Thunder over Dover 2022
The most anticipated Airshow in the Northeast, thus far, occurred at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware on May 21 and 22. In a rare but not unprecedented occurrence, both the USAF Thunderbirds and U.S....
Category: U.S. Air Force
A Look at the 2022 MacDill AFB Air Show
T-1A Jayhawk in USAF/Squadron commemorative colors at MacDill AFB Bob Finch took a quick trip to visit family and the MacDill AFB air show in March, 2022. Here are some of the aircraft on...
A Lockheed Constellation Scrapbook
The Constellation was a pre-World War II airliner design begun by Lockheed Corporation in 1937. In 1939, Transcontinental and Western Airlines (later known as just TWA) showed interest in a long ranged transport with...
Some American Air Refueling History
All photos by Del Laughery or the Del Laughery collection As common place as it is, these days, for two aircraft to very nearly occupy the same piece of the sky and move jet...
AVIATION ON THE WAY TO OCEANA
Are you heading down to Oceana this September on US-13 south through DelMarVa? Hope so! It’s been a quiet two summers for plane chasers and our beloved air shows with most shut down because...
Fortissimo – “VERY LOUD —used especially as a direction in music.”
Fortissimo – “VERY LOUD —used especially as a direction in music.” And the city of jazz and jets couldn’t have sounded better at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse,...
Our KC-10 Scrapbook
The Boeing KC-10 Extender is a long-ranged air refueling and cargo carrying jet. Based upon the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airframe, sixty KC-10As were produced for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) during the early 1980s....
A Super Flyover
Story and photos by Joe Kates, additional photos by Scott Plummer Photorecon was invited to attend the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation media day leading up to the Super Bowl LVI game day flyover....
Our Air Show Preview for 2022
Night photography, Thunder Over Michigan 2021 by Shawn Byers We’re planning our 2022 event campaign as the year changes on our wall calendars. Already, a pair of hoped-for military air shows have been cancelled...
Special Military Aircraft Collection #7
Here’s our seventh scrapbook of specially-colored military aircraft, enjoy! You can hover over the photo to see the type, or click for a full sized view.
NORTHERN LIGHTNING 2021
Photography by Scott Jankowski and Howard German (be sure to click on the thumbnail photos for enlarged photos!) The skies above Central Wisconsin were once again filled the sights and sounds of aircraft participating...
The Thunderbirds Are Back With Their First New Demonstration in Nearly Forty Years
The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds are back with their first new demonstration in nearly forty years. The Thunderbirds describe their 2021 demonstration as “Where Grace Meets Power.” According to...
