Category: U.S. Marines

Amphibians / Aviation History / featured / Hawaii / museums / Seaplanes / Search and Rescue / Sikorsky / U S Army Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

December 3, 2025

National Air and Space Museum’s Sikorsky JRS-1: Pearl Harbor Survivor & A Witness To History

Story and photos by Corey Beitler When its doors open to the public daily, the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, tells the story of aviation and space exploration with over 170 aircraft,...

Aerial Refueling / Airshow / Blue Angels / Civil aviation / featured / fighters / Helicopters / Lockheed / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

November 21, 2025

Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show 2025

Story and photos by Shawn Byers “September Morn” , Neil Diamond’s 1979 ballad always seems to be playing through the speakers on the calm, sunny, morning ramp as I walk around. This is the familiarity I love about Oceana....

Aircrew Retirement (Fini) Flights / Aviation History / Aviation Themes / featured / fighters / friends / Korean War / legends / Liasion Aircraft / military / Passion for Aviation / Special Aviation Events / Special Events / Trainers / Transports / tribute / U S Army Air Force / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds / World War II

July 9, 2025

Dream Flights: Giving back to those who have given

Story and photos by Shawn Byers (Editor’s note: Unfortunately, we couldn’t publish Shawn’s article ahead of the CenterPoint Energy Dayton Airshow but present it now with our wishes for great success!). It is a real pleasure to bring you...

Aerobatics / Airshow / demo teams / featured / fighters / Formation Flying / Royal Canadian Air Force / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

January 1, 2025

NAS Oceana, VA 2024 Air Show

Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Bob Finch and Howard German If you like military jet noise and flaming hot afterburners, you would have loved the 2024 NAS Oceana (NASO) Air Show. It was jets, jets and more...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Blue Angels / EAA Oshkosh / Europe / featured / military / RCAF Snowbirds / Royal Canadian Air Force / Special Events / Trainers / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds

December 12, 2024

FORMATION JET TEAMS OF AIRVENTURE 2024

Story and photos by Scott Jankowski In another AirVenture first, 2024 featured appearances by 4 formation jet teams, the United States Navy Blue Angels, The United States Air Force Thunderbirds, the Italian Aerobatic Team the Freece Tricolori, and the...

Air Transports / Airshow / Aviation History / demo teams / featured / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

April 22, 2024

Wings over Solano 2024

Article and photography by Jeff Serpa Fairfield, CA Travis Air Force Base The 2024 Air Show season is getting off to a good start. Wings over Solano 2024 took to the skies over Travis Air Force Base, March...

Airshow / Heritage Flight / Legacy Flight / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

November 5, 2023

SINGLE SHIP MILITARY DEMOS OF AIRVENTURE 2023

Story and photos by Scott Jankowski EAA has always enjoyed a very strong relationship and partnership with the U.S. Military and 2023 was no different. No less than four different Single Ship Demo Teams were part of this year’s...

Aerial Refueling / Air Transports / post / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines

November 5, 2022

“Back in Black” – August 2022 Saw the Return of Exercise Pitch Black

Story and Photos by David Campion “Back in Black” August 2022 saw the return of Exercise Pitch Black to the skies of the Northern Territory, Australia, after a four-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The biannual exercise involved...

Air National Guard / Aviation History / Europe / fighters / Flight Test / military / Special Color Schemes / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

December 11, 2021

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.

Aerobatics / Blue Angels / Boeing / Formation Flying / military / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

November 7, 2020

Blue Angels Legacy Hornets Retired

The United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Blue Angels, recently flew their “sundown” voyage with their F/A-18 Legacy Hornets. The term “Legacy” refers to early model McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18 model A/B/C/D Hornets. The Team is...

U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

July 4, 2020

The 400th V-22 Osprey Has Been Delivered to the U.S. Military

The Bell Textron Boeing V-22 Osprey replaced a pair of military helicopters with a revolutionary capability. Operation Eagle Claw, the aborted rescue of Americans from Iran in 1980, showed that improvements in certain performance and operational areas were needed...

Aviation History / demo teams / Formation Flying / Special Aviation Events / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

May 16, 2020

“Operation America Strong” The USAF Thunderbirds and USN Blue Angels Salute New York’s and Philadelphia’s Health Care Workers and First Responders

The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, honored frontline COVID-19 first responders and essential workers with formation flights over New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia on April...