HUREVAC!
All Photos are Nicole Cloutier’s coverage of Hurevac arrivals at Pease ahead of Hurricane Michael, except where noted. The United States has built a formidable network of air bases around the perimeter of the...
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Draken International provides adversary support to USAFWS
Photo by Airman 1st Class Rachel Loftis 12/18/2015 – NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Draken International, a commercial fleet of ex-military aircraft, recently won a bid for a short-long contract to provide adversary support here. The 99th Contracting Squadron met...
TUTOR ET ULTOR – “Protector and Defender” Holloman AFB
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...
Planeside With the Breitling Jet Team
It’s rare to see a foreign jet team perform at U.S. air shows, especially one making its North American debut. The team’s original schedule called for nineteen show sites, each selected where The Breitling...
VMFA- 323 The Death Rattlers (a.k.a. The Snakes)
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...
AMARG (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Tucson, Arizona)
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...
Luke 1 flies first ‘student’ F-35 sortie
The 56th Fighter Wing officially began training new F-35 pilots today when the first student, Brigadier General Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, flew the wing’s first training sortie. Luke has a long and...
Breitling Jet Team To Tour North America in 2015
A bit of European panache will grace the skies of North America during the 2015 air show season, as the Breitling Jet Team will perform at 19 events across the USA and Canada. The...
144th Fighter Wing F-15 Eagles
The 144th Fighter Wing / 194th Fighter Squadron, of the California Air National Guard, is the US Air Force’s latest F-15 Eagle unit to form. Based in a tight corner of the Fresno /...
The Last Tomcat Cruise
The Atlantic Ocean, near the coast of Florida. One loud “bang” and the C-2A Greyhound catches one of the cables to land on the aircraft carrier “Theodore Roosevelt”. We leave the plane, a dream...
Looking Back at VF-103 “JOLLY ROGERS“ Last Tomcat Cruise, Homecoming CVW-17
On December 13th, 2004 at 14:00 local, the aircraft of CVW-17 were landing at NAS Oceana, and thus VF-103 finished their last cruise with the F-14B Tomcat. The family members of the crews couldn’t wait for...
Photorecon.net visits the USS Nimitz and the F-35C.
It’s been almost 8 years since the first F-35 Lightning II (a.k.a. the Joint Strike Fighter) took flight, but after many delays and massive cost overruns the F-35 is finally nearing the end of...
Luke Air Force Base – Pilot Training in Arizona with the 56th Fighter Wing
Luke Air Force Base is in the vicinity of Glendale and Sun City, Arizona and was named after the flying Ace of the First World War and Member of the Medal of Honor, Frank...
The National Championship Air Races 2014
September. For the majority of the world, this is just another month on the calendar. Usually the harbinger of fall, and with it the beginning of school, cooler weather, the end of summer...
