The Decatur Illinois Airport celebrated its 75th anniversary by holding the first airshow in 25 years. I was asked to be the official photographer. It was a great show, with three and a half...
EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 featured a great deal of American military aircraft. Between active military airplanes, helicopters, UAVs and their crews, plus warbirds – which are retired military aircraft now owned and operated by...
EAA President Jack Pelton said it best, “The wait is over”, and indeed it was. It felt so good to be back “home” at AirVenture Oshkosh after last year’s cancellation due to the ongoing...
Here’s our first report from the EAA’s AirVenture 2021, in the form of photos. After a year off due to the COVID19 crisis, early estimates point to a resumption of the same levels of...
The McDonnell Douglas, and later Boeing F-15 Eagle initial prototype first flew in 1972; a dozen prototypes were produced. Just shy of 1,200 airframes in several versions were built, with more expected in the...
The first official flight of the General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon occurred on February 2, 1974. An unplanned hop occurred a few days earlier, during taxi testing, but that’s a story to be...
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an attack and close air support jet operated exclusively by the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard. The twin engines are in pods...
The original YC-130 prototype first flew on August 23, 1954… that means we’re coming up on the 67th anniversary of the event. Originally designed as a cargo and troop transport with medivac mission capabilities,...
The 2008 Rhode Island International Air Show was a wide-ranging celebration of military and civilian aviation. Some of the highlights were: the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows were completing their North American Tour,...
Edwards-based B-1B Lancer Late in October of 2006, the High Desert of California reverberated with the roar of jets in afterburner and piston engines growling with all of their might. The 2006 Edwards AFB...
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...
As the Boeing 707 and 717 models of the 1950s matured, the shorter 717 was renamed as the C-135 for the U.S. Air Force. Numerous versions of the C-135 were used as aerial tankers,...
The United States operates a number of military aviation aggressor squadrons. Branches that have aviation units dedicated as adversarial training assets include the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. There are a number of...
Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager died in Los Angeles on Monday, December 7, 2020 at age 97. The famous pilot served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and Air Force for decades, becoming an...
March 1, 2022
D.V. Embarkation aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
August 24, 2010
Photorecon flies with VMM-166 SeaElk
February 18, 2011
July 6, 2019
NBAA BACE 2018, Business Aviation Shines in Florida
November 25, 2018
Ole Griffith “The Fascination Of Flight”
July 6, 2013
Mike Wiskus: “I’m Going Out at the Top of My Game!”
October 30, 2021
The Human(-itarian) Side of 2021’s AirVenture
August 22, 2021
Shot Down: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
