Category: U.S. Navy

Airshow / demo teams / europe / fighters / Formation Flying / military / Transports / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

March 24, 2016

Seventy Years Strong: The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels

On April 24, 1946, shortly after the Second World War ended, Admiral Chester Nimitz, then Chief of Naval Operations, directed that a “flight demonstration team be organized within the Naval Advanced Training Command to represent the Navy at air...

Air National Guard / bombers / Exercises / fighters / navy / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy

February 21, 2016

Red Flag 16-1 Is “In the Books”

In 1975, the United States Air Force established an elite combat training exercise for all of its warfighters. Its purpose was to teach advanced tactics to maximize lethality, combat readiness, and survivability, and to ensure that the air crews...

military / U.S. Navy

December 30, 2015

Peter Boschert onboard the Nimitz Class CVN-68 to CVN-77

The beginning of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers really began with the construction of the USS John F. Kennedy, which is visually similar to the carriers of the Nimitz Class. At the beginning of the construction of the USS Nimitz, it was...

Airshow / museums / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / warbirds

November 21, 2015

My 2015 Air Show Finale Weekend

The distance “as the crow flies” between NAS Pensacola and Moody AFB is just 280 miles. What a coincidence that this pair of military air bases would host the final large events of the 2015 North American air show...

Air National Guard / Airshow / demo teams / nasa / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Navy / warbirds

October 24, 2015

Joint Base Andrews 2015 Air Show

Government budget cuts and a federal sequestration precipitated a four year suspension to the Joint Base Andrews air show. Returning with renewed enthusiasm, the theme for 2015 was “America’s Airfield: Celebrating History, Celebrating Freedom.” The celebration was an opportunity...

fighters / photocalls / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

October 24, 2015

NAS Fallon and TOP GUN/NSAWC

The airfield at Naval Air Station Fallon is named in honor of Lieutenant Van Voorhis (1908-1943), who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. NAS Fallon is located in northern Nevada, east of the city of Reno. Three runways (2135 m...

Airshow / demo teams / fighters / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

October 22, 2015

Early Autumn Colors Bathe the 2015 NAS Oceana Air Show

Naval Air Station Oceana Virginia was awash with color during the weekend of September 19th and 20th. No, the Autumn foliage hadn’t really begun to blaze forth yet in Virginia, but this year’s air show was full of brilliant...

Airshow / bombers / demo teams / fighters / Formation Flying / military / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds / World War II

October 3, 2015

The Inaugural New York Air Show

Last minute changes forced show promoter Brian Lilly Co. to find a new venue for the 2015 New York Air Show. Originally scheduled for Coney Island Brooklyn NY, the promoters had just seventy-one days to manage all of the...