Sun N Fun 2025 Review and 2026 Preview
The USAF F-16 flight demonstration – one of the many Sun ‘n Fun highlights from 2025 Story and photos by Kevin Burke To spice things up for my air show visits in 2025 I decided to go to Sun...
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat Scrapbook Volume 2
Grumman F-14 Tomcat at NAS Oceana, the East Coast Master Jet Base home to many Tomcats Photos by Scott Zeno and Bob Finch Here’s another scrapbook full of Grumman F-14 Tomcat photos. A bonus Gallery below contains some photos...
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum’s Victory at Sea
Story and photos by Shawn Byers As an avid air show attendee, I have a plan that takes shape every December. It wasn’t until June that I saw something online to make me drop previous plans for August and...
Colors! Military Aircraft Wearing Special Color Schemes – Volume 1
RNLAF J-002 F-16AM – 65 Years 323 (Diana) Squadron Photos by: Ken Kula, Tim Adams, Scott Jankowski, Shawn Byers, Scott Zeno and Bob Finch US Navy Grumman KA-6D USMC EA-6B Prowler – VMAQ-1 USAF F-15E Strike Eagle – 334th...
Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Cuartro-Vientos Air Base, Madrid Spain
A Spanish Air Force F-104G Starfighter at Madrid, at Spain’s Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Cuatro-Vientos Air Base). Photos by Roland Dansereau Boeing KC-97G air tanker Spain’s Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Cuartro-Vientos Air Base in...
Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center
Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center 162nd Wing Arizona Air National Guard Story and photos by Ken Middleton The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) is located at Morris Air National Guard...
Radial Engine Round Up – Military Single Engined Aircraft
Photos by Tim Adams, Scott Jankowski, Del Laughery, Don Linn, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Radial aircraft engines have been around since the beginning of powered flight. Usually, air cooled cylinders are attached in a circular pattern around the...
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle Scrapbook
Photos by Scott Jankowski, Tim Adams, Bob Finch, Shawn Byers, William Ellison, Scott Zeno, Don Linn and Ken Kula With the draw down of the U. S. Air Force’s compliment of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter,...
High Desert Thunder: Sentry Eagle 2025 Marks the End of an Era at Kingsley Field
Story and photos by Steve Lewis The high desert of southern Oregon is known for its wide-open skies, crisp mornings, and a quiet that seems to stretch for miles. However, for several days this past July, the calm was...
A Look Back: Steve Lewis Visits RIAT 2024
Photos by Steve Lewis The long-running Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) has attracted military aircraft from around the world since 1971. It is the world’s largest military air show, which features several hundred static and around two dozen flying...
A Look Back at the Quonset Point Air Show of 2012
U. S. Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk Story and photos by Del Laughery Now that we’re in the midst of the coldest part of Winter 2025/26, I thought it might be a good time to look back – really...
Grumman F-14 Tomcat Scrapbook Volume 1
Photos by Don Linn, Corey Beitler, Shawn Byers, Scott Jankowski and Ken Kula Grumman’s F-14 Tomcat was a U. S. Navy shipborne fighter and ultimately an attack jet which first flew on December 21, 1970. A total of 712...
