wakko807 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Except for the strong wind, gloomy gray skies with spurts of sun which provided harsh lighting, and the lower to mid 50 degree temperature...it was a great day to shoot pictures lol! All kidding aside...I spent yesterday freezing my butt off shooting out at Nellis during the first part (part 2 is in early February) of the current Red Flag Exercise. I'm hoping for some better weather over the next few days. Enjoy! :) Snow covered mountains west of Las Vegas... My company for the day..."What the hell are YOU looking at!!???" Prowlers... A couple of "artsy" out of the sun shots... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wakko807 Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 More big boys... Bones... Canadian C-130... US C-130 KC-135s... You could see the refueling basket flopping around on this one... AWACs snuck in at the end of the day... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shadowy_one Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 off the top of your head are the RAAF comin on over for 08 Flag? (F/A-18,F-111)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wakko807 Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 A few Beagles... Weapons School Vipers... I normally don't like other objects in the frame with the plane but the foreground blur of the tree looked kinda cool to me... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wakko807 Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Raptorpalooza...saw a ton of Langley Raptors and didn't have to go to Virginia lol... Alaska Raptor snuck in... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wakko807 Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Some Hogs... Maryland Hog... The bad guys... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wakko807 Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Luke based Singapore Vipers... Weren't listed as participants but there were lots of ANG Vipers... A couple from Iowa... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raptor22 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 NICE PICS Randy!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wakko807 Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 A bunch of NY ANG Vipers... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yukbil Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Fantastic shots! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Will7813 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 off the top of your head are the RAAF comin on over for 08 Flag? (F/A-18,F-111)? I don't know for sure, but they usually have something there. Probably a safe bet........ Will Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slick95 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 SWEET PICTURES!! Nice shots! SLICK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Very nice set of photos. I really like the A-10 shots. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Very nice pics Randy ! Good, diverse group too ... Thanks for sharing them ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HokieSNFO Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Randy, Awesome shots! I especially love the Garuda's EA-6B Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jefropas Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Randy, The Iowa Vipers just made my day!!! Thanks alot, keep up the outstanding work!! Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 awesome shots Randy - great variety! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiger15 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Very nice pictures! Thanks for sharing. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pollie Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Cool! I will be over for the February Flag. Anybody here knows what I will get in front of my camera? Haven't seen a list of participants posted anywhere else yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jack52 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 a lot of good shots, thanks for sharing them. One short qu : no F-15 aggressors there ? regards, Hans Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pollie Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 a lot of good shots, thanks for sharing them. One short qu : no F-15 aggressors there ? No, they were pulled because all pilots apparently have to do some more training before being aggressor qualified again. Because of the Eagle grounding of course. But the fact they were pulled from the exercise doesn't mean they are not flying? They are scheduled to participate in the February Flag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 excellent shots!!! i like those iowa vipers!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wakko807 Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Thanks for the comments everybody they are greatly appreciated! :) The Aggressor F-15s were flying earlier in the morning while I was on my way there...I saw them in the air but didn't think whipping out the 100-400mm while driving sounded like a good idea at the time lol. I'm hoping to catch them over the next few days. Thanks again to everybody for looking! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bizzah Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Just out of curiosity, how do you guys get these shots? Not these in particular, but all of them, specially the pics taken from the tarmac....do you guys work at the airport or on the jets themselves? Or do they let civilians down to take shots like that? just always been curious Biz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Nice variety of pics Randy. I always liked that snake on the NY ANG planes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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