Tagged: Department of Defense
The base was founded as Alamogordo Army Air Field on 10th of June 1942 as a training field for much needed pilots in the USAAF. On 13th January 1948, the base was renamed to honor Colonel George V. Holloman, a...
The on-line dictionary Encarta defines the word trifecta like this: “1. bet on first 3 in race …a bet… that involves selecting the competitors that will come in the first three places in the correct order. 2. set of...
The Second World War was still raging in Europe and the Pacific on August 1, 1943, when Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-323, the “Death Rattlers” were commissioned at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point in North Carolina. Arriving at...
In March 2015 I was in Tucson once again and was able to spend a day in the area of the 309th AMARG. The third largest Air Force in the world sits here on 2,600 acres, or 10.4 sq. km,...
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – The 56th Fighter Wing flew its 1000th F-35 training sortie today making it the fastest F-35 wing to reach the 1000-sortie milestone in the Department of Defense. This is the second historic milestone...
With no military air shows last year, fans were anxiously awaiting 2014. Absence seems to make the heart grow fonder. NAS Oceana, VA is not just a weekend air show but rather a week-long event drawing aviation enthusiasts from...
For those in the mid-Atlantic region, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) was our first air show for 2014. After 2013, with no military air shows due to the federal budget sequestration, and a long cold winter, this Mother’s Day weekend...
In the aviation world there are those that prefer to do artwork. Doing side views like this is called a ‘profile’. This is my first attempt at doing such artwork. Every one knows I have a passion for Blackbirds....
The Planes of Fame Airshow at Chino is without a doubt the finest Warbird show in the country. This year they managed to attract one if the few F-22 Raptor flight demonstrations. But there were other, even better acts...
While nothing can match actual aerial combat, or even just normal flight time for a Marine fighter pilot, modern technology can lend a helping hand in keeping these Marines trained and ready for any combat mission that is handed...
Here in Arizona and the “Valley Of The Sun”, we are very fortunate to have one of the largest training bases in the world, that turns out some of the best pilots in the US Air Force. Recently,...
While attending Red Flag 13-3 at Nellis AFB, I had a chance to meet and talk to Peter Boschert. Peter is a resident of Germany and travels the world and takes some of the most captivating images of aircraft. According to...