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8 years 2 weeks ago
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Photo Thread #3244
2011 Cruise on the USS Ronald Reagan.

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One of mine over the round down


HH-60H of HS-4 "Black Knights" over the fantail






USS Chancellorsville, CG-62, Tico class AEGIS Cruiser


USS Preble, DDG-88, Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer at anchor off Phuket Thailand.


CVN-76 and CG-62 at anchor off Phuket Thailand. DDG-88 is hidden by the peninsula.


VFA-154 "Black Knights" Otis 100 F/A-18F while we were in Apra Harbor, Guam


DIMON 300 F/A-18C. My squadrons CAG jet... we called her Paris because she only wanted to fly when there were cameras around.




JASON 200 of VFA-147 "Argonauts" F/A-18E


VAW-113 "Black Eagles" E-2C HE2K

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Davis-Monthan Air Show Mar 12, 2016

Had some issues with my camera so all I have is pics taken with my phone. :S
I will be going to the Luke Airshow on 2-3 April so I will definitely have my hardware in order next time... I missed some great flying shots of the AV-8B+, F-22A, MH-60G's, MC-130J's, Thunderbirds and A-10's. :(

Here is what I did get...

F-35A Lightening II otherwise known as the "Moneypit". Just for you Sweeper!




MH-60G Pave Hawk... complete with its march mustache.


My son scanning for targets. That's my boy!


CV-22B Osprey


B-1B Lancer "Star of Abilene II". Gotta love the Bone!

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Nice!

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7 years 11 months ago
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As once before, nothing as exciting as Vampyre's shots (sorry, man, for cluttering your excellent thread with these!), and I've really got to work on getting a better camera than my iPad's for opportunity snaps. Just some working aircraft I happen to see...

On the 18 March, this American Airlines A-320 (the background one) had to do an emergency return to Reina Beatrix, Aruba, after losing its green hydraulic system shortly after departure. Landing gear extension had to be by the gravity alternate method. I also taped some of the radio chatter from the day...



Don't need to say anything about these that you don't all know already, save that the first is Colombian Army SAR, at El Dorado Intl, Bogota, and the second shot are Peruvian Army, at Jorge Chavez, Intl, Lima.



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Also at Bogota, this one taken today. Tell me what you can about them, particularly the units, please!



Also at Bogota, the other day (Tracer will like this one, a version of it is a favorite of his on FSX). Not an N number registered aircraft, and it had "United States of America" written above the windows (can't see it here due to sun reflection and bad, uncontrollable iPad camera exposure), so I suspect it is either military or CIA, on some Plan Colombia assignment, perhaps (?).



Getting to be a rare bird in flying order these days, also at Bogota...



Three generations of transport aircraft (that's an airworthy Curtiss C-46, amazing!), Bogota...



And last, not a picture of an aircraft, but from an aircraft of the old racetrack, the short and long track, at Yahuarcocha, Ecuador, where 32 years ago I started my lifelong affair with high speed...



Hope you like them, and again, sorry they are not up to Vampyre's standards. :)

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7 years 11 months ago
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The C-17 is from the 437th AW out of Charleston South Carolina... not sure exactly what squadron though.

The C-130J-30 Hercules 07-4610 is from the 41st AS, 19th AW Little Rock AFB Arkansas.

The one Tracer has a love affair with is 86-0084, originally built as a C-12F Huron, then upgraded to C-12T before further upgrade to it's present form as a C-12U. In 2012 it was being flown by the Virginia ARNG as an OSACOM support aircraft which, I assume, it is still being used for. So, yes, it's a military transport aircraft.

I wouldn't worry too much about being up to my standards... a lot of my pictures are not up to snuff and I end up deleting them. Tomorrow I will take a thousand photos at the Luke AFB open house and I will probably only keep maybe 200 to 250 of them. That is how I get good looking photos... sheer volume. Post what you have, that's what this thread is for. :)

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7 years 11 months ago
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Photo Thread #3481
Thanks Vampyre, that satisfied exactly the sort of curiosity I had! LOL! I knew I could count on you. :)

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7 years 11 months ago
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OK from today's outing to Luke AFB

Draken International A-4K Skyhawk


CT-155 Hawk of 2 Flying Training School, 15 Wing, Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.


