Ocean Sky 2023 Gando AB, Gran Canaria

[mikee115]

Evening all,

Its not a bad place to go to photograph aircraft. Sun, sea and jet noise. A nice mix of types were seen on the day I went to the fence, during this two week exercise.

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (6) by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (13) by Mike, on Flickr

Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (10) by Mike, on Flickr

Turkish Air Force F-16 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (3) by Mike, on Flickr

Turkish Air Force F-16 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (6) by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (7) by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (5) by Mike, on Flickr

Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (4) by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire Typhoon Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (13) by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (12) by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire Typhoon Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (14) by Mike, on Flickr

Turkish Air Force F-16 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (4) by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (11) by Mike, on Flickr

Hellenic F-16 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (2) by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (8) by Mike, on Flickr

Hellenic F-16 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 by Mike, on Flickr

Ejercito del Aire F-18 Ocean Sky 19th October 2023 (9) by Mike, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

Mike

[Mustang531]

Great selection of shots, thanks for sharing these with us.

[Ridge Runner]

Very nice. The only time I've ever been to Las Palmas was in 1978. It was very different then!

[James Cutting]

Lovely set of shots there Mike, nice variety as well too

[mikee115]

Thanks for the comments.

[slogen51]

Good stuff - particularly like the Greek twin stick

Might have to swap from Lanzarote to Gran Canaria in future although I fancy a holiday in the Azores but that might be a hard sell!

[Mikey1050]

Nice set of shots, makes me very sad though. I had planned to be there for nearly a year, then I got called in for a fairly big heart op in September which put the brakes on that idea. I did do SIRIO 22 last year, I stayed in El Burrero (10 minute walk from where you took these shots), it is the perfect combination of Sun, Sea, Sangria and Spanish Air Force !!

[gvr]

Greek _and_ Turks in one exercise? ;-)

[nwalch]

Great set of shots and a great looking excercise. Can I ask where the third shot of the HAS was taken and what focal lenth did you use?

[Supra]

Greek _and_ Turks in one exercise? ;-)

Nothing new here! The 'Ample Train' series of inter-Air Force cross-servicing exercises ran from way back! In 1993 & 1997 there were such Exercises held at RAF St Mawgan.....& brilliant they were too!
Whilst I'm certainly not saying that Greeks worked on Turkish jets & vice-versa, they were both on the same field, with transport support during the same periods. Okay, they were not next to each other, but professional tolerance prevailed!
There were also multiple similar ' X-Servicing' Exercises throughout mainland Europe in the preceding decades where both subject Countries participated.

[JPS]

Great set of shots and a great looking excercise. Can I ask where the third shot of the HAS was taken and what focal lenth did you use?

I hope nwalch doesn't mind me answering the question

That is taken from the hill next to the airfield (27.91494441038463, -15.388996714590327). You need at least 500-600mm full frame for such a shot without cropping.

[Blackcat1]

Great photos. Nothing wrong with Lanzarote Slogen . Had F18s & Harriers there when I last visited but sadly a rare occasion

[mikee115]

Great set of shots and a great looking excercise. Can I ask where the third shot of the HAS was taken and what focal lenth did you use?

Thank you. That was shot through the fence at this W3W location ///fished.shareholder.emotionally. The area is great for landing shots and easy to get to with plenty of parking. This was shot at 200mm.

[Blue Diamond]

Nice selection. Another one for my "to do" list before I'm too old.