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Jaws is a thriller with brilliant acting as well as action. One of my fave scenes is when Quint tells about sharks attacking after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the ship that delivered the atom bombs in WWII, that is just chilling. This is a classic movie we watch at the beginning of every summer to kick it off with a thrill. taken for our daily challenge - favorite movie
Members from the 36th Airlift Squadron step to their aircraft during the first day of Exercise Red Flag Aug. 11, 2014, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Red Flag is an exercise that provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer/Released)
Designer: Weng Yizhi (翁逸之)
1964, September
Long live Leninism!
Liening zhuyi wansui! (列宁主义万岁！)
Call nr.: BG E15/560 (Landsberger collection)
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My wife and I liked Red Flag 21-1 so much we decided to check out 21-2. We knew it was going to be smaller so we only stayed for one full day. What we didn't count one was the nasty weather. Blah grey sky, very windy, and cold for the morning takeoffs. Takeoffs were to the SW so we joined up with a bunch of other spotters to watch the planes leave on Cheyenne Avenue. When the fighters take off on the 21R they bank right above your head so you get a mix of belly and side profiles - but it is a cool experience. Tankers and bombers tend to use 21L so you have a better angle but if there were no clouds you would be shooting into the sun. Despite this we had a good time. After the morning rush headed out we moved to the Speedway area for the recovery. All in all a very good day, even if we were turning blue and felt sandblasted.
I took these photos in early March 2021 near Las Vegas, Nevada.
An F-22 (04-4070) taking off from Nellis AFB during RF 23-1. This particular F-22 was seen for the first time in March 2022 with this new coating to test the F-22s replacement, the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD).
www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-22-being-used-to-test-nex...
My wife and I had some free time so we decided to drive down to Las Vegas for the Red Flag exercise in mid-March 2025. The weather forecast was good and there seemed to be a decent line-up of participating aircraft. Unfortunately both items fell short. The sky conditions were excellent but the weather sucked. Very high winds affected some of the fighters. The first afternoon we were there all F-16s and F-35s were grounded due to crosswinds. Also unfortunate was that Flex departures were cancelled at the last minute so the planes had to do a straight out departure - this sucked for photographers. In the late afternoon the recovery shifted to landings over Cheyenne Avenue. This was our first visit there in about a year and we couldn't believe the change. It was a mix of a homeless camp, scrap yard, bombed out Gaza, and just a totally trashy area. Burned out cars and car parts were everywhere. We didn't feel safe there despite being among other plane spotters. Wow. I took these photos in mid-March 2025.
Re aircraft activity - it seemed a lot lower than at prior Red Flags. There were a lot of Nellis resident aircraft but not too many visitors. It was a decent trip but not a great one.
My wife and I liked Red Flag 21-1 so much we decided to check out 21-2. We knew it was going to be smaller so we only stayed for one full day. What we didn't count one was the nasty weather. Blah grey sky, very windy, and cold for the morning takeoffs. Takeoffs were to the SW so we joined up with a bunch of other spotters to watch the planes leave on Cheyenne Avenue. When the fighters take off on the 21R they bank right above your head so you get a mix of belly and side profiles - but it is a cool experience. Tankers and bombers tend to use 21L so you have a better angle but if there were no clouds you would be shooting into the sun. Despite this we had a good time. After the morning rush headed out we moved to the Speedway area for the recovery. All in all a very good day, even if we were turning blue and felt sandblasted.
I took these photos in early March 2021 near Las Vegas, Nevada.
My wife and I liked Red Flag 21-1 so much we decided to check out 21-2. We knew it was going to be smaller so we only stayed for one full day. What we didn't count one was the nasty weather. Blah grey sky, very windy, and cold for the morning takeoffs. Takeoffs were to the SW so we joined up with a bunch of other spotters to watch the planes leave on Cheyenne Avenue. When the fighters take off on the 21R they bank right above your head so you get a mix of belly and side profiles - but it is a cool experience. Tankers and bombers tend to use 21L so you have a better angle but if there were no clouds you would be shooting into the sun. Despite this we had a good time. After the morning rush headed out we moved to the Speedway area for the recovery. All in all a very good day, even if we were turning blue and felt sandblasted.
I took these photos in early March 2021 near Las Vegas, Nevada.
Designer: Wu Zengliang (吴增亮)
1974, November
Before the manoeuvres
Yanxi zhiqian (演习之前)
Call nr.: BG E16/105 (IISH collection)
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March 4 - 5 I met a few other flickrites to shoot Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis AFB. I think thenewarea51 is trying to distract me...
Red Flag 09-3 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Left to Right: thenewarea51, joe_stremph, joseph, scott, matthewphx & planephotoman
Photo by www.kensaviation.com
An aircraft maintainer from the 135th Electronic Attack Squadron, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., watches as his assigned aircraft passes by for a training mission after pre-flight checks Jan. 29, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Joint service aircrews play their part in “Blue Force” operations, supporting the simulated air-war against “Red Forces” organized by the 57th Adversary Tactics Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Kleinholz/Released)
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.)