Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
Having been station here in North America, getting pictures from down under can get a little difficult and rare unless we make that 15 hr journey . Here are some Aussie jets from TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Here are the Aircraft coverage TYPE ARM UNIT S/N COMMENT F-16C USAF 35TH TFW MISAWA JAPAN 90-0807 OPENING DISPLAY Read More …
Lockheed Martin is pumping out these brand new F-35A Lightning II from the Ft worth plant ( KNFW ) or as we known as the NAS Ft Worth Joint Reserve Base ( JRB). This extremely hot and humid day we fight the Texas Summer Heat to photograph the maiden flight of this Norwegian F-35A AM-14 Read More …
May 8th , 2018 marked the open house for Beale AFB which they demonstrate the capabilities of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing (9th RW) in actions that include flying and static demonstration of the U2 Dragon Lady , T38 , RQ-4 and the supporting units. For this open house we also get the AAC F-22A raptor Read More …
May 22, 2018 Another great day of spotting in NAS Ft worth , JRB (KNFW) in Ft Worth TX. This is a really hot day and we were presented with an AC-130 on the south ramp of the base. She did a few engine runs but did not make it to the runway . Aircraft Read More …
Dyess AFB located in Abilene TX is the home of 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) and part of the Global Strike Command (GSC) The 7th BW performs combat training with 36 B-1B Lancer bomber ( also known as the BONE). In this Texas springtime April, 2018 Dyess Read More …
First Turkish A model F-35 (AT-1) Made it’s maiden Flight from Fort Worth Tx. NAS JRB 5/10/18 Departing at 14:47 Arriving 16:00 Pilot Commander Wilson. On 12 July 2002, Turkey became the seventh international partner in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Project. These F35A will be manufactured in the Block 3F configuration and a total of 100 aircraft being Read More …
Tribute to our local units in NAS Ft worth, JRB (KNFW) This article is specially dedicated to our men and women manning the stations at KNFW Joint reserve Base. We will be presenting a Photographic perspective of each individual units. 301st Fighter Wing ( FW ) ” Spads” They carry the callsign ” Mustang, Beast Read More …
April Fools day 2018 ( 4-1-2018) This gloomy April Texas Spring Saturday we got some news that the Russian Federation AN-124 Antonov transport will be bringing in 3 Super Puma Helicopter into Ft worth area. Her flight originated from Gatwick , UK direct into Ft worth Alliance ( KAFW )… The AN-124 came into KAFW Read More …
Greece Multi-National Air Excercise On March 12 to 23, the Hellenic Air Force hosted a medium-sized multinational exercise named Iniochos at the base of 117 Combat Wing in Andravida, home of the Greek Phantoms. In this exercise the HAF along with other six participating Air Forces took advantage of some of the most suitable and Read More …
VAQ-129 Vikings We will be covering the VAQ-129 participation for the Waco Heart of Texas 2018 Airshow. This year we have mainly US Navy participation for this airshow and we are so thrilled to see 2x E/A-18G from VAQ-129 base at NAS Whidbey Island, WA. VAQ-129 also Read More …
2018 Heart of Texas Airshow in Waco, TX This year will go down in history to be the most gloomy Airshow I have been since for both days we have cloud ceiling not more than 800 ft. Its Spring time in Texas and we are getting wind chill as low as in the 35 degree Read More …
Red Flag 18-1 The 1st Flag for 2018 at Nellis AFB started from Jan 29th to Feb 16 2018. This flag have quite a good foreign participation including Royal Air Force no. 11 Squadron Typhoon FGR4, Voyager tanker and Royal Australian Air Force No. 6 Squadron, E/A-18G Growler Amberley Airbase. For Read More …
VFA-86 Sidewinders 4x F/A-18E from VFA-86 Sidewinders base at NAS Leemore, CA. Callsign Winder with CAG bird on the extreme end of the hot ramp on this Saturday ( 3-24-2018) They came in on the Friday and stayed through the weekend at Ellington Field , TX ( KEFD Read More …
Wings Over the Rockies is located on 2 hangers from Lowry AFB. This museum houses more than 50 Military and Civilian aircraft on display. We will be mainly focusing on all the military exhibits in details. EA-6B Prowler from VAQ-134 ” Garudas” 500-163886 F-14A Tomcat VF-211 Checkmates 102-159829 FB-111 68-0287 EB-57E Canberra 55-4293 Electronic Warfare Read More …
Republic of Singapore Air Force ( RSAF ) have been training in Luke AFB since 1993 as 425th Fighter Squadron ( 425th FS ) ” Black Widows ” . Initially Singapore lease some F-16C Blk 42 but the program have since ended and currently, they are flying F-16C/D Blk Read More …
Location: Ellington Field , TX ( KEFD ) Friday: March 2, 2018 Drove over to Ellington Field after work with the intention of meeting a friend and fellow spotter and was quite surprised to see three E/A-18G Growlers sitting on the ramp taking on fuel. In talking with one of the guys who works the Read More …
1st Saturday of the month ( 2018-3-3 ) which also means Drill weekend for our local 301stFW “Spads” .. Spads did not fly on this Sat and our attention was sway towards Ft Worth Alliance Airport ( KAFW) which presented us with 6 VMFT-401 Snipers F-5n Marine Adversary Squadrons. This is the 3rd time I Read More …
Naval Air Station Fallon is US Navy’s premier tactical air warfare center specializing in Air to Air and Air to ground training. Due to the vast size of the nearby ranges, 80% of all Navy munitions dropped in training is done in NAS Fallon. This is also the only Navy airbase that could house an Read More …
VMFT-401 ” Snipers” is the Marine Corps only “Adversary or Aggressor ” Squadron in service. Currently located at MCAS Yuma AZ. This small unit flies the Northrop F-5n Tiger II with aircraft painted in the Eastern Bloc type adversarial Camouflage pattern. Most of these F-5n were ex-Swiss Air Force aircraft and the reason for choosing Read More …
Ellington Field KEFD military traffic for February 2018. Photos by Bill Havel