for arrivals on runways 36 Left and Right was...
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