Category: Marines

PACIFIC AIRSHOW 2026 – A Decade of Thunder Over the Pacific

Story and photos by Jeff Serpa HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA — OCTOBER 2–4, 2026 For three days along the Southern California coastline, the unmistakable sound of jet engines once again echoed across Huntington Beach as Pacific Airshow celebrated a major...

2026 Miramar Air Show: The Blue Angels Bring Naval Aviation Excellence to San Diego for their 80th Anniversary

Story and photos by Jeff Serpa The skies over San Diego once again became the stage for one of the nation’s most spectacular celebrations of military aviation as the 2026 Miramar Air Show returned to Marine Corps Air Station...

Sunset of the Harrier

Story and photos by Shawn Byers The United States Marine Corps retired the last of their world famous Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft on 3 June 2026. The primary mission of Marine Aviation is...

Military Nose Art Photo Collection

Nose art on a F-15E Strike Eagle. Photos by Scott Zeno and Ken Kula Personalization of an aircraft can represent aircrew, maintenance personnel, or an entire Squadron, Group or Wing. Some artwork is purely ceremonial, but many examples can...

Government Operated Aircraft Photo Collection

One of the U. S. Air Force’s C-40 executive transports on a short final approach. Photos by William Ellison, Scott Jankowski, Scott Zeno, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Most governments around the world operate aircraft to support its politicians,...

Andrews AFB -Joint Base Andrews- Air Show 2025

Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Howard German and Bryan T. Mangan From September 12 to 14, 2025 the 316th Wing hosted the Joint Base Andrews (JBA) Air Show and open house Located in the National Capital Region,...

AirVenture 2025 Military Aircraft Attendees

Story and photos by Andrew Spry From demo teams and static displays to unexpected guests, Oshkosh has some of the most unique military aircraft that visit every year. This year most notably, VMA-223, the 175th Wing, VRC-40, and the...

Power In the Pines Open House and Air Show 2025

Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Mike Colaner Leaping from one of Joint Base McGuire’s (JBM) own 305th AW C-17s, the U.S. Air Force Academy Wings of Blue Parachute Jump Team opened the 2025 show by bringing the...

MILITARY DEMO TEAMS OF AIRVENTURE 2025

Story and photos by Scott Jankowski AirVenture and the EAA have always had a close relationship with our Armed Forces, which was very evident with 8 demo teams present at AirVenture 2025. The United States Air Force had the...

The CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show 2025

Story and photos by Shawn Byers I had not been to the Dayton Air Show in many years but it has always been on the radar, so to speak. It is within driving distance, but maybe a bit far...

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