report by: Danny Bonny NAF Atsugi has been home to Sailors and their families for nearly 60 years and the only permanently forward deployed, co-located Air Wing, Carrier Air Wing Five for more than 28 years. The only Naval installation supporting an entire Air Wing, Atsugi supports more than 40 award- Winning tenant commands, […]
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COPE NORTH 2017 Andersen AFB – Guam
report by : Danny Bonny Guam is an island located in the Philippine Sea approximately halfway between southern Japan and northern Australia. It is the largest and most southern of the Marianas Islands and the largest Island in Micronesia. The population is around 170,000 inhabitants, with a huge US Military presence on the island […]
RED FLAG jan 2017 – Nellis AFB
report by : Mike Danks With the first week of Red Flag 17-1 over lapping with the final week of Green Flag – West 17-03, I decided to head to Las Vegas and Nellis AFB. It’s been many years since I have been to Nellis AFB and I was looking forward to photographing the […]
China Aeronautical Salon in Zhuhai 2016
report by: Thierry Letellier China Aeronautical Salon in Zhuhai is now at its 11th edition and is one of the most important aeronautical events in Asia. Although named as ‘China Air show’ it is primarily a trade fair, where aerospace companies present their items for sale, although some flight display is arranged for the […]
MESA Gateway 2016 WILLIAMS AFB
report by: Danny Bonny Williams Air Force Base (Williams AFB) is in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, approximately 30 miles southeast of Phoenix and just east of Chandler. Williams AFB, constructed in 1941, operated primarily as a flight training school from 1942 until the base closed on September 30, 1993.The former Williams Air Force Base […]
US ARMY Yuma Proving Ground 2016
report by: Danny Bonny The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Yuma Test Branch, near the present site of U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in 1943. It sits beneath the Laguna Dam on the Colorado River in south western Arizona and is one of the largest military installation in the world. Encompassing over 3,387 […]
Militärflugplatz Meiringen Oct 2016
Report by: Mike Danks Nestled in the bottom of a steep sided valley and taxiways crossing the roads from the cavern hangers, Meiringen Air Base is one of the most stunning bases to photograph aircraft in Europe. The locally based aircraft are F/A-18s of Fliegerstaffel 11 ‘Tigers’ and F-5E/Fs of Fliegerstaffel 8 ‘Vandalos’. But […]
Holloman AFB – 82 ATRS visit – sept 2016
Report by : René Vallée Holloman is located in New Mexico’s Tularosa Basin between the Sacramento and San Andreas mountain ranges. The base is about 10 miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on route 70/82; 90 miles north of El Paso. Located on the eastern edge at the southern part of WSMR, Holloman Air […]
F-35 Fightertown augt 2016 LUKE AFB
report by: Thierry Letellier Luke Air Force Base is located in Maricopa County, Arizona and is approximately thirty miles west-northwest from central Phoenix. The geographical coordinates are 112°22’W longitude and 33°32’N latitude. The field elevation is 1090 feet above medium sea level, and the base’s parallel runways are oriented 030° – 210°.The main host […]
TUCSON ANG F-16 Fightertown 2016
report by:Thierry Letellier The unit’s history dates back to 1956 when the 152nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Arizona Air National Guard flew the Korean War vintage F-86A. Late in 1968 the unit received its first of five Air Force Outstanding Unit Citations for converting from the F-100 day-fighter to the all-weather F-102 “Delta […]