Category: McDonnell Douglas

AMERICA’S AIRSHOW AT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, SEPTEMBER 2025

Story and photos by Jeff Serpa MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. America’s airshow returned to MCAS Miramar Sept 26th-28th. The Former home to the US Navy Top Gun school and Fightertown USA, the Miramar Airshow is one of...

McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Series Scrapbook

Photos by Scott Jankowski, Crey Beitler and Ken Kula, story by Ken Kula McDonnell Douglas built over 1100 MD-80 series aircraft, including MD-88 and MD-90 derivatives. Essentially a stretched and enlarged DC-9 airliner, the MD-80 series carried more fuel,...

Some of My Favorite Aviation Photographic Opportunities, Volume Two

 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport  Point Woronzof Road runs along the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport’s western boundary and the Point Woronzof Buffer Park. There’s some space for roadside parking and a small hillside abeam the runway 14 touchdown...

More Photos of Non-U. S. Military Hawker Siddeley/BAE/McDonnell Douglas Harriers

Royal Air Force Harrier GR.9 Photos by Scott Zeno, Steve Lewis and Ken Kula Harrier GR.9s at a 2009 Nellis AFB Red Flag Exercise Spanish Air Force EAV-8B Harrier Departing after the 2024 Royal International Air Tattoo. Art Nalls...

FALL TIME SPOTTING AT MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Story and photos by Scott Jankowski This past October, I had a chance to do some spotting and photography up at the Minneapolis St-Paul Minnesota International Airport. KMSP is a major hub for Delta and Delta Connection Airlines as...

The Last Ten Standing

Had Michael Buffer been the Master of Ceremonies on September 26 at Travis Air Force Base, I imagine he would have introduced the guest of honor like this. Hailing from Long Beach, California, at age forty-five, and weighing in...

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...

Dwindling Numbers; More American Military Aircraft Heading Towards Retirement

Captions by Ken Kula, Photos by Photorecon.net’s Photography Team Many of the U. S.’s military aircraft are approaching or have exceeded 50 years of use. As such, the military branches are replacing older airframes with new ones; there are...

THE 2023 NORTHERN ILLINOIS AIRSHOW

Story and photos by Scott Jankowski The Waukegan National Airport covers 600 acres of land and is located approximately 40 miles to the North of Chicago, Illinois. The airport features two asphalt runways, those being runway 5/23 at 6,000...

Air Mobility Command Celebrates 100th Year of Air Refueling.

The first air to air refueling took place over Rockwell Field, San Diego, California on June 27, 2023. National Museum of the USAF photo Story by Ken Kula. Photos by Corey Beitler, Del Laughery, Dion Makowski, Don Linn, Dave...

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