Tagged: New Hampshire Air National Guard

Base Visits / New England / Special Aviation Events / Transports / U.S. Air Force

March 25, 2019

Stratotanker 57-1419 “Goes West”, But That’s a Good Thing!

Last pass of a 157th ARW KC-135R over the runway at Pease ANGB on March 24, 2019 at 1419 military time! At various times in history, the phrase “going west” has meant to die, or being finished, or as...

air force / demo teams / fighters / military

August 24, 2011

2011 Boston Portsmouth Air Show

The dust has settled (I had a quick 3-day business trip to Seattle last week), and I’ve found the time to report on the 2011 Boston Portsmouth Air Show. The weather held out and allowed for almost unlimited flying...

air force / fighters / friends / military

August 24, 2011

New Hampshire Air National Guard Training Mission with Thunderbirds

Not Just a Routine Training Mission… PACK61 and 62 Heavy flight departed the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease shortly after nine o’clock in the morning. The pair of New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-135R tankers were on a training...

fighters / friends / military / navy / post

August 22, 2010

New Hampshire ANG KC-135 refueling flight – “Passing Gas” to the Navy’s Blue Angels Demo Team.

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...