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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52674246459_cb82b92179_b.jpg IIRC, 46 had given a speech about the flooding in CA the week prior, so I think they were on the way home https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52674457033_40232475e9_b.jpg A lot of bombs to be bringing home https://live.staticflickr.co...

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3 Feb US Navy VRM-30 Titans 'Rudy' Bell-Boeing CMV-22B BUNO 169439/32 BUNO 169441/34 arrived as a 2 ship formation, very nice BUNO 169443/36 US NAVY VFA-147 Argonauts 'Jason' Lockheed Martin F-35C NJ 400 NJ 402 NJ 403 USMC VMFA-323 Death Rattlers McDD F-18C WS 407 WS 401 //CAG color bird WS 410 Ram...

VRM-50 169457 40 Just caught 169457 yesterday, she is the first bird I've seen from VRM-40 Mighty Bisons. Side number on nose but not on tail, VRM-40 on fuselage under wing ( at least on port side). I've got photos, but I am still wading thru 3 1/2 days of Red Flag. Wasn't paying super close attent...

747woody wrote: ↑01 Feb 2023, 19:27 Seven Growlers launched in the afternoon, two didn’t come back: 530 and 556 (the CAG )

RE: 129-- I was watching the jets thru 10x50s from a quarter mile, and I didn't see the CAG colors. I could clearly make out NJ, too far for side numbers.

Monday I saw one and yesterday I saw two NJ marked Growlers landing at NAS North Island. Vinson just left the pier this morning, too. Have to see if the whole det comes to Coronado for CQ.

I'm not saying I don't take any photos of jets on a FYTTR departure, but it certainly isn't as dramatic as Flex West.

https://www.airnav.com/depart?http://ae ... 7FYTTR.PDF

They are grounded…. Grounded since the incident last October, only partially returned to flight. The jets in El Centro are probably known to have problems, or they haven't been checked out yet. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/12/28/new-in-2023-what-caused-the-goshawk-grounding-and-whe...

Last week, Cheyenne recovery Monday and Wednesday, runway 21 (ie Speedway) on Tuesday.

Ahhh, the good stuff. China Lake has one of the F-111Bs and it kills me that you can't get to it--it's one of the few boneyard planes that interests me. The maid of honor at my wedding has worked at China Lake for just about 30 years and SHE can't get me to the Boneyard. With any luck that is one of...

For me, the ultimate spotting catch are airborne aircraft in the wild. The Jedi Transition was great, but not available for photos these last couple years. However, there have been stories told by fence lines of new places to shoot different sections of the Sidewinder low level route. However, the n...

patrick dirksen wrote: ↑26 Jan 2023, 22:15
...about halfway the low flying area we woud visit tomorrow...

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You've been burying the lede for 3 reports now, man! Time to get to the good stuff!!!

Wednesday report: Ha ha, after I comment on flex departures, yesterday the dreaded 'Fighter 6' departure was mostly in use. Launch AND recovery on runway 3. 'KING 82' a HC-130J from 79th RQS, Davis Monthan landed in the middle of the recovery. Due to their approach almost down the middle of Cheyenne...

also arriving... N350XJ 'Arcat 75' Bombardier CL 300 registration General Atomics, flew in from Gillespie (KSEE) and returned to same later in day. Special bonus points to Navy Growlers for flying their entire landing pattern and never once crossing LV Blvd higher than Gate 2 at the Speedway. USAF- ...