NORTHERN LIGHTNING 2022
BY: SCOTT JANKOWSKI PHOTOS BY: HOWARD GERMAN AND SCOTT JANKOWSKI The Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center once again held its annual Northern Lightning exercise from August 8th to August 19th. This year’s exercise...
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Atlantic City Airshow 2022
For each of nineteen years, more than 500,000 spectators have been drawn to the midweek beachfront Atlantic City Airshow. This year’s show took place on Wednesday, August 24 and was “A Salute to Those...
Jones Beach State Park – Bethpage Air Show 2022
For sixteen years, the Jones Beach, NY Bethpage Air Show has dared the elements. This year, heavy dense fog rolled in on the beach, canceling the Friday practise show. Conditions for Saturday were...
THE 2022 MILWAUKEE AIR AND WATER SHOW
Back after a Covid induced break, my hometown welcomed the Milwaukee Air and Water show back to Downtown Milwaukee. This 2-day event held on July 23rd and 24th was once again held at Bradford...
Joint Base Andrews 2022 Air & Space Expo
After two years of Covid-19 lock-downs, the USAF Academy Wings of Blue and US Army Golden Knights parachute teams were back in the sky over JB Andrews, MD. Jumping from 12,000 feet and unfurling...
Joint Base Andrews Air and Space Expo 2022
Joint Base Andrews hosted their first air show since 2019 on September 17th and 18th, the 18th being the 75th Birthday of the United States Air Force. Among us, serious air show fans, it...
National Forest Service, General William J. Fox Airfield, Lancaster, CA
As a guy who works in the aviation industry who also carries around an FAA pilots license, I know very well that airport people are very friendly, and prone to saying “yes” if...
2022’s Chicago Air and Water Show
The sound of freedom graced the windy city sky line on August 20th and 21st, with the first full airshow in Chicago since the pandemic. The Chicago Air and Water Show took shape on...
142nd Wing Oregon Air National Guard
142nd Wing Oregon Air National Guard Portland Air National Guard Base 28 June 2022 The 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard is located at the Portland International Airport, near the city of...
199th Fighter Squadron / Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickham / Daniel Inouye Honolulu International Airport Honolulu, HI
On 20 October 2021, I had the great privilege of getting up close to a launch of 8 Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors, using the infamous runway 8, better known as Reef Runway....
The New Hampshire Air National Guard Celebrates The Last of Their Dozen KC-46A Deliveries
The New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157th Air Refueling Wing reached a milestone recently as their final Boeing KC-46A Pegasus was delivered to their base at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, on the...
Looking Back at Some of the National Biplane Fly-Ins at Bartlesville OK
The 1994 and 1995 National Biplane Fly-Ins were held in the northeastern part of Oklahoma, at Frank Phillips Field in the town of Bartlesville. There’s a lot of interesting history that I learned about...
199th Fighter Squadron / Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickham / Honolulu International Airport Honolulu, HI
On 24 May 1946, the 463rd Fighter Squadron was renamed the 199th Fighter Squadron, and allotted to the Hawaii Air National Guard. It was extended federal recognition on 4 November 1946 by the National...
103rd Fighter Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard – Bradley Air National Guard Base, CT 10 October 2006
On 10 October 2006, I had the great privilege of visiting the 103rd Fighter Wing of the Connecticut Air National Guard at Bradley Air National Guard Base, located at Bradley International Airport, in order...
