(F-5F, F-5E, and A-4 provided a wide range of threats to challenge Navy fighter pilots and RIOs.) Have you ever wondered how the Navy’s Topgun program became a world-renowned center of excellence in the serious business of air combat?...
On the 11th of March 2012, the USS Enterprise starts its last cruise, the next seven months she will be serving with the 5th and 6th US-fleet. After that she will be taken out of service and promptly scrapped....
The phone rang Friday morning with details of the Classic Jet Aircraft Association’s Jet Blast fly-in that was happening in St. George, Uath that is just up the road from where I live. They have a yearly gathering in...
Today marked another step for the decommissioning of an old warrior. The first time it took to the sky was in August of 1962, the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, has gone on to serve the United States Marines...
An exceptional array of aircraft contribute during each Red Flag exercise. Participation runs the gamut from mighty USAF B-2 stealth bombers to visiting allied aircraft like the Colombian Air Force’s Kfir C2s, which attended Red Flag 12-4. Of all...
They make it look so simple, those pilots flying different types of aircraft in formation at an air show. Two of my favorite acts are an Air Force Heritage Flight, or a Navy Legacy Formation made up of different...
July 22nd and 23rd saw the bi-annual Air Expo take place at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Tacoma WA. Weather throughout the weekend was changeable with bright sunshine on Saturday and low cloud and showers on Sunday. As always, the Pacific...
On Saturday July 14th, Seattle’s Museum of Flight held its `American Heroes Airshow’. This now annual Pacific Northwest event is staged by the museum to salute the vital roll carried out by Helicopters and their crews in everyday public...
It might sound a bit excessive, but spread out over a six-day span, I spent sixty three hours of voluntary time helping to set up and then staff the Media Center and Photo Pit at the 2012 Boston-Portsmouth Air...
This was my first time at the Planes of Fames Air show, located in Chino, CA. I first went on Friday for the semi-practice day, and then to the Saturday show. First off, the staff at the Planes of...
The name Red Flag has been synonymous with large scale flying exercises since the early 1970s. Originally developed at Nevada’s Nellis AFB to help pilots survive their first ten missions in Vietnam, Red Flag has become an important test...
At the invitation of Col (ret) Gail “Evil” Peck, I got a rare “outsider’s” opportunity to attend part of the USAF Aggressors’ 40th Reunion on June 1st 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The Friday event was...
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