The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

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Scott AFB air show
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-4 Phantom II perform a "heritage fly-by" during the 2010 Airpower Over the Midwest Air Show Sept. 11, 2010, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Scott AFB air show
A pilot guides a vintage T-33 Shooting Star during an aerial demonstration at the 2010 Airpower Over the Midwest Air Show Sept. 11, 2010, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

 

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Here are some Chief selectees working to keep the A6 and Prowler on a stick looking good.

100910-N-9520G-003 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Sept. 10, 2010) Chief petty officer selectees assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island work alongside public works personnel from the City of Oak Harbor as they pull out overgrown weeds during the annual cleaning and inspection of the A-6 Intruder and EA-6B Prowler at the Navy Gateway Park. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardel Gervacio/Released)

100910-N-9520G-012 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Sept. 10, 2010) Chief petty officer selectees assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island work together as they clean the display of the A-6 Intruder during the annual cleaning and inspection of the A-6 Intruder and EA-6B Prowler at the Navy Gateway Park at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardel Gervacio/Released)

 

[Swanee]

Speaking of A-10s... Anyone see the division (I guess they call it a 4ship) of 'Hawgs land at NASP around noon on Wednesday? I wonder what they were in town for...

 

[eas7888]

Speaking of A-10s... Anyone see the division (I guess they call it a 4ship) of 'Hawgs land at NASP around noon on Wednesday? I wonder what they were in town for...

Kind of a side note about A-10s. I've had the opportunity to see this (CLICK HERE), and for anyone who's heard the sound of the 30mm, you know it's something worth seeing. It's been in Salina, KS a couple of times, looks like it's in Boise, ID this year. Check it out if you get the chance.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Would love to see that F-4 @ an airshow sometime.......so cool that there is one still flying (aside from QF-4's). I remember being really impressed as a little kid watching some RF-4's at the Hillsboro airshow back in the day. They don't make fighters like they used to

 

[ryan1234]

Would love to see that F-4 @ an airshow sometime.......so cool that there is one still flying (aside from QF-4's). I remember being really impressed as a little kid watching some RF-4's at the Hillsboro airshow back in the day. They don't make fighters like they used to

For some reason - I could be wrong - but I think all of the heritage F-4s are actually QF-4s with people flying them.

 

[MIDNJAC]

For some reason - I could be wrong - but I think all of the heritage F-4s are actually QF-4s with people flying them.

Yeah on closer inspection, the F-4 in this pic is not the CAF one (civilian owned F-4C) that has been making the airshow rounds. Theirs has slightly different markings

 

[Marco]

The QF-4 line at Tyndall keeps one in a pristine SEA color scheme. They flew it nearly everyday that I was there for F-15 hands-on technical training school. I think it's ran by an AF Reserve group on the ops side, mx is obviously contract.
Here's a vid:
http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=eeabb63b&a=email

 

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Fast getaway
An F-15 Eagle takes off from the Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flightline as two E-3 Sentries are seen in the background while participating in the Valiant Shield 2010 exercise Sept. 16, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Schultze)

 

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Does it strike twice?
Lightning strikes behind a B-1B Lancer during an evening thunderstorm, Sept. 9, 2010, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. The 28th Bomb Wing maintains a fleet of 28 B-1s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Corey Hook)

 

[Gatordev]

SA Corey Hook gets a thumbs up. Nice pic.

 

[Catmando]

Did somebody say QF-4B?
Here is my old one:

 

[cbaker]

080402-N-7883G-006 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 2, 2008) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 are conducting training operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau (Released)

I was on the Kitty and attached to VAQ-136 when this was taken. I have better pictures of our bird landing. Just not on this computer. LOL

 

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Michael Picatti, a maintenance contractor with Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, boards a MK-58 Hawker Hunter aircraft to conduct preflight maintenance during Valiant Shield 2010 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 16, 2010. Valiant Shield is a joint training exercise with Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force units focused on engagement of units at sea, in the air, and on land. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson, U.S. Air Force/Released)

 

[HooverPilot]

Hey Ma! It's me!

100913-N-7605J-011 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 13, 2010) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Alexis Fernandez, left, observes as Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Mathew Horseman directs a C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Combat Support Squadron (VRC) 30 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting drills in preparation for its upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Benjamin C. Jernigan/Released)