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If you love Phantoms (as I do) then you can appreciate this wonderful 5 minute video of Japanese F-4EJ Kai and RF-4EJ Phantoms.  When I was stationed with the U.S. Navy in Okinawa, Japan, from 2001 to 2003, I was fortunate to watch Phantoms performing touch and goes at the Naha airport.  Japan is transitioning this year all of their Phantoms to F-35As.  Definitely a big change.  The F-35 is rather boring looking, but nothing looks like a Phantom!

I had a great visit to Virginia Beach the weekend of May 3-5.  Of course I had to stop at the Military Aviation Museum (https://militaryaviationmuseum.org/).  The great thing about this museum is that all of their aircraft are airworthy!  Parked in the hanger, you can see oil leaks, exhaust stains, dirt in the panels and rivets, dimples in the skin, accurate stenciling, etc.  It was a modeler's dream!  Unfortunately, I could only spend about two hours there, but what a fantastic museum.  They have a WWII hanger and a WWI hanger.  I didn't have time to visit the WWI hanger, and most of the aircraft there are reproductions.  In the WWII hanger,

This is the big model show I go to every April.  This year they had a lot of great builds on display, a few of which I've uploaded tonight, and a lot of vendors on hand as well.  I kept my purchases as limited as I could, but picked up three really nice prints, some paint and washes, and a few kits as well.  When I was getting out of my car, the modeler who pulled up next to me asked me if I liked Armor kits (I was carrying two of my tanks that I entered in the contest) and replied that I did. He gave me three of his kits for free since he was moving to Germany and needed to downsize! I had a great time.  My tanks that I entered didn't win a