Wings Over Gillespie 2012
This is San Diego County’s #2 Air show, and while the County’s #1 Miramar Air show is considered one of the best in the World, “Wings Over Gillespie” is a very well performed and organized show put on by...
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AFFTC re-designated as Air Force Test Center
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Flight Test Center re-designation as the Air Force Test Center was officially recognized during a ceremony here July 13. As part of the same ceremony, the 95th Air Base Wing...
Planes of Fame Airshow 2012
This was my first time at the Planes of Fames Air show, located in Chino, CA. I first went on Friday for the semi-practice day, and then to the Saturday show. First off, the staff at the Planes of...
4th of July Freedom Fair
As the fireworks settled over the water, the 2012 4th of July Freedom Fair came to a close where thousands came out in force to support the Tacoma waterfront Tradition knowing that this could possibly be the last one...
Olympic Air Show 2012
Rain and clouds was not enough to keep air show fans from flocking to the annual Father’s Day Show that is put on by the Olympic Air Museum at Olympia Regional Airport. This show is put on by the...
Bigger, Bolder: Red Flag – Alaska
The name Red Flag has been synonymous with large scale flying exercises since the early 1970s. Originally developed at Nevada’s Nellis AFB to help pilots survive their first ten missions in Vietnam, Red Flag has become an important test...
Luke Air Force Base Top Choice for F-35 Training Center
NEW DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT CONFIRMS LUKE AFB AS AIR FORCES’S TOP CHOICE FOR F-35 TRAINING CENTER GLENDALE, Ariz. – Luke Air Force Base remains the Air Force’s preferred location for its new F-35A training center, according to a...
2012 Andrews Air Show
Photorecon was on hand for this year’s 2012 Andrews Air Show. Over 200,000 turned out over the two day show, at one point filling to capacity and forcing the base to turn eager fans away. The show, per usual,...
USAF Aggressors 40th Reunion
At the invitation of Col (ret) Gail “Evil” Peck, I got a rare “outsider’s” opportunity to attend part of the USAF Aggressors’ 40th Reunion on June 1st 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The Friday event was...
Bringing back 1981
She once felt the wind rushing against her airframe as she was thrown with a controlled violence into the blues skies of the Pacific Ocean, off of the USS Midway CV-41. Number 1981 was a McDonald Douglas RF-4B Phantom...
Washington D.C. Fetes Marine Corps Aviation’s 100th Anniversary
A pair of events celebrated the U.S. Marine Corps’ first 100 years of aviation in the nation’s capital during the month of May, 2012. Officially, the dawn of Marine Corps Aviation broke on May 22, 1912 when 1st Lieutenant...
Memorial Day and Arlington Cemetery
This isn’t a holiday that’s always been here. The first Memorial Day was conducted at Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1929. The cemetery was built on the estate of General Robert E. Lee after the Yankees stole it...
