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 …
We ended 2022 with the Aviation Nation in Nellis AFB. Home of the USAF jet demonstration team Thunderbirds and also home of the USAF 64th and 65th Adversary Squadrons. 2022 also marked the 75th Anniversary for the Air Adversary Squadrons. This year’s flying display included the USAF ACC F-35A, F-22A demonstration. US Navy F/A-18 and 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 …
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 …
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 …
VMFT-401 is the only Marine “Adversary” squadron base in MCAS Yuma , AZ. They are tasked to act as the opposing force in simulated air combat. Snipers was activated back in 1987 and was given the Isreali F-21 “Kfirs” and later in 1989 they receive the F-5n and was flying Read More …
DFW area have been hammered by rain and storm in spring… After 5 weeks of rain we finally got a window of sunny day. This faithful Sunday was no exception with 85 degreeF temperature and a good north wind at 8 mph. As I approach the tower, I could see a row of T-6A and Read More …
Red Flag 14-1 Article and Photos by Steven Valinski When the U.S. Government is not haggling over the budget, four times per year the exercise entitled: Red Flag takes place. Not to be confused with a similar exercise titled: Red Flag Alaska, this exercise takes place at Nellis Air Force Base located north of Las 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 …
We got the greatest Top gun School here in Fallon and adding to that, 2 Visiting Squadrons came in to join the fight for the Red Wing. VFC-12 Omars from NAS Oceana and VFA-204 River Rattlers. Hard to see how lucky we got to see both East, South and West Coast Aggressors under one roof. Read More …
Hi All I am reporting my NAS Fallon Base visit. Have been a great eye opener since this time Carrier Air Wing 17 from USS Carl Vinson was there training. We also caught a number of East Coast Squadron and Aggressors from VFC-12 Omars and VFA-204 River Rattlers . Here are the Squadron and Aircraft Read More …
We are fortunate to organized Airwingspotter’s 1st Photocall in NAS Fallon. Thanks PAO Zip for this great opportunity to visit this Superbase. Looking for the upcoming trip Next Tuesday, Can;t wait to be there …. Two of our editor will be attending the base, myself and Steve Gurley. Check back with us for the upcoming Read More …