RIAT at RAF Cottesmore
Ukrainian Air Force Tu-22M3 bomber at RAF Cottesmore close to the turn of this century. The Royal International Air Tattoo is a yearly gathering of military aircraft, aircrews, and aviation history rolled into almost...
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Bundeswehr Museum of Military History Berlin – Gatow
At the Bundeswehr Museum… an RF-4E, RF-84F and an SU-22M4, all capable of Photorecon missions!. The Bundeswehr Museum of Military History Berlin – Gatow in western Berlin Germany is a large impressive complex with...
Lockheed Martin Ready to Deliver the 500th F-35 Fighter
U.S Navy F-35C dwarfed by the C-5M in the background… don’t judge the F-35’s capabilities by its size though! The 158th Fighter Wing, U.S. Air National Guard, will soon welcome the 500th F-35 Lightning...
VINTAGE JETS: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WARBIRDS PRESENT AT AIRVENTURE 2019
Jet warbirds are gaining in popularity with growing numbers ending up in the hands of civilian owners. AirVenture always assembles a fine selection of vintage jets from all era’s, types, and country of manufacture....
Grumman F-14 Tomcat History, Part 1
First F-14A 159607 in IRIAF camouflage Story and photos by Peter Boschert – this was written during the Tomcat’s final operational days. Development The Hughes (Raytheon) AWG-9 was a weapon system for which an aircraft...
Vermont Air National Guard Receives Their First F-35A Lightnings
Ground crew members salute the arrival of new F-35s in Burlington Vermont Photorecon.net Photography by Scott Zeno and Alice Leong The 158th Fighter Wing’s 134th Fighter Squadron of the Vermont Air National Guard continues...
Wings Over Houston, 2019
The Wings Over Houston Airshow is an annual, privately operated show taking place at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas during the month of October. It was my first time attending the airshow on...
Looking Back at the 2019 New York Air Show
Are you an air show junkie? Or, did you attend the 2019 edition f the New York Air Show? Here’s a collection of images taken from that event, through the eyes of photographers Scott...
2019 Naval Air Station Lemoore Air Show
September 21, 2019 Naval Air Station Lemoore, Ca After several years without an air show, Naval Air Station Lemoore brought a big event back to to the Central Valley on September 21st and 22nd....
Vimy to Fifth Generation in 100 Years.
RAAF Base Edinburgh has just commemorated 100 years of Aviation in South Australia with a worthy showcase of military aviation combining civil flying with historic defence force aircraft. This weekend’s Air Show – the...
The Past, Present, and the Future. A look at the Heritage and Legacy Flights of AirVenture 2019
We continue our look at the year of the fighter at AirVenture 2019 with a closer look at the United States Air Force Heritage Flight and the United States Navy Legacy Flight. AirVenture 2019...
Chateaudun Air Base Visit
Chateaudun Air Base (Base Aérienne 279) is home to Entrepét de l’Armée de l’air 601, founded in 1951. EAA 601 is the largest storage for military aircraft in Europe. For test flights, the airfield...
OCEANA 2019 – ANOTHER GREAT AIR SHOW!
Six (6) Airplanes! Not Really! Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach held its annual Air Show for 2019, on Saturday and Sunday, September 21st and 22nd and everyone had a fun time...
AIRVENTURE 2019 “YEAR OF THE FIGHTER” PART 2 A LOOK AT TODAY’S MODERN FIGHTER AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
Our coverage of AirVenture 2019 continues with a closer look at the modern fighter aircraft during the “Year of The Fighter” salute. Almost every modern-day fighter and attack aircraft was present from the United...
