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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/09/usaf-unveil-b-21-december/377396/ Andrew Hunter, the assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, gave no more details, not even a location for the rollout, which is expected to mark the first public view of the aircraft, which ...

19 Sept US Navy Boeing C-40A Clipper BUNO 165830 //Convoy 4868 US Navy VRC-30 Providers Grumman C-2A Greyhound 37/BUNO 162141 Bell-Boeing CMV-22B BUNO 169455 //'Osprey 10' on radio, told Island Tower they were delivering a bird for VRM-50. No modex or sqn markings, only BUNO US Navy VRM-30 Titans Be...

15 Sept 230p-520p The Growlers were flying 9a-9p on the 14th, and started taking off approx 9a today, but I usually go out when I hear them take off after lunch to get better lighting. US Navy VRC-30 Providers Grumman C-2 Greyhound 37/162141 //Password 37 US Navy VRM-30 Titans "Rudy" Bell-Boeing CMV...

14 Sept US Navy VAQ-129 Vikings Boeing EA-18G Growler NJ 503/169216 NJ 560/169210 NJ 501/169212 NJ 525/166895 //special tail US Navy VRC-30 Providers Grumman C-2 Greyhound 22/na 37/162141 US Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60T CG 6019 US Navy VRM-30 Titans "Rudy" 37/169444 US Navy VAQ-138 Yellow Jackets Boe...

13 Sept Amazon Prime Air N241AZ Boeing 767-323ER (BDSF) WL operating as ATI 4371 ex-American Airlines N391AA N5253A Boeing 737-84P (BCF) WL operating as GIANT 3645 ex-B5153 With the sun in the east, to get the sun somewhat at my back I parked on Heacock south of Nandina for landing aircraft (this wa...

Whoever gave her that callsign deserves a medal. I've seen many F-35 demos, with all 3 versions of the jet, and I have to say, the awesomeness of the demo is directly related to the amount of moisture in the air.

Some updates to static/flying attendees:

NASA DC-8/flying

Northrop-Grumman
-Lockheed L-1011 Stargazer/static
-Firebird/static

Woke up at 6:44am. Checked the live webcam. !!!! They've already loaded it onto a truck. Drove over the bridge to Shelter Island. The storm is gone, so more light, but backlit. They used a local crane service to lift the plane off. The live webcam retains a couple hours of coverage, so I was able to...

The Navy hasn't recovered the jet as of this morning, not sure if the accident investigators need more time, or what. Yesterday they put out an anti-spill boom to contain fluids and also attached a line between the plane and the runway tie downs to prevent the jet from going anywhere when the tide c...

One of Fast Air's Lear jets, N26FN*, went off the end of runway 29 (EDIT runway 36) and ended up on the beach shingle just short of San Diego Bay. Local news say no major injuries. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-news/plane-slides-off-runway-at-north-island-naval-air-station https:/...

A-4s were front line aircraft fighting from Yankee Station over 50 years ago! It's always cool seeing WAY older military aircraft. When I saw some ex-Kiwi Scooters flying for Draken a couple years ago at Red Flag I felt like I was seeing live dinosaurs. Good job catching these.

Strictly speaking, this event is not an airshow, so if the mods want to delete/move this thread, that's cool. #SPOTLAX/Cranky Dorkfest is a spotter's meetup at LAX. Hundreds of spotters meet at the In-N-Out at LAX. One year, Delta passed out gift certificates to In-N-Out and that same year the CEO o...

Glad to hear you like the photos. Those Saudi birds were something else-- Lantirn and Snipr pods, plus the built in IRST pod; radar warning receivers under the canopy rails, AESA radar-- it's no wonder the USAF bought some F-15EXs for themselves. Back in March in the RF 22-2 spotting thread there wa...

Stratofreighter wrote: ↑12 Aug 2022, 11:06 ...not sure whether the last last last Boeing 747 Jumbo will be delivered in October 2022 or later ?...

I bet the LAST 747 to be delivered is the 2nd VC-25B. We'll have to wait decades to see how it works out, but it's not far fetched to think the VC-25s will be the LAST 747s to fly.

Finally got over some photo processing burnout to finish these up. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52336026732_4d3bca5759_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52337281774_1200b91331_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52336980711_d695860fbf_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52...