Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
03-18-2023 Ellington Field , KEFD We were fortunate to have caught 2 of these River Rattlers which formerly flew teh F/A-18 Legacy Hornet doing the US Navy Adversary role. They have recently have switch to flying the Northrop F-5n . Here we see 2 of their F-5n in the gloomy weather of Houston Texas…… More 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 …
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 …
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 …
NSAWC The Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC, pronounced “EN-SOCK”) at Naval Air Station Fallon located in the city of Fallon in western Nevada is the center of excellence for naval aviation training and tactics development. NSAWC provides service to aircrews, squadrons and air wings throughout the United States Navy through flight training, academic Read More …