AVIATION NATION 2025
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Nellis Air Force Base held their 2025 airshow, “Aviation Nation” on April 5th and 6th. This was my first airshow of the season, a “fly and drive” birthday present to myself. Although I...
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March Air Reserve Base’s – Southern California Airshow
March Air Reserve Base Riverside, California Thousands of spectators were drawn to the March Air Reserve Base for the Southern California Airshow, April 12th and 13th. The airshow featured military and civilian performances, accompanied by static displays including Military,...
VFA-22 FIGHTING REDCOCKS
Story and photos by Steve Lewis Following up to the series opener which looked at Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) as a whole, I will now look into each of the respective squadrons within Team Quicksand, starting with VFA-22, the...
Dwindling Numbers, Part 2: More Older U. S. Military Aircraft Types Are Being Replaced
U. S. Navy E-6B Mercury design has been operational for 36 years. Story and photos by Ken Kula, except for photos attributed to other companies or DOD employees. Some of the U. S. military’s aircraft are approaching or have...
Retired Military Jets – Do You Remember These?
A-7E Corsair II Photos by Ken Kula Here’s an assortment of photos depicting many retired military jet-powered aircraft, while they were active with their respective air arms. Unless noted, these photos are of U. S. military aircraft. How many...
VISITING THE FAGEN FIGHTERS WWII MUSEUM
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski Granite Falls Minnesota is located about 130 miles due West of the Twin Cities, with the Granite Falls Municipal Airport better known as Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field situated 4 nautical miles from downtown. This...
RCAF Training Fleet is Changing Airframes
Story by Ken Kula; photos by Scott Jankowski (where noted) or otherwise by Ken Kula The Royal Canadian Air Force has announced a huge change to their training process and aircraft lineup. Most of the current airframes used for...
Part 2: 2024 Royal International Air Tattoo – Departures
Story and photos by Del Laughery Editor’s note: This is the second part of Del Laughery’s coverage of the 2024 Air Tattoo. I will conclude my coverage with a separate submission with photos focused on the departure day, which...
Part 1: 2024 Royal International Air Tattoo – Arrivals
Story and photos by Del Laughery Every year, over 100,000 people, 1,500 exhibitors, and nearly 100 civil and military aircraft descend on RAF Fairford to participate in the Royal International Air Tattoo air show. It’s touted as the largest...
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...
Naval Air Station Oceana Airshow 2024
Story and photos by Shawn Byers September is synonymous with a planned trip to Virginia Beach and the annual airshow at Naval Air Station Oceana. Being an annual airshow is just one reason why Oceana is one of my...
CVW-17 “Team Quicksand”
Story and photos by Steve Lewis This will begin a series of articles that covers one of the most important assets in the entire United States military’s arsenal, the power of the United States Navy Carrier Air Wing. While...
