The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

[MIDNJAC]

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)

For the record, ATAC are my heroes

 

[PRICE311USN]

took this picture of a P-3 landing on RWY 6 at NAS Pax River, MD while we were sitting at the hold short.

this on was while we were taxing back to our line, a 60 doing work with the tower to the grass landing area on Pax with a P-3 taxiing in the background.

 

[PRICE311USN]

[video]http://www.facebook.com/ChrisPrice311?v=app_2392950137#!/video/video.php?v=1283408264545[/video]

E-6 Takeoff out of Pax.

 

[xmid]

For the record, ATAC are my heroes

Okay... I'll bite... Why are ATAC your heroes?

 

[MIDNJAC]

Okay... I'll bite... Why are ATAC your heroes?

Cause they are old retired dudes still flying cool old pointy nosed jets

 

[ryan1234]

Cause they are old retired dudes still flying cool old pointy nosed jets

Agree...One of them brought a Kfir to Oceana... what an awesome civilian job!

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

A friend of mine forwarded this one to me.

 

[FastMover]

An SH-3H Sea King of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HS) 4 delivers mail and small cargo to the fast attack submarine Phoenix (SSN 702).http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...1561395174_71553655173_14975066_7154254_n.jpg

 

[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.

Here we go....finally found the link to the jet I was talking about. Collings Foundation F-4D (not F4D mind you ). Slightly different paint, but same scheme:

http://www.collingsfoundation.org/Houston/tx_f-4dphantom_pics.htm

Based out of Houston, TX

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

09/27/2010
AEROBATIC AIRPLANES
Members of the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform aerobatic maneuvers for military and civilians during the Kaneohe Bay Air Show at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 25, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler L. Main

Red Bull air racer Chuck Aaron flips his Red Bull BO-105 CBS helicopter during a performance at the Kaneohe Bay Airshow on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Sept. 25, 2010. Tens of thousands of spectators flocked to the airshow to enjoy stunning performances by the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and numerous other military and civilian aircraft.(Byline: Lance Cpl. Reece E. Lodder)

 

[JSF_Dreamer]

The one of the blues is pretty sexy.

But I think I like the A-10's a little more

 

[A4sForever]

Hmmmm ... a Bölkow 105 ... 'rigid rotor' ... never 'liked' them.

I was doing a Part 135 D.O. gig between airlines when we lost 3 guys at Addison Airport (Texas) while they were checking out on the damn thing for a new Air Ambulance contract ... new contract = new HELO -- but it was windy and a heavy gust picked them up while turning downwind and tossed 'em upside down.

They were all hard time, experienced Vietnam combat vets ... former Army guys ... all high time ... all in HUEYs or LOACH's ... all GREAT guys ... all dead.

And after all they'd gone through ... what a useless loss.

Bad day ...

 

[BigIron]

Pretty cool VFA-122 bird here:

 

[Wudgles]

Pretty cool VFA-122 bird here:

I... I don't think... wow. Just wow. I see what they were going for, but I'm not a fan of the execution.

 

[Clux4]

If the pixels were smaller, I think it would have turned out alright.