Category: military aviation report

report by: Thierry Letellier Hualien Airport Office was completed in May 1962. At that time, it was a remodeling of Hualien Military Airport’s gravel runway with additional building of waiting area, apron as well as facilitation of various guidance, communications equipment into a Class B Airport Office.The station is an airport for civil and military […]

report by: Harry Morrow   MCAS Cherry Point is a 13,164-acre military reservation north of the town of Havelock, in southeastern Craven County, North Carolina. Commissioned in 1942, MCAS Cherry Point currently provides support facilities and services for the Second Marine Aircraft Wing, houses facilities for training and supporting the Atlantic Fleet Marine Force aviation […]

report by : Danny Bonny – Koen Wullus  & Thierry Letellier   From April 9 to 20, 2018 Leeuwarden Air Base, the Netherlands,  hosted  another edition of exercise Frisian Flag, one of the largest international live-fly fighter exercises in Europe. For two weeks fighter aircraft from NATO Allies worked  together with the Royal Netherlands Air […]

report by:  Sebastien Mousty   The Los Angeles County Air Show presented by Lockheed Martin was held on both Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25, 2018 at General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster CA. This was the fifth consecutive year of the Show, honoring the long history of aeronautical “First, Fastest and Farthest,” […]

report by: Sebastien Mousty   Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma is a United States Marine Corps air station which is the home to multiple squadrons of AV-8B Harrier IIs and F-35B Lightning IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1), Marine Operational Test and Evaluation […]

report by: Sebastien Mousty   NAF El Centro provides realistic training to active and reserve aviation units and activities of the Navy’s operating and training forces. Squadrons visit NAF El Centro to practice gunnery, bombing, carrier landings and air combat. The facility has two operating runways. The 9,500-foot east/west runway handles 96 percent of the […]

report by: Danny Bonny   Naval Air Station Whidbey Island [ KNUW ] is a naval air station of the United States Navy located on two pieces of land near Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington.The main portion of the base, Ault Field, is about three miles north of Oak Harbor. The […]

report by: Ian Moy The biennial Singapore Airshow is Asia’s largest airshow and is held at the Changi Exhibition Centre to the east of Singapore Changi Airport. The Singapore Airshow and associated events are attended by high-level government and military delegations, as well as industry corporate leaders. The Singapore Airshow 2018 was attended by over […]

report by: Harry Morrow   Naval Air Station Oceana was commissioned August 17, 1943. The Chief of Naval Operations approved the designation of NAS Oceana as an all-weather air station on February 16, 1954. With the introduction of jets to the Navy’s arsenal, the isolated location and long runways made Oceana well suited for servicing […]

report by: Ian Moy   The Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) Naha Air Base (那覇基地 Naha Kichi) is located at Naha Airport on the Western side of the island of Okinawa, five kilometres from Naha city. The original Naha Airfield was constructed in 1933. In 1936 control of the air base was transferred to the […]