USA
USAF/ANG Thunderstreaks
December 3, 2021 | Frank & Gijs & HansThe United States of America had large numbers of Thunderstreaks in its USAF and ANG service; numerous Tactical Fighter Wings (mainly U.S. based, but also in Europe) were equipped with this aircraft.
USAF/ANG Thunderflashes
July 1, 2020 | Frank & Gijs & Hans 1The USAF of course used the Thunderflash in largest numbers : after all it was an American design ! The last U.S . RF-84F Thunderflash flew with 173rd TRS of the Nebraska ANG; this unit converted to the RF-4C Phantom in 1972.
Spotting Elsewhere
February 28, 2018 | Hans & FrankWe travel a lot and keep on spotting airplanes; these pictures have been made in skies and airfields all over the globe, in more recent years.
USS Alabama Memorial Park, November 2013
June 29, 2014 | FrankThe USS Alabama is a retired battleship that is now docked in a bay near the city of Mobile, Alabama.
Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola (FL) November 2013
March 29, 2014 | FrankOn the premises of the huge Pensacola Naval Air Station (home of a.o. the demonstration team of the US Navy – the Bue Angels) is the NNAM, a museum that deals with the aviation legacy of both the US Navy, USMarines and Coast Guard.
Air Force Armament Museum, Florida November 2013
February 8, 2014 | FrankThe Air Force Armament Museum in Florida exhibits aviation warfare armament (bombs, rockets, missiles), as well as the platforms that are being used to fire resp. drop them. In this report we of course focus on the latter: on the aircraft that the museum displays.
Wrecks, Relics & Monuments, USA, 2012/2013
December 24, 2013 | FrankThis gallery holds a number of aircraft that are used as relics, monuments and gate guards which Frank encountered during trips through the USA in 2012 and 2013.
Warner Robins Aviation Museum, Georgia USA, November 2013
December 2, 2013 | FrankThe impressive Museum of Aviation is based in a segregated area of Robins AFB, near Atlanta, Georgia.
National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C., May 2012
July 17, 2013 | FrankThe Smithsonian Institution is a group of museums (located mainly in Washington DC) that covers areas such as art, natural history, biology, etc.
New England Air Museum, CT USA, May 2012
March 10, 2013 | FrankIn May 2012 Frank was in the New England Air Museum, one of the largest aviation museums in the Connecticut area.