Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
Dyess AFB located in Abilene TX is the home of 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) and part of the Global Strike Command (GSC) The 7th BW performs combat training with 36 B-1B Lancer bomber ( also known as the BONE). In this Texas springtime April, 2018 Dyess Read More …
VFA-86 Sidewinders 4x F/A-18E from VFA-86 Sidewinders base at NAS Leemore, CA. Callsign Winder with CAG bird on the extreme end of the hot ramp on this Saturday ( 3-24-2018) They came in on the Friday and stayed through the weekend at Ellington Field , TX ( KEFD Read More …
Fall is officially starting with State Fair of Texas starting this Fri. Last Sat and Sun was pretty good for Aviation spotting in NAS Ft worth JRB ( KNFW ) 457th FS was out on deployment in Oregon doing DACT training and coming home from deployment. We caught 7 of the 8 F-16 that was Read More …
Heart of Texas , Waco Airshow 2017 2017 marks the USAF Thunderbirds and US Navy Legacy Hornet Tactical demonstration team East VFA-106 Gladiators base in NAS Oceana. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the F-18 demo was cancel . Military participation was quite good for an airshow of this size. We got 2x A-10C from 442nd Read More …
Thanksgiving is the time usually means cold weather here in Dallas Ft worth Area! This year was exception with rain for the most part of the “Turkey” feasting holiday. I decided to make the drive even having a foggy and raining morning and the strange thing is also the South winds of 12 knots and Read More …
This is not a typical Fri since it is 9-11 … my wingman Bill Havel came up to visit from Houston area for the upcoming Alliance Airshow for the Sat and Sun. That day happen to have an extraordinary traffic in NAS Ft worth ( JRB) Bill caught lots of 457th FS SPads F-16 Read More …
MAGTF Demo One of the scheduled performers for this show that really drew my attention was the MAGTF (Marine Air-Ground Task Force) demo. After reading the impressive list of aircraft that would participate, and never having seen one before, I was really looking forward to it. The MAGTF can be utilized in a variety of Read More …
We should always honor our local squadrons… This is the 301st FW drill weekend for April ……… GO Spads! How about some Local Red Tail Falcon…. the feathered kind….. Rangers and Ropers C-130 hard at work. Missing some photos of VMFA-112 Cowboys…..
Was out in NAS Ft worth on 3/28/2015. We have the most gorgeous day of Texas Spring time. Birds are chirping and we even caught a wild turkey wondering around the fence. Winds was from the South whereby runway 18 was used. There were not much activities except our local Texas ANG C-130 Ropers. We Read More …
LIMA 2015 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) is a maritime and aerospace exhibition that takes place once every two years in the island of Langkawi , Malaysia. 2015 marks another great year of local and international attendance. With Malaysia replacing their ageing fleet of MIG-29, LIMA 2015 stars with Dassault’s contingent showing off Read More …
This past Friday, Feb 6th, Carol and I made the 300 mile trip north to Fort Worth, TX to NAS Fort Worth JRB for the 301 FW drill weekend. Our good friend and fellow spotter (chief editor of AWS) Dave Chng was our host / guide for the day. Dave has been telling me for Read More …
Had a great Drill weekend for 301st FW for Feb 2015. I am glad that my editor from Houston Bill and Carol Havel was up here spotting together. This is Bill and Carol’s 1st spotting up here in JRB… Welcome our new visitors and I hope to see them up here more often. The day Read More …
Last Sat other than the F35A and Snipers F5, We had quite a bit of Herky Bird Actions. Both from the Homebase of NAS Ft worth. Unfortunately, they were using 17 runway for landing and did not catch most of the actions Except for one Marine Bird with winds at 170 and he uses 35 Read More …