Tagged: Air Combat Command

Airshow / demo teams / fighters / Formation Flying / legends / U.S. Air Force / warbirds

March 14, 2016

A Tradition Of Training, The 2016 Heritage Flight Conference

Creating a Heritage: In 1997, during the 50th anniversary of the USAF celebrations, a most unique formation took to the skies. That formation included the latest aircraft in the USAF arsenal wing tip to wing tip with vintage warbirds....

fighters / U.S. Air Force

October 27, 2015

F-35 Lightning II Program Update

Joint Base Andrews F-35 Press Conference Following the September 2015 Friday practice show; the media was invited to attend a press conference hosted by Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, F-35 Program Executive Officer Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan...

air force / demo teams / fighters / Marines / military / navy / photocalls

December 10, 2012

Dissimilar Formations: Not Quite an Oxymoron

They make it look so simple, those pilots flying different types of aircraft in formation at an air show. Two of my favorite acts are an Air Force Heritage Flight, or a Navy Legacy Formation made up of different...

air force / bombers / demo teams / fighters

November 17, 2012

2012 Aviation Nation: A Photographer’s Mother Lode

The annual Aviation Nation air show at Nellis AFB, NV is a fitting finale to the 2012 Air Force show season. The home-based Thunderbirds, and the Air Combat Command’s F-22 Demonstration and Heritage Flight Team flew their last performances...

air force / assignments / demo teams / friends

October 24, 2011

Photorecon Visits with F-15E Strike Eagle Demo Team

The F-15E Strike Eagle Demo Team was performing at the Alliance Air Show in Fort Worth, Texas over the weekend and our own Brandon Farris was there to record the event. We had worked in the past with the...

air force / fighters / military / post / warbirds

March 21, 2011

Heritage Flight Training Conference 2011

On March 3-6, 2011, vintage warbirds and United States Air Force aircraft from across the country came to Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona for the annual Heritage Flight Training Conference. During a large number of airshows...