B-1B Lancer "Dakota Demolition" from the 28th BW EllsworthAFB South Dakota






Luke F-16C's and F-16D's










Luke F-35A Lightening II






USAF Lightening Heritage Flight. Steve Hinton was flying the P-38 Lightening.




B-17G Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey" of the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force


Tora Tora Tora display aircraft


T-33A Shooting Star


F-15C from Klamath Falls Oregon


QF-4E Phantom II

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7 years 11 months ago
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Cool to see our trainers made the flight down!

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7 years 11 months ago
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Great pictures, again. Love the shots of the Lightnings!

Pity they couldn't have had a BAC Lightning, too, seeing as they managed to get a Hawk there. When I was at Wattisham, around about 1992 or so, I remember an airworthy example visiting for the anniversary of either 56 or 74 Squadron (can't remember which now, sorry). It unfortunately overran the end of the runway by a small margin, IIRC, with no significant damage. I didn't see the event itself, but it was able to taxi under its own "steam" afterwards and went past the hangar where I was working on a ASK-13 glider, with its screeching, deafening Avons going. Wonderful!

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7 years 11 months ago
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Photo Thread #3504
I SEE CENTER TANK ON THAT F-15!!!!! bad fuel economy!

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7 years 11 months ago
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Thunderbirds












A-10C Warthog from Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson AZ


F-22A Raptor from the 1st FW Langley AFB VA


OH-6A Cayuse


C-31A Troopship of the Golden Knights parachute display team


P-40 Warhawk from the Tora Tora tora display


F-35A Lightening II from Luke


L-39ZA Albatross


L-39C Albatross


T-6A Texan II of the 80th FTW Sheppard AFB TX

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7 years 10 months ago
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Photo Thread #4083
Tweaked up the graphics settings on FSX and edited the screenie with Corel. Passing it off here as a real picture, LOL!

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7 years 9 months ago
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Photo Thread #4187
Spent the day in Tucson at the Pima Air Museum right next to Davis-Monthan AFB. Hawg Smoke is in full swing so there were lots of A-10's flying around. Was also treated to CH-53E's, F-16, C-17A, C-5 and a couple of C-130's.

F-14A Tomcat


F-105G Wild Weasel III


CH-53E Super Sea Stallions




MH-53M Pave Low IV


A-10C Warthogs


B-57E Canberra


MiG-21PF Fishbed D


MiG-23MLD Flogger K


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7 years 9 months ago
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Fourth from the end there famailiar in form as hell, but a couple of incidentals catch my eye...

I see a Constellation's tail behind the Flogger. Funny old thing, my instructor on the course I'm on right now is an old boy who was ex Connie co-pilot on Eastern Airlines, of all things. Such a cool looking airliner, one of the first pressurized. Also, behind the Flogger in the other shot, I'm certain that is a Caravelle, first aircraft ever to do a full autoland. Had the same noisy Avon engines as the British Canberra. LOL!

But the best one there for one of our members who loves obliterating FARPs with nukes is that B-58 next to the Canberra. He knows who he is, and that aircraft is perfect for him...

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7 years 9 months ago
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I didn't get any pictures of the Connie and Caravalle this trip but I'll see if I can dig up the old ones I took about 10 years ago... In the meantime, Heres some more from this trip.

Mi-24D Hind D


AH-1S Cobra


UH-1V and OH-58A


Jaguar GR3


OV-10D Bronco


A-7D Corsair II

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I was talking with Ticman earlier this week and he was talking about RIMPAC starting soon... so I decided to post some of my prior RIMPAC photos. These are from RIMPAC 2012.

RFS Admiral Pantaleyev BPK-548 Udaloy Class Large ASW Destroyer with a Ka-27 Helix on the flight deck.













