Category: Royal Canadian Air Force

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...