Photorecon

Category: U.S. Navy

Aerobatics / Air National Guard / Airshow / Blue Angels / demo teams / featured / fighters / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / warbirds

Jones Beach Bethpage Air Show 2024

Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Kevin Burke Since 2004, the Bethpage Federal Credit Union has sponsored all seventeen Memorial Day weekend air shows at Jones Beach State Park, NY. Broadcast on local 104.7 FM radio, the 2024...

Airports of the World / Airshow / Aviation Themes / EAA Oshkosh / F-15 Eagle / featured / Fly-In / Formation Flying / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / warbirds

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh: Arrival Day Sunday 2024

With over 1,000 aircraft on the ground already at Oshkosh, I guessed that Sunday would bring a rather orderly, steady stream of general aviation aircraft to watch. A quartering headwind for arrivals on runways 36 Left and Right was...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / EAA Oshkosh / F-15 Eagle / featured / Flight Test / military / museums / RCAF Snowbirds / Royal Canadian Air Force / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / warbirds

Preview: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024

Story and photos, except where noted, by Ken Kula There’s a saying that I’ve heard many times in my life… and it happens “Only in Oshkosh!”. This year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 has a few of these moments in...

Air National Guard / Aviation History / demo teams / featured / fighters / Lockheed / military / NASA / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds

Lockheed Martin’s F-16 Fighting Falcon First Spread Its Wings 50 Years Ago!

USAF Thunderbirds F-16Cs Story and photos by Ken Kula The United States-designed F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, more commonly called the “Viper”, first took to the skies by accident on January 20, 1974 some 50 years plus a few months...

F-15 Eagle / fighters / military / Photography and Spotting / Red Flag / U. S. Air National Guard / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy

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...

Base Visits / fighters / U.S. Navy

CVW-2 Homecoming

Story and photography by Steve Lewis Carrier Air Wing Two recently returned home from a scheduled four-month cruise aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to the Western Pacific, which saw port visits in the Republic of South Korea, Singapore,...