F/A-18 TACDEMO's Suspended.

"The F/A-18 Tactical Demonstration (TACDEMO) schedule is suspended until 

further notice. For additional information contact Commander, Naval Air 

Forces Public Affairs Office at"

http://www.navy.mil/navco/airshows/TACDEMO_APR29.pdf

USAF ACC Aerial Events Schedule for the Month of May.

F-16 Viper West Demo at the 2010 MCAS Miramar Airshow.

Date     Location                         Team/Aircraft

1          Beale  AFB CA               A-10 West, F-15E, HF P-51

1          Vidalia, GA                    A-10 East, HF P-51

1          MCAS Beaufort, SC       F-16 East, HF P-51

6-8      Temple, TX                     F-16 West, HF P-51

7-8      New Orleans NAS/JRB   F-16 East

7-8      Barksdale AFB, LA         A-10 West, F-22, HF F-4 & P-51

7-8      Smyrna, TN                     F-15E SE

13-15  Langley AFB, VA           A-10 East, F-22, HF F-4 & P-51

13-15  MCAS New River           F-16 East

14-15  Greenfield, IN                  F-16 East, HF P-51

14-15  Chino, CA (POF)             F-15 SE, HF 2 x P-38

20-22  Andrews AFB, MD         A-10 East, f-15E SE, HF P-51

21        Cullman, AL                   A-10 West

28-29  St Augustine, FL              F-16 East, HF P-51

28-29  Wantagh(Jones Beach)NY A-10 East, F-22

28-29  Millville, NJ                     F-16 West, HF P-51

28-29  Columbia, MO                 A-10 West.

A-10 East from Moody AFB; A-10 West from Davis-Monthan AFB;

F-15E SE (SE = Strike Eagle) from Seymour-Johnson AFB; F-16 East from Shaw AFB; F-16 West from Hill AFB; F-22 East from Langley AFB. HF= Heritage Flight.

Museum Visit Report: March Field Museum

A few weeks a I revisited  the March Field Museum located next to March ARB in Riverside County. I've been to this museum a few times, for airshows and to check out the aircraft. It has a wide array of aircraft, with a few rare ones such as the Northrop YA-9A and a YF-14A. They also have a good mix of large aircraft like the B-52D, KC-97, KC-135, and a C-141B.

Video slideshow of Visit to Museum

B-47 During 2007 Visit

But the thing that I'm have been impressed with has been their restoration program. Between my visit in 2007 and now (2011), they have been able restore and repaint the B-47, reskin and repaint the F-104, and repaint the F-100. It looks like the F-86L is next in line after the B-17 is finished to which they were working on during my visit.

B-47 During 2007 Visit.

B-47 in 2011

B-47 in 2011

F-104 in 2007

F-104 in 2007

F-104 in 2011

F-104 in 2011

F-100 in 2007

F-100 in 2011

Picasa Web Album for March Field Museum

March Field Museum is located at 22550 Van Buren Boulevard

March Joint Air Reserve Base, CA 92518-2400. I would highly recommend a visit if you get a chance.

All photos courtesy of Sean Cameron 

F/A-18 Tactical Demonstration (TACDEMO) schedule through April 2011

Date          Event Title/ Site                                           Squadron

8-Apr        NAS Corpus Christi Salute to 100 Years    VFA-122

9-Apr        Charleston Air Expo                                    VFA-106

15-Apr      3rd Annual JRB Fort Worth Air Power Expo VFA-122

16-Apr      Key West CoNA Open House                     VFA-106

30-Apr      Blue Angels Over Beaufort                         VFA-106

30-Apr      Beale AFB Open House                              VFA-122

Note: Due to the Continuing Resolution Act, the 2011 F/A-18 TACDEMO schedule will only be approved / released one month at a time.

MCAS Miramar Airshow F/A-18F Super Hornet Demo and Legacy Flight. 10/2/10

Captain James Knapp, Base Commanding Officer, Gives A Short News Conference

A VFA-122 F/A-18F Super Hornet at the 2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow.
Photo by Sean Cameron

Written by

DAVID CASTELLON
dcastell@visalia.gannett.com

Below is the text of three-minute statement made by the commanding officer of Naval Air Station Lemoore following Wednesday’s crash. He did not take questions from the press.

Good afternoon, I’m Capt. James Knapp ... I’m the commanding officer of Naval Air Station, Lemoore, Calif.

[At] approximately 12:08 local, Pacific Standard Time this afternoon, an F-18 foxtrot model aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 122, which is the fleet replacement squadron located at Naval Air Station Lemoore, aircraft went down, and crashed, approximately one half mile to the west of Naval Air Station Lemoore’s property line, on private property, a farm in Fresno County.

The F-18 F model is a two-seat Strike Fighter made by Boeing aircraft company. It’s the newest Strike Fighter in the Navy’s inventory. It’s flown, again, by a crew of two, a pilot and a weapon system operator.

The cause of the mishap is under investigation. I can say there was no damage at the crash site to civilian property or personnel.
However, I can confirm that there were two fatalities. The pilot and the weapon system operator attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 122 perished in the mishap.

Names will not be released until the notification of next of kin has been completed.

The aircraft was a single-aircraft mission on a routine training flight originating from Naval Air Station Lemoore and ending at Naval Air Station Lemoore.

Over the course of the next month, safety investigators from the Naval Safety Center and Strike Fighter Squadron 122 will conduct an investigation of the mishap site and the components that they are able to recover from the mishap crash site to determine the cause of the mishap and make recommendations to higher headquarters in the Navy on how to prevent future mishaps.

That’s all I have at this time. I thank you very much for your patience. I ask that you have your thoughts and prayers for the family, the friends and shipmates of these two fine Naval officers and that you remember that they represent the very best of this nation. Thank you very much.



UPDATE To NAS Lemoore F/A-18F Crash

A VFA-122  F/A-18F at the 2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow.
Photo by Sean Cameron

According to http://www.navy.mil/ the F/A-18 was a F model Super Hornet. Squadron unknown as of yet.

From Naval Air Station Lemoore Public Affairs

LEMOORE, Calif. (NNS) -- An F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed in a field near Naval Air Station Lemoore at 12:08 p.m, April 6.

Emergency services are on scene and have secured the perimeter.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=59617

Our crew here at PAAE have our thoughts toward the families and friends of those lost today.

Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things.
The soul that knows it not knows no release from little things.
Knows not the livid loneliness of fear,
Nor mountain heights, where bitter joy can hear
The sound of wings.

- Amelia Earhart

F/A-18 Hornet Down at NAS Lemoore. Two Fatalities Reported.

2 dead as F/A-18 goes down near Lemoore

By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 16:47:05 EDT

SAN DIEGO — A two-seat F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed Wednesday in a field just outside Naval Air Station Lemoore, killing two aboard, Navy officials said.
The Hornet crashed about a half-mile from the air station at 12:08 p.m., and two fatalities were reported, said Cmdr. Pauline Storum, a Naval Air Forces spokeswoman in Coronado, Calif.
“No other injuries or details were reported,” Storum said.
Navy officials were still gathering information as local and military emergency crews went to the scene in Lemoore, located in California’s Central Valley.
The air station is the Navy’s West Coast hub for its F/A-18 Hornet squadrons and is home to a fleet replacement training squadron.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/04/navy-lemoore-2-killed-in-hornet-crash-040611w/