July in Texas…

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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 …

Kfirs visiting Red Flag 18-3

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                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 …

Blue Blaster VFA-34 Last Legacy hornet

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            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 …

Sidewinders and Stingers in KAFW

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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 …

Down Under ( Australia ) coverage

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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 …

F-35A Lightning II test flight 29th May 2018

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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 …

Beale AFB 2018

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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 …

Gunships and Lightnings!

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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 …

1st Turkish Air Force F-35A

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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 …

NAS Ft worth (KNFW) Spring 2018

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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 …

AN-124 visting KAFW ( Ft worth Alliance )

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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 …

EXERCISE INIOCHOS 2018

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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 in Waco TX!

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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 …

Waco Airshow 2018

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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 2018-1

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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 …

Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum

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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 …

RSAF F-16 visit to KNFW

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            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 …

Lancers on the deck!

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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 …