VFC-204 River Rattlers

Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
Highlights
Wings over houston 2021. Texas premier Airshow in the Houston area held in Ellington Field Anually. debut the best US and foreign military display and WW2 heritage aircrafts from CAF Read More ...
HELLENIC VIPERS The Lockheed Martin (General Dynamics) F-16 Fighting Falcon is without any doubt the most successful and capable American fighter in modern aviation history. Well known for its unique and proven capabilities in many battle fields around the Globe. The Hellenic Air Force is one of the many operating Air Arms of the successful Read More ...
Tomcats capture all the glory days of Modern naval Aviation . I was fascinated by this “cat” after the movie ” Final Countdown” and when I 1st boarded the Aircraft Carrier USS Constellation CV-64 back in the 1980s. There were 2 squadrons of F14A on board namely the Fighting Checkmates VF-211and Fighting Renegades VF-24. This Read More ...
Meiringen Airbase Information ICAO Code LSMM Runway : 10/28 Position : 46°44’36″N 008°06’36″E Frequencies 360.875 / 130.150 Tower 268.625 / 138.050 Info 138.275 / 142.325 Arrival / Departure 143.775 / 249.800 Arrival / Departure 368.450 Arrival / Departure 143.200 Axalp Shooting Range 138.600 Ground Crew-Pilots Local Squadrons Fliegerstaffel 8 F-5E/F Fliegerstaffel 11 F/A-18C/D ( I Read More ...
Komatsu Airport 小松飛行場 (RJNK) located in the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. This airport shares between the Civilian airport for the city of Komatsu and the Japanese Self Defence Air Force. This airport spot a single 8860 ft runway of designation 06-24. Komatsu airbase houses the following units : 6th Air Wing (第6航空団) 303rd Read More ...
The Days of the Mighty Phantom is coming to a closure soon in the Land of the Rising Sun. All Japanese F-4 Phantom is currently base at Hyakuri Airbase ( RJAH) just 53 miles north of Tokyo. Currently only 2 of the active squadrons still flies the F-4. There are 2 parallel runway 21L 03R Read More ...
Red Flag Alaska started at Clark AB, Philippines in 1976. Upon its closure this Air Exercise has moved to Eielson AFB, Alaska and renamed Cope Thunder. In 2006 it was again renamed, this time Red Flag Alaska (RFA) which still stands today. This multi-service and multinational exercise has hosted various 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 ...
Growlers, Superhornets, C2, Mirage F1, F-16 all within the month of Jan 2021! Read More …
Northern Italian Police Helicopter unitcovering Cortina Ski Championship 2021 Read More …
2020 lookback on our Aviation encounters Read More …
October Fest sure come fast for 2020. We sure have a lot of actions in terms of Military Aircraft movements, Hurricane Evacuations in addition to our local units and Lockheed Martin traffic. Overall it has been a very busy October given all the visitors and also the 2 major airshow in Ft worth and Houston. Read More …
2020 have been a very unique year due to the natural disaster we see in the world. We have lots of wild Fires, numerous Hurricanes, Typhoons and than in March we got COvid 19 pandemic. This pandemic pretty much seal all Airshows until we have this drive in concept whereby Airshow goers come into the Read More …
VMFA-232 … the Red Devils base out of MCAS Miramar flying the Legacy F/A-18 C/D was out in Ft Worth Alliance ( KAFW) airport. 2 of them came by for gas and go and heading back to California. We do not get as much of them over here in Texas and thus is a big Read More …
This annual airshow usually starts and end the season for us North Texan and in the year of Covid , 2020 is no exception. Due to the unique situation of Covid, Ft Worth Alliance have decided to make this a drive in Airshow to keep everyone in a social safe distance from each other. 2020 Read More …
I would like to start our series of Hurricane Evacuation of our military jets and for the year 2020 , we have multiple evacs that is hitting the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Laura hit the gulf coast between Louisiana and Texas border and came inland towards Shreveport LA and thus hitting our global Strike B-52 Read More …
RAF Lakenheath 493rd FS Surge Ops and Saudi Air Force Delivery Flight 8/11/2020 Read More …
Russia celebrate her Navy Day on the last week of July every year. Here is an account of NAVY day 2020 in Vladivostok Read More …
We got an oppurtunity to see 2 Vipers from the Alabama ANG 100th FS the famous ” Red Tails” of the WW2 famed “Tuskeegee Airman” Fighter Squadron. 2x F-16C Blk 30 came into Ellington Field to do some Air to Air training in Warrior MOA. They launch at about noon and return about an hour Read More …
2020 could be a very unique year whereby we are all affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. for the 4th July, Texas have been hit hard with record high people infected with this deadly virus. This Independence day have been hard hit by social distancing and closing of all major events like the 4th July Read More …
Time sure passes quick for 2020 with all these Covid 19 and riots going around. We would like to touch base on the lighter side of life which is Military aviation spotting here in Ft worth TX area namely KNFW ( NAs Ft worth) and KAFW ( Ft Worth Alliance Airport.) Due to the Covid Read More …
F-15E Strike Eagle from 389th Fighter Squadron ( FS ) flew into RAF Lakenheath Airbase in the UK! they are part of the squadron that was deployed under the Operation Inherit Resolve whereby the mission is to work by, with and through regional partners to militarily defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or Read More …
This Spring of 2020 have been a challenging few months for everyone in the world. Non other on the pandemic COVID 19 which changes our life forever. Texas came to a standstill just like everywhere else with “Stay at home” orders by the governor. Fortunately, our Military and Lockheed Martin still flies and hold and Read More …
2020-5-6 mark a historical moment when the United States Navy jet demonstration team did a fly by for Texas, Louisiana honoring our Healthcare workers for this COVID 19 virus pandemic for year 2020. The Blue Angels took off from their home base in NAS Pensacola, FL and meetup with 3x KC-10 tanker which supported the Read More …
Russian transports in IAH Read More …
VFC-13 “Saints” callsign Bogey in Ellington Field KEFD
Read More …
Jan Feb 2020 KNFW and KAFW military aircraft spotting Read More …
Singapore Aerospace 2020 report. this year’s highlight incude F-22A Raptor and F-35B tactical demostration, B-52H flyby and PLAAF Payi demostration team. Read More …