Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
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 …
RAF Red Arrows North America Tour 2019. Houston TX appearance Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Ellington Field KEFD military traffic for February 2018. Photos by Bill Havel
Jan 2018 Ellington Field ( KEFD ) Starting January 2018 with the arrival of 11 VFA-14 Tophatter and VFA-97 Warhawks in Ellington Field ( KEFD ), 6 of them stayed in night. Both units as mentioned is currently station in NAS Leemore, CA part of the US Navy Pacific Fleet. Read More …
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II …. Mighty as it is and MD have built total 5195 units of various variants. This example we are looking into the short nose F-4D painted in the South East Asia camouflage scheme as use during the Vietnam war era. This particular Read More …
Fall season also marks the height of Hurricane season for North America area. 2017 marks a year whereby Hurricane Harvey hits the Texas Gulf Coast. Harvey hits landfall right by Corpus Christie on 8-26-2017 as a category 4 Hurricane with winds up to Read More …
Ellington Field TX 5-28-2017 We have seen the 138th FW Oklahoma Air National Guard and other guards unit going to the new Havglas V scheme on the F-16. On this day we caught some Tulsa jets doing their routine drill down by the Gulf. 3 of them total flying Read More …
VFC-13 the Saints base in NAS Fallon, NV came into Ellington Field KEFD 4/22/2017 for a gas and go. This time we get to see the F-5F in the “Top Gun” MIG-28 scheme. There were 2 tiger Camouflage schemed F-5n and the standard white/grey camouflage jet. With the colorful camouflage scheme of Read More …
We going to start the 2017 post with visitors from Florida. 93rd Fighter Squadron ( FS) part of the 482d Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida. It operates the F-16C Blk 30 . Makos came in 1-5-2016 for a gas a go. Here are some Read More …
December 20th 2016, Ellington Field ( KEFD ) near Houston area houses the 138th FW (Fighter Wing) of the Oklahoma Air National Guard flying the F-16C Blk 42. These guards F-16 guard our southern skies 24/7. Here are some action shots taken when they are on a scramble with Live AIM-9x and AIM-120. Pictures by Read More …
Ellington Field Situated south of Houston Metroplex houses our F-16C Blk 40 from Oklahoma National Guard protecting our skies in the Gulf. This unique base also gets quite a bit of transient traffic as you can see here with the US Army Chinook, Blackhawks and AH-64E. The gem comes from the capture of those EA-18G Read More …
Ellington Field June visit 2016 ( Best view in PC or Mac) The month of June 2016 has been a rather interesting one. Intel wise it has been pretty quiet. On the flip side it has opened a new chapter: night photography. Not to be deterred by the lack of intel, I’d periodically stop by Read More …
Ellington Field 5-21-2016 ( Best view with PC or Mac) Being it was a little over a month since my last outing to KEFD, I was anxious to see what was in store for my latest visit, gloomy weather and all. My first stop along the fence line yielded what had Read More …
KEFD Ellington Field Houston, TX April 15, 2016 (This page best view in PC or Mac ) A friend of mine told me there were four F-16Cs in town for 3 days flying multiple sorties per day. Three of them were from the 138FW, 125FS (nickname: Tulsa Vipers) based in Tulsa, OK and the other Read More …
Ellington Field (KEFD): March 18, 2016 ( Best View with PC or MAC ) The 138FW, 125FS Flies F-16C/D block 42s and is based out of Tulsa, OK. With the added responsibility of flying the alert mission out of KEFD they keep four F-16s on station 24/7 known as Det1. Periodically, Tulsa will send Read More …
T-38 in Ellington Field (This Page Best View in PC and MAC) Hungry for some jet noise I decided to swing by KEFD before going home to see if anything of interest was on the ramp. I didn’t have much time so all I could do was hope I’d catch something before I had to Read More …
Site Best View on PC or MAC Sunday Feb 28-2016 was a great day for spotting. Partly sunny skies with moderate winds out of the south made for some comfortable temps here in south Texas. Just about perfect for shooting the F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-15 Valions that was on the ramp. As I was making Read More …