Category: Royal Canadian Air Force

Airshow / Blue Angels / demo teams / Royal Canadian Air Force

July 30, 2018

Bethpage NY Air Show 2018

For the 15th straight year, the annual Memorial Day Weekend New York Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, Long Island continued to make history and set new attendance records. Drawing added attention to the 2018 show were two familiar...

air force / Airshow / Australia / fighters / Helicopters / military / Royal Canadian Air Force / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force

March 21, 2017

Australian International Airshow 2017 – Avalon, Victoria

Avalon 2017 was characterised by the involvement of the Australian Defence Force – led by RAAF – the Royal Australian Air Force. Avalon provides the alternate venue for the ADF’s airshow presence. Air Force’s Plan Jericho, now well established,...

Air National Guard / Airshow / bombers / demo teams / fighters / Formation Flying / Helicopters / Liasion Aircraft / military / Royal Canadian Air Force / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Navy / warbirds / World War II

October 27, 2016

AirShow London’s Arrival Day Spectacular

Every once in a while, the moon and the stars are aligned just right, and things fall together on an air show arrival day that maxes out the “Fun Meter”. Close to ten hours of aviation excitement unfolded on...

air force / Australia / Base Visits / Exercises / fighters / Marines / military / Royal Canadian Air Force / tanker ride / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines

September 7, 2016

Pitch Black 2016, Part 2 – Operations

Run over the first three weeks of August, Exercise Pitch Black 2016 ran a “Media Embed Program” for the benefit of local and international media organisations, during the exercise. PHOTORECON was privileged to be invited to participate. Briefings were...

Aerial Firefighters / Airliners / Airshow / Boeing / demo teams / EAA / fighters / Formation Flying / friends / oshkosh / Royal Canadian Air Force / Transports / U.S. Coast Guard / warbirds

August 15, 2016

2016 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Scrapbook

Another EAA AirVenture has come and gone, and it’s time to take stock of what we saw. There were headlines, and behind-the-scenes stories that made splashes across social media sites and web sites around the world. Rather than reiterate old...

Air National Guard / Airshow / demo teams / Helicopters / Royal Canadian Air Force / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / warbirds

July 25, 2016

Memorial Day Action Over Jones Beach, New York

Since its inception thirteen years ago, setting new attendance records has been the annual norm for the Jones Beach, NY Bethpage Air Show. Sponsored by The Bethpage Federal Credit Union, the show has taken place every Memorial Day Weekend...

Airshow / demo teams / museums / Royal Canadian Air Force / U.S. Air Force / warbirds / World War II

April 1, 2016

Tampa Bay AirFest, 2016

Photos by Bob Finch, story by Bob Finch with Ken Kula The year 2016 marks three quarters of a century after the United States began its buildup of armed forces, when its’ leaders saw that the country would most...

air force / Airshow / fighters / military / Royal Canadian Air Force

July 1, 2015

A Behind the Scenes Look at the 2015 RCAF CF-18 Demonstration Team

It’s one of the more anticipated acts of the air show. As the CF-188 leaves the chocks, pulls out of the ramp area and taxis to the runway, heads turn to admire the jets’ magnificent paint scheme- a mural...