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With over 3200 images from the last two days I'll be editing and uploading images for a long time ... but for now here are a few more.
All images © Allen Rockwell 2008
There was a big fair in Ocean City (MD) the weekend we were there but the day we went was super cloudy and rainy. So I didn't carry the big guy around; instead, captured a couple of shots with my G11. Mostly though, I had fun and didn't take too many photos.
September 26, 2010
Two different eras of Boeing in the skies over Las Vegas - that's a Southwest 737-8 Max climbing out of LAS in the distance.
My wife and I visited Las Vegas to check out Red Flag 21-3, a big exercise for the USAF, Navy, and some foreign countries. It's a great experience watching so many warplanes coming and going. Las Vegas in August is HOT - as in over 100 degrees so we were sweltering. I still can't seem to get consistent tack sharp photos of the high speed takeoffs so I will keep practicing. Any advice is welcome.
I took these photos outside of Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, in early August 2021.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon lands after a Red Flag 15-2 sortie March 11, 2015, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag provides a series of intense air-to-air scenarios for aircrew and ground personnel to increase their combat readiness and effectiveness for future real-world operations. The F-16 is assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika/Released)
A South Korean air force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a sortie at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2014, during Red Flag-Alaska 15-1. Red Flag-Alaska is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft, U.S. Air Force/Released)
An A-10 Thunderbolt II performs a show of force during Red Flag-Alaska 14-2, June 23, 2014, over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Alaska. The A-10 provides close air support, typically called in by joint terminal attack controllers, to ground units with its GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun. The aircraft is assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Perras/Released)
With over 3200 images from the last two days I'll be editing and uploading images for a long time ... but for now here are a few more.
All images © Allen Rockwell 2008
Air Force F-16 flying as 'red air' at Red Flag 22-2. This paint scheme, with charcoal grey over sky blue is called 'shark,' and is representative of some Russian paint schemes for their tactical aircraft.
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This 389th FS "Thunderbolts" F-15E Strike Eagle is seen getting airborne from Nellis AFB at the start of a Red Flag 08-2.1 mission.
The aircraft is based at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
Red flags were fling at Pensacola Beach Florida this moring as Tropical Storm Nate was hammering the area.
Senior Airman John Myer pushes a tow bar under the tire a B-52H Stratofortress during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The B-52 shredded a tire upon landing after a four-hour mission. Myer is a B-52 aircraft maintainer assigned to the 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)