Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
A great year indeed for everyone here in Airwingspotter . 2018 started with a bang with VMFT-401 Snipers from MCAS Yuma visiting KAFW. On the same following week we got another visit from Snipers bringing in different jets. 2018 also started with a visit to NAS Fallon and Nellis AFB covering Red Flag 18-1. We Read More …
“Winter is Coming” and in no time Winter Solstice came and went and we got some beautiful clear sky and sun and since we are in Texas, we got 38 mph gust of wind. We decided to checkout Ft worth Alliance Airport in hope of catching some transient traffic especially Navy Superhornets which frequent this Read More …
2018 marked a very wet Fall season with lots of rain. This have greatly affected 2 of our largest Airshow here in Texas namely Ft Worth Alliance and Wings over Houston which is held annually in October. The ceiling was so low that Wing Over Houston have to cancel a lot of their flights on Read More …
301st FW drill weekend December 2018. Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning 1-1 VSTOL and VMFA-314 F/A-18 Read More …
Japanese F-4EJ Phantom program in 2018. Read More …
NAS Ft worth ( KNFW ) on Dec 11th 2018 It was moody and cloudy but we got an interesting visitor callsign Spear 47 , Aircraft type AC-130U 4th Special Operations Squadron. We could see him coming into KNFW and was requesting for multiple low approaches. She finally landed on runway 18 and stayed for Read More …
2018 marked a very wet Fall and we have many rainy days in the October month. Fortunately we have one good day for the airshow and on this Sunday we have variable clouds and eventually open up to be a very nice day for airshow. Alliance was fortunate to get 2 jet demonstration team including Read More …
Zhuhai International Airshow (珠海航展) is held once every 2 years in the southern province of Guangdong, China. The 6 day airshow started on Nov 5th to 11th hosting 5 days of trade show and the last 2 days were open to public. They host over 140 aircraft’s mostly of Chinese origin. Read More …
Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) was founded in1994 by Jeffery Parker and Larry Payne – both USAF Academy alumni. With current US military operational funding problems, aging legacy aircraft, and severe pilot shortages, both the United States Navy (USN) and the United States Air Force (USAF) are actively hiring private contractors to augment and supplement Read More …
Spotting Report 10/4/2018 We were fortunate to get head-sup on some visiting F-16 and this time we get the 21st Fighter Squadron ( FS ) ” Gamblers ” This is a training unit based out in Luke AFB, AZ from the Republic of China Airforce flying the very unique F-16A Blk 20. These jets will Read More …
Fall of 2018 comes real quick and this year we get hit with quite a bit of rain in this September month of 2018. We get mostly Southerly winds during this time of the year and with the moisture and clouds. Aviation spotting for NAS Ft worth JRB ( KNFW) and Ft worth Alliance Airport Read More …
Aug 16 , 2018 This special day would go down as ” Downunder day” since we get to see 3x Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) F-35A Lightning II out testing in Lockheed Martin plant in Ft worth, TX. AU7 and Au9 took off at about 1400hrs. One of them in the “strike” callsign Read More …
August 2018 , Houston TX This months we caught some very interesting visitors. CF-188 …. Canadian equivalent of the the F/A-18A/B Legacy hornet from the Royal Canadian Air force. 4 of them was on the tarmac in Ellington Field ( KEFD ) caught them in the best lightning about 2100 hrs in the evening. Also Read More …
July usually calls for Fireworks, outdoors, hotdogs and fireworks… Well, in North Texas as we are in we getting hit with 105 degree F heat . Scorching heat calls for indoors and Air conditioning. Despite the Texas Heat we manage to fight that and get you some actions here in NAS Ft worth JRB ( Read More …
Colombian Air Force participating in Red Flag 18-3 held July 23 to Aug 3, 2018 in Nellis AFB. For this Exercise, 6x IAI Kfir C7 and 1×767 multi mission tanker flew into Ellington Field ( KEFD) and than via Davis Monthan AFB to Nellis . 1989 marked Read More …
Catching Navy CAG bird is always a welcome sight and this week we caught the last VFA-34 Blue Blaster in the F/A-18C Legacy hornet color scheme while she was visiting Ellington Field, KEFD last week.. They will probably be participating in the upcoming RIMPAC 2018 in Hawaii onboard CVN-70 Read More …
June 1st , 2018 marks a very hot Friday in Ft Worth Alliance Airport ( KAFW ). Under this extreme Texas summer heat of 100 degrees or more, we were presented with Superhornets F/A-18E from NAS Leemore, CA. 1st superhornet came in as Callsign “Fist 1-1” dashing through the north end for runway 16R , Read More …
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 …