Editor’s Note: The JASDF is phasing out their venerable Phantoms, here’s Shawn Byers’ look at a recent celebration. The culmination of my ten day photographic bender in Japan was the JASDF Hyakuri Air Festival, held on Sunday December 2nd, 2018. Hyakuri Air Base is approximately 90 minutes driving time north of Tokyo. After hearing […]
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JASDF Hyakuri Air Festival 2018
Posted by Shawn Byers on January 12th, 2019
Posted in airshows, Anniversary Event, Warbird Fighters 
Tags: 302 Squadron, F-4EJ Phantom, Hyakuri Air Festival 
Comments Off on JASDF Hyakuri Air Festival 2018Dissimilar Formations, With Warbirds Included…
Posted by Ken Kula on November 18th, 2018
“Dissimilar formation” is a term used to describe a formation with at least two different types of aircraft in it. At air shows with military themes, a common practice is to team warbirds and active military aircraft together, in formation.
Posted in Bombers, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, Warbird Fighters, warbirds Tags: Air Force Heritage Flight, Dissimilar Formations of Aircraft, Navy Legacy Flights, Warbirds Comments Off on Dissimilar Formations, With Warbirds Included…Allisons, Wrights, Packards and Pratts, A Quick Freedom Tour Stop by the Collings Foundation at Worcester
Posted by Ken Kula on October 17th, 2018
The Collings Foundation’s Freedom Tour, a travelling band of World War II warbirds, made a stop in Worcester, Massachusetts recently. Included in the tour was their B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft”, the TF-51 “Toulouse Nuts”, and the B-25 Mitchell “Tondelayo”. The Foundation’s B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine-O-Nine” couldn’t make the trip, as it was having an engine changed […]
Posted in Museums, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Warbird Fighters Tags: Collings foundation, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Curtiss P-40B, Douglas A-1E Skyraider, North American A-36 Apache, North American B-25 Mitchell, NorthAmerican TF-15D Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, Vought F-4U Corsair, Worcester Massachusetts Comments Off on Allisons, Wrights, Packards and Pratts, A Quick Freedom Tour Stop by the Collings Foundation at WorcesterMid-Atlantic Air Museum’s 28th Annual World War II Weekend Scrapbook
Posted by Mike Colaner on October 11th, 2018
Reading PA’s Mid-Atlantic Air Museum boasts over ninety aircraft and replica aircraft from the past 100 years. Most of these are civilian aircraft, but a lot of the attention surrounding the Museum focuses on their annual World War II weekend, with its gathering of warbirds and re-enactors. Mike Colaner attended the 2018 show, which was […]
Posted in airshows, Bombers, Museums, Warbird Fighters, warbirds Tags: Mid-Atlantic Air Mueum, Reading PA, World War II Weekend Comments Off on Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s 28th Annual World War II Weekend Scrapbook