Category: military

The 2024 Green Mountain Aviation Field Days

Story and photos by Ken Kula, Scott Zeno and Alice Leong  Editor’s note: Photos of each of the 51 aircraft on the grounds are contained in the Galleries.  With today’s security concerns, the opportunity to leisurely stroll among more...

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...

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...

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...

Frecce Tricolori Flypast Over the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Story and photo by Daniel O. Myers The Frecce Tricolori’s North American Tour included participating in ten air shows along with sixteen flyovers. One of those flypasts took place on Monday morning August 12, following the New York Air...

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