Tagged: Rear Admiral

March 7, 2015

100 Years Of Naval Reserve

The U.S, Navy Reserve turned 100 years old on March 3, 2015. Today, at Naval Air Station North Island, a ceremony was held with various speakers and honorees, including the Chief of Navy Reserve, Commander, Navy Reserve Force, Vice...

featured / fighters / military / navy

November 19, 2014

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 initial testing. Soon, it will...

assignments / bombers

February 2, 2012

Sacramento’s 2012 Aerial Firefighting International Airshow and Conference

My lone encounter with a large “wildfire” occurred five years ago while I was visiting Southern California. Watching a steady stream of tanker aircraft shuttle to and from a huge unnatural-looking cloud on the horizon, their bellies red-stained and...