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The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region, will conduct exercise Falcon Virgo 09-07, on May 15 and 19 between midnight and 6:00 a.m. in the National Capital Region (NCR), Washington, D.C. The exercise comprises a series of training flights held in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Capital Region Command Center, the Joint Air Defense Operations Center, the Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR), Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard and CONR's Western Air Defense Sector.

The air-show season is on us again, a chance for people outside the aviation industry to get an up-close look at aircraft old and new, both in static displays on the ground and in fancy aerial displays up above. A regular feature of air shows across the country is the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, better-known as the Thunderbirds.

Blue Angels will perform for air show crowd The South Texas Shootout Air Show, featuring the U.S. Navys Blue Angels, will soar above Naval Air Station Corpus Christi on Saturday and Sunday. The gates open at 9 a.m. and the air show will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. About 180,000 people attended the air show two years ago, said Bob Torres, NAS-Corpus Christi spokesman. The air shows site in the Coastal Bend rotates with NAS-Kingsville every other year. With the economy the way it is, its a great way to spend the weekend with the entire...

Join us for Luke's "Thunder in the Desert" 2009: March 21 and 22: Luke's "Thunder in the Desert" 2009 Open House is a two-day event at Luke Air Force Base and one of the most diverse air shows in America. The U.S. Air Force's Aerial Demonstration Team, the Thunderbirds, will bring their special brand of high-flying excitement to this year's show as well as numerous other aircraft and ground displays, exhibits, and attractions. General admission to "Thunder in the Desert" is free. No tickets are available for purchase or required for general entry. Off-base parking will be available for a...

EDWARDS AFB - After a two-year hiatus, the Edwards Air Force Base Open House and Air Show returns this fall. The popular event will return in a two-day format on Oct. 17 and 18. Base officials decided against having the event the past two years while the main base runway was undergoing reconstruction. The open house and air show typically takes place in October and is one chance for the base - home to the world's premier flight test center - to open its gates to the general public and demonstrate its strengths and role in military testing and flight...

India firmly ruled out cut in defence spending despite economic downturn, as top aviation companies vying to secure the prized deal to supply 126 fighter aircraft to IAF, showcased their products at the 'Aero India 2009' which got off to a flying start in Bangalore on Wednesday. Keeping in mind the country's security interests, the government will not slash defence expenditure despite economic recession, Defence Minister A K Antony said inaugurating the five-day biennial event in which 26 countries are participating. Text: PTIImage: Surya Kiran, the aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force mesmerises the crowds at the Aero India...

China 5th Generation Fighter XXJ J-16 PIc???? The Google translation <3>: f-16 -medium-sized fourth-generation supersonic fighter planes take off and land vertically short-range: from f-16 -611 research and development. Development of the plane from Russia's Jacques -141 aircraft. Use of stealth aircraft design, with transonic, supersonic cruise capacity. Can be on multiple targets simultaneously over-the-horizon attacks, the enforceability of the sea and空等a variety of tasks, the main cruise engine aircraft for a WS-17, the plane will be mainly naval air force equipment, used equipment Navy amphibious Gong Jijian in the plan or at Nansha, Xisha Islands airport, I support Marine...

We’ve done it - again. After nearly 10 months of sweating, cussing, and prodding, XZ 439 made four successful takeoffs and more important - - four successful landings. Equal numbers of each, which is a good thing. The weekends of checking the systems, repairs, sheet metal work, and the endless gear retractions and extensions, plus the emergency gear extensions, all paid benefits. We had another Gas Turbine Starter (GTS) decide it was time to go on one of our taxi checks, but this time, we were better prepared. No chicken dances. We calmly and coolly extinguished the fire. No...

Marilyn Dash of Hayward, who took her first flying lesson nine years ago on her 37th birthday, is now tearing around pylons at 180 miles per hour, 50 feet off the ground in her souped-up biplane, surrounded by a swarm of other planes all dashing to a finish line in the air. Dash will be one of more than 150 pilots competing in six classes of aircraft - from biplanes to jets - when the National Championship Air Races and Air Show take off Sept. 10 to 14 in Reno. In addition to dozens of wingtip-to-wingtip races at as much...

