The 2022 Reno Air Races Report
by Jeff Serpa · Published December 3, 2022 Stead Airport, Reno, NV Story and Photos by Jeff Serpa The Reno Air Races. If you know, you know. If you don’t, you should. The Reno Air Races have been taking...
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POLARIS DAWN
Photos and Story by Scott Jankowski EAA AirVenture always manages to bring together many unique and different aircraft attractions each and every year, one could call them “Only in Oshkosh moment.” One such attraction was during the Friday afternoon...
OCEANA AIR SHOW 2022
Story by Bill Sarama, photos by Howard German, Bob Finch and Bill Sarama Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, VA, had their big Air Show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 16, 17 and 18, 2022, and it...
Base Visit: NAS Lemoore 2022
Photos and story by Peter Boschert NAS Lemoore is the largest US Navy base with about 12000 hectares. It was opened in 1961 and is now a Master Base of the US Navy. In 1998, NAS Lemoore was selected...
CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AIRVENTURE STYLE.
Photos and story by Scott Jankowski Originally created on August 1st, 1907, and once part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, was formally established as a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces on September 18th 1947. The U.S....
Back to the Beach: NAS Oceana Airshow 2022
by Shawn Byers · Published November 26, 2022 Naval Air Station Oceana hosted their first public airshow since 2019 on September 17th and 18th, (the 2021 event was held but remotely). Spectacular weather, save a few cloudy moments, made...
NORTHERN LIGHTNING 2022
Story by Scott Jankowski, photos by Howard German and Scott Jankowski The Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center once again held its annual Northern Lightning exercise from August 8th to August 19th. This year’s exercise included over 1,000 personnel...
Gliding the Polar Vortex – The Perlan II
by Ken Kula · Published November 19, 2022 Photos by John Freedman and Ken Kula The Windward Performance Perlan II is a one-of-a-kind high altitude glider. Designed to fly closer to the edge of space than any other crewed...
2022… Edwards AFB Then and Now
Photos and story by Steve Lewis Edwards Air Force Base, the birth place of where it all began for so many, including myself. After a 12 year hiatus, Edwards opened it’s doors to the general public once again. This...
Atlantic City Airshow 2022
Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Daniel O. Myers and Gary Driscoll For each of nineteen years, more than 500,000 spectators have been drawn to the midweek beachfront Atlantic City Airshow. This year’s show took place on Wednesday,...
“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...
Jones Beach State Park – Bethpage Air Show 2022
Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Kevin Burke and Daniel O. Myers For sixteen years, the Jones Beach, NY Bethpage Air Show has dared the elements. This year, heavy dense fog rolled in on the beach, canceling the...
