US trip, day 12. Last day. New Jersey (pics)

[stipjes]

Yesterday we flew from Amsterdam to Las Vegas via Philidelphia and today we started our US trip at Nellis. I will try to put some pics every day. Today was a nice day. The a/c take off around 13.00 and come back around 16.00. In the evening there is a lot of activity too.
A nice surprise was the delivery of two F-35's to Nellis. In the morning only 4 a/c flew a mission so be prepared!

[warthog64]

Wow great selection!
Can't wait for next week....

[Crouze]

Nice!


Here are a few more.

Can't remember a day I made three new B-2's (in fact I never did until today)...



The wind was challenging today, so were (as often is) the light conditions.



The two F-35's arriving were accompanied by a Lockheed-Martin company F-16 (yes, the twilight had already set in):




Cheers,
Marco

[Nilson]

Gents,

I thought wat happens in Vegas......

Nice pics and have fun.

Grt,
Arnold

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[gortje]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing you photo's with us!!
Have a nice time there, and i'm curious if you have more pictures for us.

Regards,

Roelof-Jan Gort
http://www.rjgfotografie.com
The Netherlands

[stipjes]

Today we had a cloudy day @ Nellis. The good news was that the MC-12W came in and that the Prowler came in on the right runway. The B-2 came in after sunset. Tomorrow Yuma.

[Bennie]

Nice!


Here are a few more.

Can't remember a day I made three new B-2's (in fact I never did until today)...



Cheers,
Marco

I did once: October 23rd 1993 at Edwards!

[phantom6]

What a fabulous set of photos thanks for shareing

[Stephan Lodewijks]

Hey The Dirkxen and Pat in the US! Enjoy, my friends! Looking forward to more photo material

Greetings from NL!

Steef

[stipjes]

Yesterday, the 8th of March we had a great day at Yuma. Hopefully more nice pictures today!

[CR-74050]

Nice reports, looking forward to more!

[stipjes]

This morning we got up early to photograph the static a/c that came in yesterday after we visited the base. There was a relaxed atmosphere and we were even allowed to hotograph some Harriers in a hangar and under the sheds. The highlight was the Army UH-1. I think it is one of the last ones flying for the USAr. It came from Languna AAF.





























The next days we will be focussed on wrecks an relics ;-(.

[CR-74050]

Very nice showpics! Very colorful birds overthere and lots of sun!

[stipjes]

During the last days (10 till 12th march) we drove around southern California. Today we visited 17 places with "aircraft". We saw wrecks, preserved and operational aircraft. Here is a small impression after a quick photoshop.

10-03-13
Ocitello was great with the two B-29's. We also saw all the F-86's.

At Gillespie we saw a lot of Bucker Aircraft;

Further to the west is a big hangar with all sorts of a/c (HU-16, A-1E, Catalina, L-19, T-28 etc.);

The museum holds some nice a/c incl this Tomcat;


11-03-13
The next day we went to San Diego. The IAP;

USS Midway (a bit too blue-ish Skyhawk);

Bilboa;


12-03-13
Long Beach, a Catalina Flying Boats Dakota;

The newest C-17;

LA Science Museum;

Van Nuys;

The last airfield we visited today was Whiteman with a lot of firedep helicopters;


Tomorrow we have another round like this. After that it is time for some noise again at Nellis.

[stipjes]

Today was another "we visit a lot of places" day with some operational a/c. The first we saw flying was a MQ-1 Predator at former George AFB;


A special (in my military spotters eyes) B.747 took off from Victorville;


Heaven in El Mirage (including a Belgium Pembroke);


A North Island Clipper was making touch & goes at Palmdale;


The museum at Lancaster is very very slowly expanding. I did not see this H-19 before;


The highlight of the day, an ex KLu T-33 in a garden in Eastern Lancaster (the M-49);


Mojave was nice as always;


One of the last preserved a/c today was the B-52 at Edwards North gate;


We are quite fed up with old rusty stuff by now. Tomorrow we will see active violent hardware again at Nellis!