NATO Tiger Meet 2026
Story and photo by Shawn Byers “Hard to be Humble” is the moniker of the NATO Tigers. The NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise held in a NATO country of Europe and attended by North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
Category: Photography and Spotting
New Hampshire’s Alton Bay Ice Runway Ends A Record-Breaking Season
Story and photos by Ken Kula New Hampshire’s Alton Bay Ice Runway has completed its 2026 winter operations with a record-setting season. Alton Bay (Airport ID is B18) is operated by the State of New Hampshire’s Department of Transportation...
104th Fighter Wing F-15C/D Eagle Legacy (2007 – 2025) Part 3 – 2019 to 2025
Story and photos by Ken Middleton The 104th Fighter Wing, part of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, is based at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts. They recently retired their fleet of F-15C/D Eagles in October 2025,...
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...
World War II Weekend 2025
Story and Photos by Shawn Byers The Mid Atlantic Air Museum held their 34th annual World War II Weekend at Reading Regional Airport in Pennsylvania on June 6, 7 and 8. Weather was…a factor. Temperatures were warm and the...
Photo Report for Red-Flag 25-2 Nellis AFB LAS VEGAS,NV
Story and photos by William Ellison This Red-Flag ran from March 10-21, 2025, and featured units from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, United Arab Emirates Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force...
Windsor Locks, Connecticut’s Bradley Field/Bradley International Airport Oldies
Blue Bell Inc. Canadair CL-44 swingtail was used to transport denim material and finished blue jeans between BDL and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. On New Years morning 1984, this aircraft made an emergency landing at Boston’s Logan Intenational Airport due...
Alton Bay, New Hampshire’s Ice Runway Is Attracting Much Attention
Story and photos by Ken Kula Airplanes and ice normally don’t mix very well. There are issues like carburetor icing, airframe icing, and contaminated (read: icy – adverse breaking action reports of “medium”,” poor” or “nil”) runways that lend...
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...
Pacific Airshow Project with the Aviation PhotoCrew
Story and photos by David Campion In October 2023, I decided to tick off a bucket list item and sign up for an air-to-air project with the Aviation Photo Crew after the chance to photograph aerial refueling during Pitch...
Worldwide Aircraft Registration Guide: Part One
Z3-AAG BOMBARDIER CRJ-900 at EHAM: North Macedonia Photography by Ken Kula The Annex Seven of the International Civil Aviation Organization specifies nationality markings for every country’s registered aircraft. Many of these markings begin with a single letter – such...
The Airports Which Facilitated Our Pacific Cruise
Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre from the top deck of our cruise ship Story and photos by Ken Kula After the frosty and white winter of 2023 – 2024 in New England, we were ready for a change from those...
