RockyController

Spot the aircraft shadow

Some recent fun......a friend took some pictures of prep, takeoff and landing

Looks like you were having your picture taken as well.

They have two in a plane when its time for to train/qualify someone to fly the plane, periodic checkrides and familiarization/incentive flights. Most that I know of only have one operational radio and use a Garmin GPS unit.

Link A pilot with Holloman Air Force Base is safe after he was ejected from a Vietnam Era fighter jet Wednesday morning. Holloman Air Force Base officials say the manned fighter jet crashed around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday west of Artesia, near Hope, NM. Officials with Roswell Fire Department mistakenly told KOB Eyewitness News 4 that there was live ammunition aboard the plane; Holloman officials later told KOB that this was not the case. According to a Holloman AFB release the pilot of the fighter jet was ejected but is in good condition. "The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely and is in go

Great pictures Waco. B)

Well I guess besides visiting units, MU-2s, E-9As and QF-4s its going to be quiet around here.....

Ricky Gilleland, a tech-savvy 11th-grader, has created the only digitized record of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. story ------- What this kid has done is awesome, its just sad that it took this long for something like this to come about.

More untouched operational F-4 pictures can be found here:

Some from Tyndall's Airshow back in March....

Thanks Gregg

Sunday's cloudy cover wasn't very helpful and camera friendly.

I seem to be matching one of the aircraft on display that also flew

Here are some of my attempts from today:

double post

Some of my shots from Friday's Practice:

Anyone going this year? 0900 Airshow Gates Open Static Aircraft & Ground Displays C-17 A-10 UH-1B E-9 B-52 U-2 T-6 BQM-167 F-15C KC-135 T-38 MU-2 F-16 Navion RV-8 F-22 EA-18 QF-4 1100 Opening Ceremonies USSOCOM Parachute Team Team Tyndall F-22 Fly over GEICO Extra 300 Aerobatics B-25 Demo Corsair Demo T-33 Demo Jelly Belly Interstate Cadet Comedy Acts Lucas Oil Pitts Aerobatics Jet Bus Demo USCG HH-65 SAR Rescue Demo Tora Tora Tora P-40 Demo P-51 Demo USAF F-22 Demo Team USAF Heritage Flight (F-22, F-4, P-51) USAF F-4 Demo T

www.airforcetimes.com EC-130J transmissions over Libya posted online Audio appears to capture Psy-Ops transmissions over Libya By Scott Fontaine - Staff writer Posted : Monday Mar 21, 2011 10:33:37 EDT The Twitter feed of a self-described “radiocommunications guru†from the Netherlands has captured the transmissions from an Air Force psychological-operations plane warning Libyan ships not to leave port — or risk being fired upon by coalition troops. “Libyan ship or vessel: Remain anchored. Do not leave port,†the voice from the broadcast says in English, then repeats in French an

Grant it the main article is about 1 month old http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-18/u...61-billion.html More here: http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2011/02/gove...te-support.html

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/03/...utdown-031111w/ By Rick Maze - Staff writer Posted : Friday Mar 11, 2011 16:08:58 EST U.S. troops could be required to report to work without pay if a budget clash in Congress results in a government-wide shutdown, according to draft planning guidance circulating in the Pentagon. A shutdown could happen as early as next week, as the government is set to run out of money at midnight March 17. A bill that would keep the government operating temporarily has been prepared in the House of Representatives, but it is not clear when or if it might pass.

Speaking of fly-by; there is of course some grumblings about that online Grumbling

The story of Wade Williams (suspect) has been on the news in my location daily. Glad to see they found him but its sad that it ended the way it did with him killing a respected officer before Wade was killed himself by other officers.

I don't see it as the taxpayer getting 'robbed' but that the DoD as a whole is looking at cost cutting measures and it was decided to cut the contract w/ the Learjet company and go back to having aircraft already on station tow targets. Back in the 90's F-15's were towing targets so this is nothing new to Tyndall. Fuel and labor is just about the same (with a few changes) as any other mission the 'manned' QF-4s fly on a daily basis.