Category: U.S. Navy

Air National Guard / Airshow / Aviation History / military / U.S. Navy

October 3, 2020

Looking Back: The 2002 NAS Norfolk Air Show

Continuing on a theme introduced a month ago; this is the second installment of photographs from airshows that I attended prior to the age of digital photography. I am not proceeding in any particular chronological order from my collection....

Air National Guard / Base Visits / Exercises / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy

September 19, 2020

NORTHERN LIGHTNING 2020

There is a tremendous amount of scheduling and logistics that goes into planning for the now annual Northern Lightning exercise held at the Volk Field CRTC (Combat Readiness and Training Center) and Hardwood Firing Range located around the Tomah...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

July 11, 2020

Looking Back at the 2002 Dover AFB Air Show

With no current air show activity taking place and nothing realistically happening in the foreseeable future, I could not think of a better time than now but to go through my archive of negatives and slides and start scanning...

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...

Base Visits / fighters / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy

June 20, 2020

Master Base NAS Lemoore

Master Base NAS Lemoore NAS Lemoore is the largest U.S. Navy base, at approximately 12,000 hectares (or around 29,600 acres). Opened in 1961 it now a Master Jet Base of the U.S. Navy, one of only three in total....

Boeing / U.S. Navy

June 13, 2020

The 100th Boeing P-8 Poseidon is Delivered to the U.S. Navy

The Boeing P-8A Poseidon can trace its heritage back to the commercial B-737-800. The U.S Navy received their 100th Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft in May, 2020. Although six of these jets are not mission capable,...

Aviation History / Blue Angels / demo teams / Formation Flying / Special Aviation Events / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds

May 30, 2020

America Strong – My Timeline to the First Big Event in the Northeast

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” and U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron “Blue Angels” fly in formation together over the Eastern Seaboard, April 28, 2020. The Thunderbirds and Blue Angels performed a flyover together that was...

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...

Aircraft carrier / Aviation History / Helicopters / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy

April 25, 2020

BLUEBEARD 5

RH-53D BLUEBEARD 5 There is a rare and unique helicopter that sits vigilant as a gate guardian at the Wrightstown Gate of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) in New Jersey. However, the very existence of this helicopter and how...

Air Force Reserve / Air National Guard / Airshow / Helicopters / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

March 21, 2020

A Look Back: The Andrews 2019 Air Show Aircraft Lineup: Part 2

Editor: This is Part Two of a two-part article about the Joint Base Andrews facility, tenant units, and their latest air show in 2019. The Andrews 2019 Air Show Aircraft Ramp Lineup: Joint Base Andrews, in 2019 last summer,...

Air National Guard / fighters / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy

March 14, 2020

Lockheed Martin Ready to Deliver the 500th F-35 Fighter

U.S Navy F-35C dwarfed by the C-5M in the background… don’t judge the F-35’s capabilities by its size though! The 158th Fighter Wing, U.S. Air National Guard, will soon welcome the 500th F-35 Lightning II airframe built by Lockheed...

Air Force Reserve / Air National Guard / Air Transports / Airshow / Base Visits / Special Aviation Events / Special Color Schemes / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy

March 7, 2020

ANDREWS-2019: A LOOK BACK and A LOOK FORWARD:

Editor: This is Part One of a two-part article about the Joint Base Andrews facility, tenant units, and their latest air show in 2019. The weekend of May 11th 2019 was a special time in Washington, DC. No,...