Willow Run Bomber Plant Needs Your Help
There is an effort at the Yankee Air Museum to save part of the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Their currently trying to raise funds to save a portion of the old Ford plant that produced B-24 bombers during World...
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Giving back and more…Meet MSGT Shayne Meder USAF (Ret)
Everyone in San Diego County, and probably most people in Southern California, are use to seeing U.S. Navy helicopters flying back and forth across the skies. But every now and then, you spot one that looks just a little...
4th of July Freedom Fair
As the fireworks settled over the water, the 2012 4th of July Freedom Fair came to a close where thousands came out in force to support the Tacoma waterfront Tradition knowing that this could possibly be the last one...
Olympic Air Show 2012
Rain and clouds was not enough to keep air show fans from flocking to the annual Father’s Day Show that is put on by the Olympic Air Museum at Olympia Regional Airport. This show is put on by the...
A visit to Kingman Army Airfield Museum 2012
Kingman is a name that is a part of WWII history, a place where men learned to fight in the skies and then after the war was won, their aircraft were brought there to die. Everyone has seen...
An experience of a lifetime…
Almost all aviation photographers have one dream, crave one chance, an event that can make or break a career, and that is to be able to shoot Air 2 Air! Shooting an aircraft while up in another aircraft. This...
B-25s at Tico 2012
The Valiant Air Command’s show commonly known as “TICO” (which comes from the Titusville Coca Airport) this year worked around a “Doolittle Raider” theme, since this year is the 70th anniversary of the famous carrier launched raid. As we...
Holloman AFB Open House 2011
On October 8, 2011, Photorecon had the opportunity to attend the 2011 Holloman AFB open house, the Legacy of Liberty air show. Any air show at Holloman AFB holds a special place in my heart. As a young...
New Hampshire Air National Guard Training Mission with Thunderbirds
Not Just a Routine Training Mission… PACK61 and 62 Heavy flight departed the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease shortly after nine o’clock in the morning. The pair of New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-135R tankers were on a training...
Thunder Over Michigan 2011 – Preview
Thunder over Michigan is the best “themed” airshow in the country as well as one of the biggest. Most airshows follow a pattern of “try to get airplanes” so people will come and watch it (hence raising money for...
Tribute to B-17 “Liberty Belle”
***Breaking News***
Reports are that the B-17 \”Libert Belle\” has made an Emergency Landing after suffering an engine fire. News is that everyone aboard got off safely!!
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s – 21st Anniversary World War II Weekend
The stage was set for the 21st annual WWII Weekend in Reading PA. The cast of characters were the over 2000 military and civilian re-enactors, that assembled here to provide an awesome living history experience.
It has been characterized by many as like being on a movie set…you pass through the gates and you find yourself in a quaint French villa. Soldiers mingling about, while families sit outside their homes, enjoying a cool breeze
