F4U-4 Corsair “Korean War Hero”
At the Valiant Air Command’s TICO Airshow this spring a new Corsair debuted. The F4U-4 N713JT Bureau No. 97143 is owned by Jim Tobul of South Carolina and has been in the family for about 30 years. This is...
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Heavy Metal Jet Aerobatic Team
The real airshow season in America starts at TICO (which comes from Titusville Cocca Airport Authority) every spring in Florida. This event is the annual fund raiser for the Valiant Air Command. This year something new happened which has...
Heritage Flight Training Conference 2011
On March 3-6, 2011, vintage warbirds and United States Air Force aircraft from across the country came to Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona for the annual Heritage Flight Training Conference. During a large number of airshows...
NAF El Centro Air Show 2011
The 2011 United States Air Show season kicked off this last Saturday down at Naval Air Station El Centro. Performers included The Blue Angels, Viper West F-16 team, Navy VAF-122 F-18 team, and other civilian performers. There were many...
Red Flag 11-3 Media Day
Once again Air Forces from many different nations met at Nellis AFB to simulate war games during Red Flag 11-3. This Flag had RAF G4 Tornadoes from the UK show up. One had the Commemorative scheme from TWO squadron....
Centennial of Naval Aviation – USMC Style!
In celebration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation (CoNA) and coinciding with the CoNA events at Naval Air Station North Island (San Diego, CA) on February 11th and 12th, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar opened its flight line to...
Historic Flight Foundation Mig-29 resumes flying
The Mig-29 and its pilots were ready to resume test flights as soon as the weather improved. The test flights require visual conditions and the pilots require better than visual minimums as the aircraft has flown less than an...
Photorecon Flies with Pennsylvania ANG at Red Flag 11-2
On January 28, 2011, Photorecon was invited to fly with the 147th Air Refueling Squadron in support of Red Flag 11-2. Our mission was to refuel 5 F-16 aggressors that were participating in the exercise. We would be flying...
Red Flag 11-02 Media Day
On January 25, 2011, Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs hosted a media day for Red Flag 11-2. Photorecon attended along with 38 other aviation photographers from all over the nation. Since 1975, Red Flag exercises have been taking...
MiG-29 Fighter Soars Over The Pacific Northwest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.historicflight.org Mukilteo, WA, January 23rd 2011 – A former Ukranian MiG-29 fighter has become the second privately owned MiG-29 to fly, taking to the air over Washington six years after it left Eastern Europe. Capable of...
N518TA TA-4J Night Photos
We have been following our friend Mike “MAJ” McDougall of Fighting Classics, as he and the crew have been working to build/fly the TA-4J N518TA. The aircraft is done and looking great. We had arranged to come out and take...
100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation
The Centennial of Naval Aviation is a historic milestone. From its humble beginning in 1911, the Navy’s flight program has grown to become a guardian of freedom for America and its allies. It has succeeded because of the hard...
