A member of the US Army’s Golden Knights skydiving team gets ready to touch down at Power in the Pines. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Memorial Day is just around the corner, and MG contributor Jeff Sovelove’s latest road trip is sure to stir patriotic feelings.
These shots are from last weekend’s Power in the Pines Air Show at Joint Base MDL (McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst).
Jeff says about 100,000 people were treated to “a mixture of the old and the new, with classic WWII planes and today’s fastest jets. There was even a B-2 flyover.”
A Marine Corps AH-1W “Whiskey Cobra” attack helicopter. Its roots go back to the Huey and it was originally developed for the Vietnam war. The AH-1W is a modernized and upgraded version. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
A US Air Force Air National Guard C-130 Hercules demonstrates a combat assault mission, dropping Special Forces paratroops from a height of 1,000 feet. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber shows off its unusual platform. With no vertical tail the aircraft uses computer controlled flaps and spoilers instead. Photo by Jeff Sovelove.
THE OLD: A B-25J Mitchell WWII bomber makes a simulated bombing run. You can see the open bomb bay doors as well as the .50 caliber machine guns — 14 of them. This one is nicknamed “Panchito” as you can see from the nose art. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
A US Navy F-18F banks hard. You can see the vortices generated by the leading edge strakes on the fuselage. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Members of the US Army’s Golden Knights skydiving team free fall in tight formation. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Two members of the US Air force’s Thunderbirds perform a mirror pass, one of their signature formations. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
