144th Fighter Wing F-15 Eagles
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...
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Boeing Reveals Advanced F-15 Eagles
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...
PREVIEWING AIRVENTURE 2024
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski AirVenture 2024 is in the history books now and once again records were broken this year. AirVenture 2024 was held from July 22nd to July 28th at the Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin....
The Return of the Genny We Know
The National Warbird Museum held their 43rd annual Airshow on July 12-14, 2024 in Geneseo, New York. Also known as The Greatest Show on Turf, the place I call “Genny” returned to the traditional second weekend in July time...
Jones Beach Bethpage Air Show 2024
Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Kevin Burke Since 2004, the Bethpage Federal Credit Union has sponsored all seventeen Memorial Day weekend air shows at Jones Beach State Park, NY. Broadcast on local 104.7 FM radio, the 2024...
Dwindling Numbers: U. S. Marine Corps is Retiring the AV-8B Harrier
Story by Ken Kula, Photos from the Photorecon.net Photographer Team The U. S. Marine Corps, the only branch of America’s military to operate the Hawker Siddeley AV-8A/C Harrier and the British Aerospace/McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, is set to...
Dover AFB Air Show 2024
Story by Daniel O. Myers, photography by Howard German It was only appropriate that the first major air show in the mid-Atlantic U.S. should be held in Delaware, the nation’s first state. Weather wise, the weekend of May 17...
RAF Fairford RIAT 2024
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...
THE RNC DESCENDS ON MILWAUKEE
T Story and Photos by Scott Jankowski My hometown of Milwaukee Wisconsin hosted the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) held on July 15th, 2024, thru July 18th, 2024, and naturally it brought an influx of unique airlines and...
Exercise Pitch Black 2024
Story and photos by Dion Makowski, material first published in aviationreportdownunder.wordpress.com With Exercise Pitch Black 2024 now winding up we will place it in its context with some informed observations and quotations. Air Force ensured media had access to...
AirVenture 2024 Afterburners!
The USAF’s F-16 Demonstration Team flew a pair of Fighting Falcons into the show. This was the non-colorful jet on arrival on Sunday. Photos and captions by Ken Kula The EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 had a very large group...
EAA AirVenture 2024: Day Three
A very rare sight in this new millennium, two flying B-29 bombers in formation over the AirVenture 2024 crowds. Review and photos by Ken Kula Oshkosh was somewhat cloudy and cool for most of the day, but no weather...
