Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
RIAT 2017 “Made in Heaven, tattooed on Earth” During the third weekend of July, the gates of the RAF base in Fairford opened once again for the lucky visitors of this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo. 160.000 people were gathered to witness one of the best aviation feasts in Europe. Let the show begin… A Read More …
4-7-2017 marks a milestone for 2017. This day of the month usually means my annual Aviation spotting ( Birthday aircraft spotting day) and this time is like no other I was out in NAS Ft worth spotting on this beautiful Texas Spring day. F-35A for the Israeli Air Force was out testing from Lockheed Martin. Read More …
Nellis “Aviation Nation” 2016 Open House ( Best View by PC or MAC.. ) As the airshow circuit comes to an end for 2016, Nellis AFB sure knows how to end this year’s schedule by having an outstanding static display, and excellent aerial demonstration schedule. Aerial display consisted Read More …
These 159th Fighter Wing ( FW ) also known as the Bayou Militia showed up in Ellington Field , TX on 11-20-2016 Some of the screamer going out at 1300hrs. Pictures by Bill Havel
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 …
Spotting day on 4-30-2016 Pages best view on PC and MAC Weather was quite gloomy with lots of clouds in the morning and we got a good north wind meaning runway 34 or 36 on both airports. I started by checking out KAFW Ft Worth Alliance and got a greeting of 2x F-15C from 122FS Read More …
We spotted the F-15C in Dec carrying the new TALON Hate pod that will effectively increase the capabilities of our 3rd generation fighters like the F-15, F-18 and F16. Initially we thought this is just an IRST sensor pod but seems there is a lot more capabilities in the pod configurations. Please read here for Read More …
Site best view on PC or MAC This Faithful day before Christmas of 2015, we got some great actions right at NAs Ft worth JRB. Lockheed Martin have 2 flights of F-35 including a delivery flight for the 61st FS in Luke AFB. Winds was a breeze Read More …
122nd Fighter Squadron Louisiana ANG unit assigned to 159th Operation Group base in JRB Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana. They use to fly the mighty spooks F-4 Phantom before switching to the current F-15C. They bare the name Read More …
So far, 2015 has been off to a great start aircraft spotting wise. And this past Friday, Feb 27th was no exception. I met up with a couple other spotters after work at the FedEx warehouse located at the south end of the airfield off HWY 3 (Old Galveston Road) as we heard 4, F-15s Read More …