Travis Air Expo 2008 The Travis Air Expo is free and open to the public. Gates will open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. both days.The Travis Air Expo will be broadcast live on AM 890 within two miles of the base.Due to heightened security measures, some items are prohibited at this year's Expo. For a list of these items and other security concerns, click here.Some Things You Will See at Travis Air Expo 2008 USAF ThunderbirdsThe U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, performs precision aerial maneuvers demonstrating the capabilities of Air Force high performance...

For a town of only around 2,000 people, Tarkio, Missouri knows how to put on an air show. Saturday was the second time I attended the show, and it was a great time. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the show: The pilot of this Apache AH-64 helicopter is a native of Tarkio, Shaun Defenbaugh. He put on quite a show later, and I got some pictures below to prove it. But before Shaun flew, we had some F-15s fly by no higher than 50 feet off the runway: I know that isn't the greatest picture, but this...

Here's to the Army and Navy and the battles they have won; here's to America's colors, the colors that never run. May the wings of liberty never lose a feather. (Wang Chi & Jack Burton - "Big Trouble In Little China")

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md., May 17, 2008 – The historic humanitarian efforts of the Berlin Airlift 60 years ago demonstrated to U.S. allies and enemies alike that the country would not be deterred from its commitments, the Air Force secretary said today. “It displayed a U.S. dedication to a stable and prosperous rule of law and international system. It demonstrated truly the ingenuity of America’s military to create sovereign options … in response to a changing national security environment,” said Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, speaking at the opening ceremonies of the Joint Service Open House at Andrews Air...

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md., May 17, 2008 – The historic humanitarian efforts of the Berlin Airlift 60 years ago demonstrated to U.S. allies and enemies alike that the country would not be deterred from its commitments, the Air Force secretary said today. Two Oracle bi-planes perform aerial acrobatics during the Joint Service Open House at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., May 17, 2008. Thousands attended the event, which coincided with the 60th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “It displayed a U.S. dedication to a...

Awesome vapor features on the practice day at the Pittsburgh Air Show.

The Most Amazing Jet Picture - new details emerge on how it was taken In September, 2003, the picture below showed up on several websites. I remember the day it came out because it was absolutely amazing, but it seemed to be an impossible shot. The aviation boards were full of rumors about the picture being fake but few days later, more details surfaced on the accident and how this REAL picture was captured.

Crowds will have to wait at least two years before their next opportunity to see the latest in Air Force technology at Edwards Air Force Base's open house and air show. Base officials decided not to have the popular event this year or in 2008 due to construction of a new runway for the base. The base had previously decided to forgo the semi-annual event for this fall, due to construction and other mission concerns. "With all the construction going on, they wanted to postpone the air show another year," said Edwards spokesman Lt. Brad Kimberly. The base this summer...

My sunburn glows. The muscles in my legs throb. The pain brings a smile to my face. Yesterday at Rickenbacker Air Base in Columbus, Ohio, an Air Show that will live forever in 100,000 or more memories literally thrilled a crowd, though that word is often overused, and wholly inadequate. For those of us who walked, (and often ran), up and down the apron countless times, from one end of the runways to the other, to get those perfect pictures, nothing quite like it will probably ever happen again. Stand there, watching a WW2 British Lancaster bomber proudly running up...

Victor Valley Airshow Association told Minutemen chapter Wednesday morning that they cannot have a booth at the annual airshow. Organizers want to avoid `distraction’ of threatened protest HILLARY BORRUD...www.vvasa.com HESPERIA: The Victor Valley Airshow Association told a local Minutemen chapter Wednesday morning that they cannot have a booth at the annual airshow Saturday after an immigrant rights activist threatened to stage a protest. (BLACKMAILED by violent illegal aliens groups?) This is a distraction big time to the airshow, said Randy Banks, president of the Victor Valley Airshow Association. The patriotic family event, which runs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m....

An acrobatic pilot crashed a vintage era plane during a preshow practice Friday afternoon at Oceana Naval Air Station, killing the veteran flier and shocking several hundred fans and students gathered for the opening of the base's annual air show. Jan Wildbergh, a veteran pilot for the Geico Skytypers, was killed when his silver and red World War II SNJ-2 plane dropped suddenly during a final maneuver, crashed into a grass strip beside a runway at 12:25 p.m. and burst into flames. It's the first casualty in the more than six decades of air shows at the Virginia Beach base,...