Category: Helicopters

Air National Guard / Air to air photography / bombers / fighters / Formation Flying / Helicopters / U.S. Air Force

August 1, 2018

Hazy’s Gallery of Photos of the Week

Here’s a running collection of Jim “Hazy” Haseltine’s Photos of the Week, it’ll be updated as a new photo is posted too. Enjoy these awesome air-to-air images of warplanes in their element! ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

bombers / fighters / Helicopters / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

May 6, 2018

U.S. Military Aviation’s Half Century Club

There are a handful of aircraft designs that are approaching, or have already surpassed fifty years of service with various U.S. military users. Half a century of service speaks praises of the design’s utility and adaptability, as many designs...

Airshow / Helicopters / Special Aviation Events / U.S. Navy

February 8, 2018

“NAVSTANOR” — THE 100th ANNIVERSARY AIR SHOW AT NAS CHAMBERS FIELD, VIRGINIA

Grumman E-2D Hawkeye of VAW-123 “Chambers Field”, the Naval Air Station facility located within Naval Station Norfolk (NAVSTANOR), celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the flying component of the base with a fairly big but somewhat “secret” air show on...

bombers / fighters / Helicopters / military / space / Transports / U.S. Air Force

January 10, 2018

The USAF Weapons School Integration Phase – WSINT

Twice a year, the very prestigious Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base comes to an end with the large-scale capstone phase known as the Weapons School Integration phase. WSINT was held from November 20th through December 13th,...

Airshow / Blue Angels / Helicopters / Marines / warbirds

November 29, 2017

“A SALUTE TO VIETNAM VETERANS”

Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar hosted their 2017 edition of their annual airshow from Sep 29th-Oct 2, 2017. Home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3d MAW), Miramar boasts one of the largest and most popular airshows on...

Airshow / Blue Angels / Helicopters / military

November 5, 2017

Great State of Maine Air Show, 2017’s Event

Over a late summer weekend, the one just before America’s Labor Day holiday, the Great State of Maine Airshow attracted tens of thousands of vacationers and residents. Held at the expansive Brunswick Executive Airport, the venue offered a varied...

Airshow / EAA / Helicopters / Marines / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / warbirds

October 10, 2017

2017’s Wings Over Camarillo Air Show

Every August, a wonderful air show takes place at the Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. With beautiful blue skies, moderate temperatures, a nice cool sea breeze, and sunlight that stays behind you the entire show, this air show draws...

Helicopters / military / Search and Rescue

August 31, 2017

Aviation Assets Bring Aid to the Houston Area After Harvey’s Floods

U.S. Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the city of New Orleans, Louisiana in late August of 2005, serves as a benchmark to compare responses to natural disasters in the United States. Twelve years later, Hurricane Harvey...

Airshow / Helicopters / warbirds

July 11, 2017

2017 Wings Over Camarillo Air Show Preview

Coming up in just over a month is the famed Wings over Camarillo Air Show in Camarillo, Ca. on August 19th and 20th. This year will prove to be yet again one of the “can’t miss” shows of the...

Air National Guard / Airshow / Helicopters / museums / New England / Rhode Island Army National Guard

June 23, 2017

Quonset Point RI 2017, and a Whole Lot More!

Quonset Point had an air show on May 20th and 21st in Rhode Island right on Narragansett Bay, and just a short drive from Newport. Some people will say it only had seven airplanes. That’s actually true if you...

Helicopters / Marines / Special Aviation Events / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Navy

June 6, 2017

Another Great Day at Sea

New York Fleet Week 2017 “Another Great Day At Sea – Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush” was an excellent book by Geoff Dyer, that came out in 2014 and described in great detail his two week...

Civil aviation / Helicopters

May 21, 2017

My Trip to the Walt Ray Memorial

A Helicopter Trip to the Walt Ray Memorial By Ray Nixon May 2017 I walked into the unparalleled Hahn’s World of Surplus in North Las Vegas looking for a Nomex flight jacket and some MRE’s for my aviation survival...