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Gladiator Fire – Day 4Posted on May 17, 2012
Coming Soon ‘Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II’Posted on May 15, 2012
Gladiator Fire – Day 2Posted on May 14, 2012
Coolidge: A Season In ReviewPosted on May 8, 2012
Pratt and Whitney showing off their stuffPosted on May 4, 2012
Gladiator Fire – Day 4Posted on May 17, 2012- Coming Soon ‘Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II’Posted on May 15, 2012
- Gladiator Fire – Day 2Posted on May 14, 2012
- Coolidge: A Season In ReviewPosted on May 8, 2012
- Pratt and Whitney showing off their stuffPosted on May 4, 2012
17Apr2012
Davis-Monthan AFB Thunder & Lightning Over Arizona Airshow
Monthan AFB Thunder & Lightning Over Arizona Airshow 2012 Photos and Story provided by: By Colin Prenger Well by now my hearing has finally come back to me. I thought I lost it thanks to six Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 power plants idling. That was about the only negative aspect of the airshow (aside from the major sunburn), but it was completely worth the six hour wait for the United States Air Force
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Barry M. Goldwater Range Visit 4-10-2012
On April 10th 2012, PHXSpotters members got a chance to visit the Barry M. Goldwater (BMGR). Back in February we had received our conformation on our tour date. Now it was time to get our members all set up and the member count sent into Ms. Teresa Walker. We all had time to get our cameras and lens all set. We would like to thank www.LensProtoGo.comfor there outstanding customer service. We were all holding our breath and had our
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Aviation Nation 2011
Finally. After 4 days of editing, I finished the processing last night. Let me start by saying that this was my first time ever at Aviation Nation 2011, and I wasn't sure what to expect. I knew that the afternoon light was going to be great for the static displays, and it was; unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the morning light, which made most of the morning performances backlit. After the show "officially" started, it was
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The 64th AS Gets a New Camo Scheme
This is the first post about Aviation Nation 2011, I really feel like this deserves its own post. One of my surprises at Aviation Nation this year was one of the Aggressors on static display, an F-16 in a white/black/gray arctic camo. I was promptly informed by Joe Kates (Photorecon) that it was a new scheme for the squadron and this was the first plane to be painted like that, having rolled out of the paint shop only 4 days before the
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Thunder Over The Coconino 2011
Almost 30 hours after coming back from Valle, several gigabytes and a few beers later. I have the photos ready. The 2nd airshow in Valle in just over two months, I heard of this one from some guy in a Facebook group and did some research and it turned out it looked like I was going to make it. The reality is that as the show got closer, it started looking not good. First, Flagship Detroit cancelled, unfortunate news, but then I got word that
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Cactus Starfighter Luke Air Force Base 2010
Luke Air Force Base is home of the 56th Fighter Wing, the largest fighter wing in the world and the only active duty Air Force F-16 training wing. Luke has 138 aircraft, 24 squadrons, 4 tenant units and more then 6,000 military and civilian personnel.Luke trains all the F-16 crew chiefs and almost all the F-16 pilots for the US Air Force. More then 16,000 F-16 pilots have graduated from Luke since 1994. Since 1941 more the 56,000 pilots have
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Luke Air Force Base 2011 Airshow & Open House
For three days in March the sky was filled with Military and Civilian aircraft. Also on the list of performers were the United States Army Golden Knights and the Red Bull Skydiving Team. There were spectators from across Arizona and many from across the country that were here to see the show. The event kicked off on Friday for base personnel and their family members. This allowed the base staff to have the day off and take the family to
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Heritage Flight Conference Media Day 2011
Every year In early March the United States Air Force gathers together its best pilots at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson Arizona , making up the seven air combat command demo teams and select civilian warbird pilots to train and coordinate for each years airshow season. During select shows the Air Force will fly a formation with one or more of its ACC demo teams with vintage warbirds from the Air Force’s past. I with a few other
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2011 Luke Days Open House “Thunder in the Desert”
Article Provided By: Jodi Jordan 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Logo provided By: Jodi Jordan 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 3/11/2011 - LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- More than 200,000 people are expected to attend the Luke Days Open House March 19 and 20. The open house is two days of nonstop entertainment, but a few tips can help make the experience more pleasurable for guests. Traffic in the areas surrounding
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Rookie at Red Flag
Red Flag is a Advanced Aerial Combat Training excercise hosted at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Since 1975, air crew from the United States Air Force and other Us Military branches and US Allies take part in the two week excercise. I have been involved with Phxspotters for just over a year. And I have covered a couple Aviation events and nothing can compare to what I was about to witness. When I received the conformation phone call from
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Wings of Blue hits the West Valley
Today I had the pleasure of hanging out with the Wings Of Blue that were out in full force in Buckeye AZ. The Wings of Blue, is the parachuting unit at the United States Air Force Academy, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team operates as the 98th Flying Training Squadron,306th Flying Training Group, Air Education and Training Command. Over the last several decades, the Wings of Blue has been one of the outstanding parachute units
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NAF El Centro or Bust.
This was the first time I had the opportunity to really get up and close and feel the power what these Navy aircraft had to offer. I would like to send out a special thanks to my friend Matt and Joe who are the Co-Founders of Arizona Aviation Photographers (AzAP) , for giving me a chance to experience something that I might never have the chance to do again. I would also like to give a big thanks to Michelle Dee who is the Public Affairs
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PhxSpotters Supports Luke Forward
Phxspotters is a proud supporter of the Luke Forward program. Please take time and visit there website HERE.And if you like what you read please we encourage you to registrar and let Arizona voice be heard. And you can also join the Facebook . This is just another voice to be
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305th Rescue SQ visits KIWA.
Jason Bong had a opportunity to get up and close with the 305th Rescue SQ that is based out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona (1993-Present) They were just coming back from Roosevelt Lake after doing some training exercises and decided to stop by KIWA to get a bite to eat at the Red Brick Pizza. While talking with the crew they asked if I would be interested in taking some pictures of there HH-60G and of course I had to say yes. I
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