Category: NORAD

Aviation History / Boeing / featured / Grumman / Lockheed / military / NORAD / Royal Air Force / Sikorsky / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / Viet Nam

March 27, 2026

Airborne Warning and Control Aircraft Scrapbook

A U. S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based AWACS Story and photos by Ken Kula Airborne early warning and control systems can trace their origins to the World War II era. Ground-based radars became operational by the early 1940s...

Air National Guard / Air Transports / Airshow / Civil aviation / featured / fighters / Helicopters / military / NORAD / U. S. Air National Guard / U.S. Army / U.S. Marine Corps / warbirds

October 30, 2025

The 2025 New York Dot Com Airshow Photo Scrapbook

Photos by Bob Finch and Scott Zeno The 2025 New York Dot Com Airshow had one day of perfect, clear weather and another day of overcast skies, but the show went on regardless of the background. Held at and...

Amphibians / Aviation History / Aviation Themes / Cessna / Civil aviation / featured / General Aviation / Helicopters / military / New England / NORAD / Search and Rescue / Special Aviation Events / Tankers / U. S. Air National Guard / U. S. Army National Guard / warbirds

October 26, 2024

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...

Aerial Refueling / Aerobatics / Air Transports / Airshow / featured / fighters / military / NORAD / U. S. Air National Guard / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / warbirds

September 27, 2024

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...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Boeing / demo teams / EAA Oshkosh / featured / General Aviation / military / NORAD / warbirds

July 23, 2024

EAA AirVenture 2024: Opening Day Sights

Review and photos by Ken Kula The 2024 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is off to a great start. Fair weather offered ample time for show attendees and performers to arrive at the airport. There was plenty of gawking as aviators...

Aviation History / bombers / NORAD

August 14, 2021

TAKING STOCK OF THE TU-95 BEAR

Since the late 1950s, the Tupolev TU-95 Bear has remained an iconic reminder of the Cold War while projecting a formidable if not imposing presence in the skies.

Aviation History / museums / NORAD / Royal Canadian Air Force / U.S. Air Force

January 17, 2021

The Peterson Air and Space Museum

The Peterson Air and Space Museum is one of twelve official United States Air Force Field Museums. The Field Museum is located upon Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the temporary home to the U.S. Space Command....