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A C-17 at Boeing Field?
Boeing Field does occasionally get military transient traffic at weekend but recently it has had some heavies show up. I saw that a C-5 had been passing through which would have been really cool to see. I was heading down … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, c-17, globemaster iii, jet, KBFI, king county, military, photo, seattle, transport, washington
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Drop Tank By the Road
Sometimes you find the oddest things by the road. Just outside NAS Whidbey Island, there is a drop tank sitting by the road. I have no idea what it is doing there. It seems to be on someone’s yard. The … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, ault field, drop, F-111, fighter, general dynamics, jet, military, nas Whidbey island, photo, Tank, washington
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Some Nice Flexing
Departures over the Speedway are best when they flex. The straight out departures are fine but not that exciting and they often get pretty high pretty quickly. Those jets that flex seem to stay a bit lower and provide a … Continue reading
T-33 Damp Departure
My inability to see a Boeing T-33 jet in nice conditions continues. I was at Boeing Field when one of the T-33s was taking off in support of a Pegasus test mission. The weather was crappy with rain and a … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, civil, KBFI, king county, lockheed, photo, rain, seattle, shooting star, t-33, washington
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Tankers at Sunrise
Boeing started delivering KC-46s to the USAF as I covered in this post. However, it didn’t take too long before the Air Force found various items of tooling in the aircraft that shouldn’t have been there and stopped taking delivery. … Continue reading
Rainy Pegasus Takeoff
I have shot KC-46s in bad conditions more often than would seem probable. I got one in conditions so dark it was like a night shoot. This time it was heavy rain. Of course that can mean vapor. The matte … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, jet, KBFI, kc-46, king county, military, Pegasus, photo, rain, seattle, tanker, washington
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Brand New F-15SA Jets
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) was attending Red Flag 19-2 with some brand new F-15SA jets. These jets had come direct from delivery so had not yet even made it out of the US. I guess they had that … Continue reading
Low and Sporty Lightning II Departure
Speedway departures can be a mixed bag at Nellis. Flex departures with a pull over the Speedway are the best but it does depend on how high planes have got. Some climb out quite steeply and are way too high … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, f-35a, fighter, jet, las vegas, Lightning II, Lockheed Martin, military, nellis afb, nevada, photo, USAF
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Sunset Burner Departures
Fighters departing Nellis are well out of burner by the time they get anywhere near you outside the base. However, if you are shooting in low light, the burners can show up quite well even though you are a long … Continue reading
E-8C JSTARS
E-8 JSTARS are not a rare thing at Red Flag but they do often get involved in the night sorties. Seeing one heading out to play for the daytime activities was a pleasant surprise. On their return on the first … Continue reading