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Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (known by its ICAO code KNFW) is a site of major historical “firsts.” While it’s a Navy base today, its soul is deeply rooted in the golden age of American heavy bombers. Here is a brief history of the base: 1. The Bomber Origins (1941–1948) The base Read More …
College bowl games usually gets military fly by in the beginning of the game and being Texas A&M , we got some US navy assets this year. Squadrons flying this year comes from VAQ-130 Zappers and VAQ-137 Rooks coming in from NAS Whidbey Island. Here are some of the actions that day Pictures by Bill Read More …
Northrop F-5N Tiger II: Developed in the early 1970s as a significant upgrade to the successful F-5A/B Freedom Fighter, the Northrop F-5E Tiger II became one of the most iconic and widely exported jet fighters of the Cold War era. Designed explicitly as a low-cost, reliable, and maintainable air superiority fighter for US allies, it Read More …
104th Fighter Squadron (104 FS) Moving forward, The U.S. Air Force announced in March 2024 a plan for the Maryland Air National Guard to divest all its A-10s this year and convert to a cyber wing. The 175th Wing is a dual-mission wing operating the A-10C Thunderbolt II and home to the 175th Cyberspace Operations Read More …
These are Aviation Encounters in Spring March to April 2025. We got quite some Military traffic and local actions given to our locality in the nation. We have DFW as our big Commercial Airport, followed by our local Joint reserve base NAS Ft worth “KNFW” and Ft worth Alliance airport ” KAFW” Overall a good Read More …
IN April 2025, we were fortunate to catch the Republic of Singapore Air Force F-16 training Squadron based out of Luke AFB in Arizona. They are incorporated to the USAF 425th FS Black Widows. There was a total of 12 aircraft coming thru Ft Worth Alliance Airport from their training in Florida. Republic of Singapore Read More …
The US Navy’s continued reliance on the F-5N Tiger II as its primary dedicated adversary aircraft is a testament to the jet’s uniquely effective and economical contribution to fleet readiness. Acquired second-hand from Switzerland and upgraded, the F-5N excels in replicating the threat posed by smaller, highly maneuverable, potential adversary aircraft, particularly those employing “within Read More …
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 (VMM-362), the “Ugly Angels,” operating the current MV-22B Osprey: Significance of the V-22 Osprey for VMM-362: We got 3 flights of V-22B of Ugly Angels, 1st two flights are of 2 ship and the final one a single ship. They took off from Little Rock AR and flew direct to Read More …
KNFW Ft worth Joint Reserve Base NAS Ft worth host the Marine VMFAT-502 Nightmares Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 502 (VMFAT-502) is the United States Marine Corps’ sole Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) dedicated to the F-35B Lightning II. Their primary mission is to train newly designated Marine Corps pilots and Weapon Systems Officers (WSOs/NFOs), as Read More …
The new year of 2025 begins with a Texas bang . Our local base NAS Ft worth KNFW do not dissapoint since on one side of the runway we have the Lockheed Martin Manufacturing Facility and on the other sits the Ft worth Joint Reserve Base housing 301st FW, 24th FS and 457th FS of Read More …