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...
The name Red Flag has been synonymous with large scale flying exercises since the early 1970s. Originally developed at Nevada’s Nellis AFB to help pilots survive their first ten missions in Vietnam, Red Flag has become an important test...
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,...
On May 5th and 6th, the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino California is going to open its hangar doors and roll out some of the finest examples of restored aircraft in flying condition from years past. ...
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...
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...
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,...
Weapons and Tactics Instructor In October 2011, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma was once again home for the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course or as it’s more commonly known as “WTI.” I was fortunate enough to be invited to...
The Jolly Christmas icon arrived at this city’s Museum of Flight aboard a restored single-prop aircraft dubbed “Santa One,” greeting eager children and their parents with Mrs. Claus on a visit from the North Pole.
Santa decided to travel by plane instead of his traditional sleigh because his reindeer are unavailable during daylight hours, he said, and also because they need to rest for next week’s midnight marathon around the world.
As Dave and I sit in our hotel room in Reno, Nevada and reflect on the events of yesterday, we have decided to write this tribute to Jimmy Leeward. Dave arrived last Saturday and spent a lot of time...
EVERETT, Wash. –On August 6th, in conjunction with All Nippon Airways (ANA), rolled out the first 787-8 commercial airliner to be used in revenue passenger service. (Original story by Nate Strong) The airplane was presented in a special livery...
At precisely 0830 hours I was ushered into the office of the Commanding General of the Third Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), Tom “Stash” Conant. Major General Conant, dressed in a tan flight suit, took a minute to finish up...
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