Photography by Richard Booth

10/02/2026

This airshow just keeps getting better and better! Get your tickets and get over to Tyler, TX next weekend!

HERITAGE FLIGHT UPDATE ✈️

There’s been a slight change to the lineup, and another jet is headed to East Texas!

The F-5 Tiger will take the place of the previously announced P-51 Mustang in this year’s Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation flight, joining Major Taylor “FEMA” Hiester and the F-16 Viper Demonstration Team.

Two generations of fighters. Two unmistakable jets. One formation.

F-5 Tiger + F-16 Viper.

Get ready, Tyler. This is going to be unforgettable.

09/21/2026

Checking off a plane on my bucket list! I’ve only seen one in a museum, so a flying MiG-29 will be awesome to see! Make sure you get your tickets to Wings Over Houston! The lineup keeps getting bigger and bigger with some really cool planes flying this year (like this MiG and an F4 Phantom)!

2026 CAF Wings Over Houston Airshow, Oct, 31 & Nov 1, 2026, at Ellington Airport, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

09/14/2026

There was some cool stuff happening in Midland this week! Go follow Starfighters Space to see what these guys are up to!

09/12/2026

Another cool thing coming to Rose City Airfest! Make sure you’re there!

08/05/2026

Louisiana friends, check this out in Abita Springs!

First, the annual Abita Skies discovery day, September 19, 2026

06/02/2026

One of the coolest small airshows that’s not so small anymore!! Make sure to get tickets to see the Rose City Airfest! Worth the drive for sure if you’re coming from out of town!

Rose City Airfest fans, we heard you loud and clear!

This year, we’re bringing more jet noise back to Tyler.

Last year’s shutdown put a few of the fast movers in a holding pattern, but this year the skies are clear, and the throttle will be wide open. 😎

Get ready for more speed, more roar, and more reason to look up at Rose City Airfest!

📸Staff Sgt. Steven Cardo USAF

05/26/2026

So last week was my birthday and I turned 51. I sat at a hotel bar the night before by myself reflecting on life. What I’ve done. Where I’ve been. The good and the bad. I also have this photo hanging in my office of a P-51 Mustang showing off the reflection of an early sunrise on the polished aluminum from back in 2015. So 51…reflections…some commonality (if you really stretch it). I’m sure this plane has been to a lot of places and done a lot of amazing things in its life (just a tad bit older than me). Hoping to get in some airshows this year, but for now I’ll do some more reflecting on some of the awesome airshows I have been to!

04/27/2026

Not everything I photograph is aviation related. This was looking through a broken door to an abandoned school somewhere in West Texas during a 2,500 mile road trip a couple of years ago. I didn’t venture further in the building since the floor was rotted away. But it did make me wonder how many students walked those halls over the decades and the lives impacted by the teachers who worked there.

04/24/2026

80 years ago today, the United States Navy Blue Angels were formed. The dedication of the men and women who maintain, fly, and handle a massive logistics load week after week along the airshow circuit is second to none. Hoping to catch them again this year, but for now enjoy this photo showing that dedication of a ground crew member while his jet departs in the background.

04/24/2026