Red Flag 23-3
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Southern Nevada residents may notice increased noise from military aircraft as the Air Force conducts Red Flag 23-3 from July 17 to August 4. Close to 100 aircraft are scheduled to depart...
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What To Expect at 2023’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
The Photorecon.net team will be out in force again at this year’s AirVenture 2023, reporting on just some of the many highlights (at least, what we think are the highlights) of the world’s largest gathering of aviators and aircraft...
Connecticut Air and Space Center Celebrates Sikorsky Aircraft’s 100th Anniversary
Story by Ken Kula, photos by Scott Zeno, Alice Leong and Ken Kula. The airport that straddles the city of Bridgeport and town of Stratford, Connecticut is named after a very distinguished aviation pioneer. The Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial...
The 2023 Scott Air Force Base Airshow
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski It has been five long years since the 375th Air Mobility Wing and Scott Air Force Base hosted an airshow, the last one was in 2017, that changed this year. On May 13th...
Wings Over Wayne 2023
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Seymour Johnson Air Force Base held their first Airshow in four years on May 20th and 21st, 2023. Traditionally, it is a bi-annual event only just now getting over the post Covid-19 pandemic...
A VISIT TO THE PRAIRE AVIATION MUSUEM
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski The twin cities of Bloomington and Normal Illinois are located roughly 135 miles Southwest of Chicago Illinois and 162 miles Northeast of St. Louis Missouri. Approximately 130,000 people call the 2 cities home...
Air Mobility Command Celebrates 100th Year of Air Refueling.
The first air to air refueling took place over Rockwell Field, San Diego, California on June 27, 2023. National Museum of the USAF photo Story by Ken Kula. Photos by Corey Beitler, Del Laughery, Dion Makowski, Don Linn, Dave...
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is 100 Years Old
U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock, pilot Matt Kiefer Story by Ken Kula, Photos by John Freedman, Howard German and Ken Kula except where noted. History The National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) began as...
The Commemorative Air Force’s Airpower History Tour Lands at Westfield, Massachusetts
Photographs by Scott Zeno “Experience the sights, smells and sounds of historic World War II aircraft” announces the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) web site. So, this sensory overloaded visit occurred at the Barnes Municipal Airport from June 8th through...
Heritage 2.0
Story and photos by Mike Colaner “We wanted something that just screamed America,” MSgt Landon Tompkins. Mission accomplished. I have come to Fresno, California, home of the 144th Fighter Wing (FW) of the California Air National Guard, as a...
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE DOVER AIR MUSEUM?
Story and photos by Bill Sarama So, it was February 23rd of this year and I was taking another ride south on US-13 on the DelMarVa heading for a short winter vacation in the northern Outer Banks. My flight...
Aviation History In Pennsylvania Exhibit-The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Story and photos by Corey Beitler Located within the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, The State Museum of Pennsylvania contains a collection of over five million artifacts that preserve and interpret Pennsylvania and the surrounding region’s history and culture....