ARM Usumacinta A-412 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship with a Mi-17V-5 Hip on the flight deck.




JS Myoko DDG-175 Kongo Class AEGIS Destroyer.


ROKS Yuigok Yi I DDG-992 Sejongdaewang Class Aegis Destroyer


ROKS Choe Yeong DDH-981 Chungmugong Ye Sun sin Class Destroyer


HMCS Algonquin DDG-283 Iroquois Class Destroyer


USS Princeton CG-59 Ticonderoga Class AEGIS Cruiser


USS Reuben James, FFG-57 Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate


CS Almarante Lynch FF-07 Type 23 Class Frigate


USS Essex LHD-2, leading the auxiliary ships USNS Henry J Kaiser T-AO-187, USNS Matthew Perry T-AKE-9, USNS Yukon T-AO-202, and USNS Salvor T-ARS-52, HMNZS Endeavor A-11, RFS Fotiy Krylov and RFS Irkut.


In Pearl Harbor


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And some from RIMPAC 2010.

JS Akebono, DD-108 Murasame Class Destroyer


HMAS Newcastle FFG-06 Adelaide Class Guided Missile Frigate


USCGC Rush, WHEC-723 Hamilton Class High Endurance Cutter


HMCS Calgary FFH-335 Halifax Class Frigate


USS Freedom LCS-1 Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship


USS McCluskey, FFG-41 Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate


USS Chafee DDG-90, Arleigh Burke Class Aegis Destroyer


USS Lake Erie CG-70, Ticonderoga Class Aegis Cruiser


HMCS Algonquin DDG-283 Iroquois Class Destroyer with USS Chafee DDG-90 and USS Reuben James FFG-57 in the background


USS Pelelilu LHA-5 Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship following USS Ronald Reagan


In Pearl Harbor- two Aero L-29 Delfins awaiting pickup by USS Pelelieu for the trip back to the mainland US. They were used to simulate ASM's during the exercise.

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Great pics, Vampyre! I'm enjoying these.

The Chilean Navy there, too. For a long, skinny country out of the way on the west coast of South America, it once upon a time played a disproportionate role in naval matters and the associated resources to the extent it even influenced the decisions and strategies of the major powers at the turn of the 19th / 20th centuries. Must have been a bit of an honorary participant in this exercise, though, lol!

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I would not say they were just an honorary participant... they had a warship there which is better than some other countries that just send observers (or the Chinese who sent snooper ships to watch us from not so afar). At least they could participate.

USS Cheyenne SSN-773 Los Angeles Class Nuclear Fast Attack Submarine


HMCS Victoria SSK-876 Victoria Class Long Range Hunter Killer Submarine


MH-60S Knighthawk of HSC-6 "Indians" departing USS Nimitz


F/A-18F Super Hornet of VFA-154 "Black Knights" on board USS Nimitz


One of mine, Dimon 306, F/A-18C Hornet of VFA-146 "Blue Diamonds" onboard USS Nimitz. The green stripes were for the "Great Green Fleet" circus sideshow.


EA-6B Prowler ICAP III of VAQ-142 "Grey Wolves" on USS Nimitz

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Fallon pics

MiG-21Bis Hungarian Air Force bort 3964 Red


RA-5C Vigilante Buno 156638 Modex 207


Here she is again in 2010


F-4N Phantom II Buno 151510 VF-161 Modex 100


MiG-23ML Flogger G post reunification Luftwaffe 20+23 in Soviet Colors (fictional)


F-16N Fighting Falcon Buno 163576


A-6E Intruder Buno 155627


F-14A Tomcat Buno 159626 in the colors of VF-84 "Jolly Rogers"


F/A-18A Buno 161708 in the colors of VFA-22 "Redcocks" YCBAR


VFA-213 F/A-18F Super Hornet there for the NSAWC class


Lim-5 Fresco Bort# 3020 Red


Lim-2 Fagot Bort# 506 Red in North Korean colors (fictional)


VFA-204 "River Rattlers" line

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