Greatest Show On Turf 2015
Article and Photographs by Bruce Vinal Ask me which airshow I will not miss and the answer is simple……. Geneseo. Is it because they have more warbirds than any other show in the country? Not typically. Is it because...
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The Murphy’s Memorial Day Weekend 2015 Formation Clinic
Over the Memorial Day weekend I had the good fortune of being invited out to Murphy’s Landing Strip in Upstate New York for a formation clinic. The event was hosted by Dave, Lois, and Mark Murphy owner/operators of the...
Millville NJ’s 2015 Wings and Wheels Air Show
Subject to inclement weather, heightened security concerns or performer cancellations, putting on an air show can be a risky venture. In 2011, without a presenting sponsor, The Millville Army Air Field Museum took on the financial responsibility of putting...
A Behind the Scenes Look at the 2015 RCAF CF-18 Demonstration Team
It’s one of the more anticipated acts of the air show. As the CF-188 leaves the chocks, pulls out of the ramp area and taxis to the runway, heads turn to admire the jets’ magnificent paint scheme- a mural...
North Kingstown, RI Quonset Point ANG Base Air Show 2015
Right on time; a banking, tight, two-ship section of Rhode Island Air National Guard C-130-Js came screaming in from crowd right to the conclusion of an inspiring rendition of the National Anthem. Back-dropped by the natural grandeur of the...
Cutting Edge Interoperability Honed at Northern Edge 2015
Large scale live training and experimentation between two or more branches of American military service – Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force – is a rare opportunity in the real world. Demonstrating interoperability is most often...
Rhode Island Air Show Hits Jet Team Trifecta
The on-line dictionary Encarta defines the word trifecta like this: “1. bet on first 3 in race …a bet… that involves selecting the competitors that will come in the first three places in the correct order. 2. set of...
The Royal Canadian Air Force Commemorates The “Few” In Style
The Battle of Britain occurred 75 years ago, and numerous events to commemorate that epic battle are taking place around the world in 2015. Winston Churchill described the airmen that fought their German Luftwaffe foes as the “Few”...
VMFA- 323 The Death Rattlers (a.k.a. The Snakes)
The Second World War was still raging in Europe and the Pacific on August 1, 1943, when Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-323, the “Death Rattlers” were commissioned at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point in North Carolina. Arriving at...
The Arsenal of Democracy: World War II Victory Capitol Flyover
An amazing salute to a rapidly disappearing group of living military veterans occurred on Friday May 8, 2015, when the world witnessed the Arsenal of Democracy: World War II Victory Capitol Flyover (henceforth known here as the “Flyover”). As...
Last Tomcats at NAS Oceana
The movie “Top Gun” made the F-14 Tomcat famous to most everyone. In 1997, after Naval Air Station Miramar was transferred to the United States Marine Corps, all F-14 Tomcats were moved to the East Coast, to NAS Oceana....
VMFAT-101 SHARPSHOOTERS – “Fighter Attack starts here”
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) was established at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California on January 3rd 1969. The squadron trained naval aviators and naval flight officers for the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The Squadron...
