With the current RAZBAM poll in the ED forums about heavy lift helos I was inspired to post some photos of some of the helos I have photographed over the years.

MH-53E Sea Dragon MCM Helo

These were from Operation Tomodaichi

CH-53E Super Sea Stallion

RN Sea King HC4

SH-60F Oceanhawk

SH-60B Seahawk from Operation Tomodaichi

SA-330 Puma

HH-60H Rescue Hawk

Just got back from the Nellis Aviation Nation 2016 airshow.

QF-4E Phantom II - This was the main reason for me to go to this show... Was awesome to see this beast thunder around the base.

OV-10A Bronco

Tanker 911 DC-10 Airtanker

F-15E Strike Eagle

F-16C Fighting Falcon

F-15D Eagle

F-22A Raptor

USAF Heritage Flight

A-10C Warthog

F-15 Eagle and F-16 Aggressor show dogfight

P-51 Mustang

F-86 Sabre

T-33 Shooting Star

C-17A Globemaster III

And a few more from this weekend at Nellis.

These cockpit shots are from an aircraft from the Cold War Air Museum in Lancaster TX.

...and the aircraft, an ex-Bulgarian Mi-24D Hind

Nice Stetsons

Nice Longbow

MV-22B Osprey USMC. Note the MODEX.

CH-47F Shithook, USA

MH-65D Dolphin, USCG

C-17A Globemaster III from Hickam HI

Smoke Trails

Hog Belly

Moneypit rolling out

F-35A Lightening II being put to bed.

Neat piece of kit.

Bubble top Spitty Mk XIV

FG-1D Corsair

F-5N Tiger II From VFC-13 NAS Fallon NV

T-38C Talon from the 9th RW Beale AFB CA

EA-18G Growler... I actually worked on this jet before VAQ-138's transition.

MH-60G Pave Hawk

Smoke and Fire

A few more from the Nellis airshow.

F-35A

A-4N Skyhawk

MB-339CB

L-159E ALCA

MQ-9 Reaper

MQ-1 Predator

F/A-18E Super Hornet of VFA-122

A-10C Warthog

QF-4E Phantom II of the 82nd ATRS Det 1 at Holloman AFB NM.

Spent the weekend at NAWS China Lake visiting with friends and seeing the airshow.

Blue Angels F/A-18's

My old squadron- VX-9 "Vampires" Tac-Demo with an EA-18G Growler and F/A-18F Super Hornet

VX-31 "Dust Devils" MH-60S Knighthawk SAR Helo

Spitfire XIV and F8F-2 Bearcat

Commemorative Air Force Spitfire XIV low back... That RR Griffon 65 sounded awesome!

Block 42 F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 54th FG, 314th FS "Warhawks" out of Holloman AFB NM

Dutch F-35A of 323 Squadron "Diana" RNLAF

RAF F-35B of 17(R) Squadron "Black Knights"

USN F-35C of VX-9 "Vampires"

My old squadron- "Triple Sticks " USN F/A-18E Super Hornet of VX-9 "Vampires"

AV-8B+ Harrier II of VX-31 "Dust Devils"

Photography must be more than a good hobby for you, these are always fantastic. Great clear shots with great lighting. Thanks for posting!

Thanks guys,
Getting good lighting is the real challenge as some of the venues don't have good show locations for afternoon flying and when the flying starts at noon all of the flying shots are backlit by the sun. When photographing the aircraft I always try to have the sun at my back for the best lighting possible. Davis-Monthan is particularly bad as you are facing south with the sun in front of you for the whole show. China Lake here started the flying display at noon so I had to find a good spot well south of show center to get decent photos. For these types of shows, most of the photos have to be run through photoshop to clean them up a bit for presentation.

Triple Quad- F/A-18D with Litening on the centerline.

NASA T-38C Talon

Blues

ATFLIR Demo Van
We were checking out some deer in the mountains to the west... really impressive demo.