Tagged: centro

Aerobatics / Blue Angels / demo teams / Formation Flying / USAF Thunderbirds

April 4, 2020

El Centro, California – 2020 Training Session

The US Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team fly over 50 demonstrations a year across the country. At the end of the air show season, the team is already thinking about the following year’s air show season. At the...

assignments / fighters / military / navy / photocalls

December 7, 2014

Naval Air Facility El Centro Photocall – Fall 2014

On November 20, approximately 100 photographers arrived outside the main gates of Naval Air Facility El Centro (NAFEC). They were there for one of two annual photocalls held at one of the most active airfield in the country.Naval Air...

military / navy / photocalls

October 29, 2013

NAF El Centro Photocall- October 2013

What is a Photocall? A Photocall is generally when a location such as a military base or an airport, which is normally closed to the public is opened for a day for photographers to come and visit the location...

military / navy

November 9, 2012

El Centro Photocall October 2012

There are few times in photography when the responsible thing to do is accept an invitation, then go about trying to get the day off from a paying job. The El Centro photocall is usually one of those instances....

assignments / demo teams / friends / military / navy / post

March 18, 2012

El Centro Air Show 2012 in Review

The smell of jet fuel still lingers in the air at NAS El Centro following the conclusion of the first major air show of 2012. The first show brought delight to many after what had been a difficult off...

demo teams / fighters / military / navy / post

March 14, 2012

El Centro Airshow 2012 – Far, Hot, Dirty, and Awesome

NAF El Centro is just about in the middle of nowhere, it is always hot, and there are no permanently stationed squadrons. Having said all that, the El Centro drew a huge crowd and had top notch performances; not...

fighters / friends / military / navy / post

November 21, 2011

Photocall NAF El Centro

On November 17th 2011 Photorecon was an invited guest of APSOCAL http://www.apsocal.com/ to attend the NAF El Centro Photocall. The chance to attend this event is one we look forward to, as this has to be the closest access to live...

air force / fighters / friends / military / navy / post

March 17, 2011

NAF El Centro Air Show 2011

The 2011 United States Air Show season kicked off this last Saturday down at Naval Air Station El Centro. Performers included The Blue Angels, Viper West F-16 team, Navy VAF-122 F-18 team, and other civilian performers. There were many...

assignments / featured / navy / photocalls / post

November 20, 2010

Photorecon Visits Naval Air Facility – El Centro

On November 5, approximately 40 photographers drove two hours east of San Diego for a photocall on one of the country’s most active air fields. Naval Air Facility El Centro was first commissioned on May 1, 1946. Over the...

fighters / military / photocalls

January 9, 2010

Visit to NAF El Centro

Thanks to Matt and Joe over at Arizona Aviation Photographers(AzAP) Joe and I got to attend the AzAP Photo Call that they had set up with Michelle Dee the Public Affairs Officer of El Centro.