TROJAN TRIUMPH
Story and photos by Roland Dansereau This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the T-28 Trojan. It has a long and impressive history and can still be seen flying today whether as a large 12-ship formation (like at Oshkosh,...
Category: U.S. Marine Corps
PREVIEWING AIRVENTURE 2024
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski AirVenture 2024 is in the history books now and once again records were broken this year. AirVenture 2024 was held from July 22nd to July 28th at the Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin....
Dwindling Numbers: U. S. Marine Corps is Retiring the AV-8B Harrier
Story by Ken Kula, Photos from the Photorecon.net Photographer Team The U. S. Marine Corps, the only branch of America’s military to operate the Hawker Siddeley AV-8A/C Harrier and the British Aerospace/McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, is set to...
THE LAST AND LOUDEST
Story and photos by Mike Colaner At the 2024 Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point Airshow held May 11th and 12th, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels were the featured headliner. However, the real draw for the one hundred...
2024 Fleet Week – New York City
Story by Bill Sarama, photos by Bill Sarama and Howard German “Fleet Week” was held in New York during Memorial Day weekend from Wednesday, May 22nd, when the “Parade of Ships” entered New York Harbor starting at 9 AM...
Ultimate Harrier: The 2024 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show
Story by Shawn Byers, photos by Shawn Byers and Bryan T. Mangan I would have been here anyway, but the 2024 edition of the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show was not to be missed. Among the...
Unfinished Business: The Yuma Airshow 2024
Story and photos by Shawn Byers The last time I was Yuma, it was March 2020. The Airshow was canceled two days before it was supposed to occur in line with the rapid onset of the Covid-19 shutdowns. I...
Red Flag 24-1 Report
Article and photographs by Del Laughery Most everyone acquainted with military aviation in the United States is familiar with the Red Flag exercises that occur periodically – typically three times each year – at Nellis AFB, Nevada, a military...
WALKING THE RAMP AT OCEANA 23
Story and photos by Bill Sarama Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, had their big Air Show and Open House on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 15th, 16th and 17th, last year in 2023. The annual Air...
U. S. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard Retired Helicopter Types Scrapbook
Navy HUK-1 or HH-43C Husky, the type was retired from naval service by the mid-1960s. Kaman HOK and HUK helicopters like the one in this lead photo were all retired in the 1970s. Photos by Del Laughery, Anne Taylor,...
USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 (Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications)
Story and photos by Peter Boschert USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 is the fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Like most aircraft carriers, it was named after a United States president. The vessel was ordered on December 27, 1982, keel laid on...
A Visit to the Flying Eagles… Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122
Story and photography by Peter Boschert The Flying Eagles were formed in January 1999 as Strike Fighter Squadron 122 (VFA-122), the first squadron to use the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The squadron has a long history, formed in May 1950...
