AIRSHOW!!

Ricci.Wright

One of the perks of my office is having a window that faces west towards the airport and seeing all the military aircraft flying low as they pass directly over the building while doing touch and goes. Just now a gorgeous Lockheed C130 Hercules in gleaming white and orange Coast Guard livery is here. A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon anti submarine plane shows up frequently as do a pair of U.S Marine Harriers. It brightens up my day.

William81

I love to watch aircraft also....we are about 40 miles from Whiteman AFB.   A few times a year the B-2’s will fly over and one in a great while some A-10’s and C-5‘s....always gets me outside to watch them and try to get a pic or two !

Nanuq907

There’s a good chance a friend of mine is on that Poseidon. Small world. We’re armed to the teeth here with F22s and they like to launch for intercepts. You know something’s up when the windows start shaking and you see the jet trails going nearly vertical outta here toward the DEWIZ.

Bubba Jr.

Back in the 50's we lived in a small town about 35 mi from Wright Patterson AFB. At least once a week there would be fighter jets on maneuvers flying pretty much right over our town. More often than not, they would be breaking the sound barrier. If I was outside, I had to clench my cheeks tight to keep from needing a wardrobe change. If I was inside it would shake the whole house, rattle all the windows and anything else that it could. And it would still scare the crap out of you.

Ahhh the good old days.

KenK/84Bravo

V-22 Ospreys here. Nap of the earth up our holler, then touch and go's at the very small rural airport about 5-6 straight miles, or about 7-8 if you follow the road.

The Airport Managers Son is a V-22 Pilot. Not sure where they are coming from, but they are here fairly regular.

pulsarnc

My house sits under one of the flight takeoff patterns for Seymour Johnson Air Force Base F15 E strike Eagle base . Seeing them is an everyday thing . See some of just about everything that the government flies thru the year .

Nanuq907

Ridefar

Great pictures, thanks.

Very cool camo pattern on the F-16, have not seen this before.

Any idea what the German plane is and its story ?

Spoke with a German fighter pilot at an airshow at Niagra Falls AFB in the '90's, had a great story as I recall.

NeoBlackdog

What's that Typhoon (7th pic) doing in Alaska?

Don McManus

This little beauty was out in the lake Saturday. Pops must have ordered a swim call. He and his son were up on the wing, as mom and a couple of daughters were swimming around her.

Grumman Goose. Less than 350

were built 70+ years ago. Incredible that some have survived.

Sam06

KenK/84Bravo said:

V-22 Ospreys here. Nap of the earth up our holler, then touch and go's at the very small rural airport about 5-6 straight miles, or about 7-8 if you follow the road.

The Airport Managers Son is a V-22 Pilot. Not sure where they are coming from, but they are here fairly regular.

Ken I was one of the 1st guys to do a HALO jump from one.  Cool aircraft I am glad they got the bugs worked out of them.

Nanuq907

Boy you guys are good!  I wondered who'd spot a foreign wing snuck in among the Alaskan birds.  Yes indeed, Red Flag.

NeoBlackdog

Man that Raptor is a purty plane!!

Nanuq907

Yep, and it makes its presence known (and felt).  The base where I work has a Raptor wing and the boys are up practicing a lot.  I go out walking for exercize breaks and when they're busy you can't even hear your own voice if you talk REALLY LOUD.  You feel it in your chest.  I remember when they delivered the first one a few years ago.  They closed the airspace and the Wing Commander took it out to show us what it'll do.  The entire AFB came to a grinding halt as 10,000 eyes looked upward.  Jesus, Joseph and Mary.  We all just stood and stared with our jaws hanging open.

Ricci.Wright

We installed a lot of equipment for several Lockheed Facilities and I was in their place in Ft.Worth when it was announced they had won the F22 contract. A whole bunch of happy people. I have been within ten feet of a F22 on several occasions and it is almost as impressive standing still as when it's flying. I have never seen one running hard cause when they were flying around Dobbins AFB they were taking it pretty easy. It's a shame they cancelled that program.

Nanuq907

Boy I hope you get to see one working hard.  Check this out...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18886/watch-this-f-22-raptor-execute-a-mind-blowing-inverted-summersault-at-altitude

nononsense

Jato Assist

Rocky Raab

Forty-nine years ago, this was yours truly taking off on my departure flight from Ban Me Thuot. They sent me the slide years later (it had not been stored well, judging by the black specks.)

SW0320

Nice pictures from everyone.  I get two possible airshows, one at a reserve base that flys F-15's and the end of the runway is right at rt 90.  They takeoff in formation and are barely 500 ft at the road.  It can make you jump when they hit the afterburners.

The other show is right over my house.  We live about 10 miles from the end of the runway for another reserve base with C-5a's that are doing touch and go's all the time.  The c-5a's are quieter now with the new engines.  With the old engines could not have a phone conversation with them going over with the windows open.

Captplaid

This guy had the gaul to do laps over the farm Saturday. Blue and yellow paint job with "GO ARMY" painted on the bottom of the wings.