Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
Time sure passes quick for 2020 with all these Covid 19 and riots going around. We would like to touch base on the lighter side of life which is Military aviation spotting here in Ft worth TX area namely KNFW ( NAs Ft worth) and KAFW ( Ft Worth Alliance Airport.) Due to the Covid Read More …
2017 Airwingspotter.com started with a lot of local spotting activities in NAS Ft Worth KNFW. The early spring gets us some local traffic from the base including F-35 testing jets from Lockheed Martin Plant and our local squadron namely 301st FW “Spads” and VMFA-112 “Cowboys” The summer we welcome some Oregon F-15C, EA-18G from VX-9 Read More …
Here are the Schedule for fiscal year 2018 for all the demonstration Jet team and Tac demonstration USAF Thunderbirds March 10-11: Luke AFB Air Show – Luke AFB, AZ March 17-18: Melbourne Air & Space Show – Melbourne, FL March 24-25: Wings Over Atlanta – Dobbins ARB, GA April 7-8: March Field Air & Space Read More …
Fall has come upon us and in no time Turkey holidays and Christmas is up to grasp. We have a lot of military aviation spotting done for the month of September and October and have come up with some interesting catches Go Navy…. We have got some good Navy action especially the Super hornets that Read More …
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 …
May 20th and 21st marked the open house for Tinker AFB, OK named Star Spangled Salute Airshow. Tinker AFB located in central Oklahoma by MIdwest City. Tinker is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command’s (AFMC) Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC), which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, 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 …
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 …
FEAR the BONES March 11th , 2017. We got a few visitors from the famous VFA-103 Joly Rogers based at NAS Oceana. These Hornets were doing DACT Exercise with 57th Fighter wing Weapon School in Nellis AFB for the past few weeks and they are on their Read More …
Detail shots of Fighter Aircraft always are good information for Scale aircraft modeller. Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15) is a U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron based at NAS Oceana. Their call sign is Pride, tail code is AJ, and they fly the F-18C. VFA-15 will be deactivated 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 …
( SITE BEST VIEW ON PC or MAC ) NAS Fallon (KNFL) about 70 miles east of Reno NV houses the Naval Strike Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) which is currently being change to Naval Air Warfare Development Center NAWDC. This mighty warfare center consists of Naval Strike Warfare Center (NSWC), the Naval Fighter Weapon School Read More …
I am always fascinated with “Fightertown USA” or as we all know NAS Miramar. The tune of ” danger zone ” still lingers in my ear when Miramar is mentioned. F-14 on the deck and Aggressors F-5 and A-4 doing the aerial dance of dogfight. TImes have Read More …
Alliance airshow also means the cooler weather here in Dallas Ft Worth area. The slight north winds get us having runway 34 as active which I think is favorable for photography since we can catch those aircraft touching down. This year we got the Blue Angels, ACC F-22A Tactical Demonstration, Breitling Demo team as the Read More …
Red Flag exercise is held 4 times a year in Nellis AFB. This is the 3rd Exercise and this particular one did not involve International Participants. The exercise will include U.S. forces and aircraft from: – 53rd Wing, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, F-15Cs, Nellis AFB, Nev. – Read More …
Denton Municipal Airport ( KDTO) host their annual summer airshow last weekend ( June 20th , 2015) Interestingly, they have both the USAF F-16 Viper Demo and US Navy Super hornet West Demo both doing their single ship demonstration. We did not miss this opportunity but instead of giving an airshow blog like in the Read More …
I am trying this out and see how everyone like this ! its a sequence of events on the tarmac…. We have the Mighty Shrikes VFA-94 from CVW-17 …… followed by A Marine Silver Eagles F-18A++ and than a VFA131 Wildcats F-18C. 1) Mighty Shrikes lining up! 2) Silver Eagles Came by after landing 3) Read More …
Its a great spotting day in NAS Ft worth. Winds was constant from the North but JRB using runway 18. Do not know why??? By the time I get to the Spotting area, Rocket 11 and 12 was reporting a runway 18 departure ( An Iraqi F-16C Blk 52 and 2 seater LMT F-16D spotter.) Read More …