Rhode Island’s Famous Air Show – Although officially known as the “Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show”, local enthusiasts call it by another name – the “Quonset Air Show”. Sponsored by the National Guard Association of Rhode...
When I visited Tucson’s Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) in early 1993, it was filled to the brim. Hundreds of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers, some intact, others looking like the skeletons of deceased animals in the desert, ...
A three day Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) Symposium and Reunion, themed “Honoring the Past…Forging the Future”, occurred at NAS Jacksonville Florida April 4-6, 2011. Special activities included an opening day Centennial of Naval Aviation (CONA) fly-in, the...
Yuma Arizona’s main airport is a joint-use facility that’s home to a busy Marine Corps base and an interesting mix of civilian operators. In fact, the Marines say that MCAS Yuma (on the south side of the main runways)...
The Centennial of Naval Aviation (CONA) Parade of Flight, held on February 12th 2011, will be what I judge all other aviation events against for a very long time. It was the Kickoff event of the year-long celebration of...
The retirement of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)’s General Dynamics F-111s marked the end of service for an extraordinary aircraft design. The RAAF’s F-111 fighter-bombers served for 37 years in Australia’s defense, until December 3, 2010 when the...
The old English proverb that “all [good] things must come to an end…” sums up what occurs every November at NAS Pensacola Florida. The 2010 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow was the latest of a long line of grand finales...
Whoever wrote those song lyrics “it never rains in southern California” had it wrong (trivia answer below)… I fought rain for the first hour and a half of a three hour drive from San Diego CA to Yuma, AZ. ...
Living on the East Coast, I always look forward to attending West Coast air shows, for they usually contain a totally different group of aircraft than those I routinely see. The 2010 California Capital Airshow in September presented something...
The Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, a former Strategic Air Command base in southeastern New Hampshire, is about an hour’s drive up I-95 from Boston. Long gone are the FB-111As and KC-135As of the active Air Force, the base...
Flying with the Blues As a prelude to the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show held on the last weekend of August, the New Hampshire Air National Guard assisted in an important mission: to refuel the Navy’s Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets en...
Home to the 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, the Barnes Municipal Airport is a thriving joint-use facility in the western part of the Bay State. Hosts to the 2010 Westfield International Air Show, the Wing has always...
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