Word was when we got out to the States that an Airwing may be in attendance during our base visit and the word was correct with CVW-3 having arrived a few days prior to begin working up.
The only problem seemed to be the forecast temperatures for our day out.....-17deg c on the airfield TAF,so a visit to Wallmart in Ridgecrest for Gloves,Hats and Layers was in order and on the drive there the car temp gauge recorded -20 so it wasn`t far off.
Thanks to the PAO we spent an action packed afternoon at the EOR,so much so that we didn`t have a chance to visit any ramps for images but I`m not going to complain,aswell as the temperatures picking up enough to take off my hat and gloves
Anyway on with the shots
1/VFA-41 FA-18F
2/VAQ-131 Lancers EA-18 lined up
3/VAQ-136 Gauntlets
4/VAQ-133 Wizards
5/Some of the Home Team Hornets FA-18C NAWDC in the brown camo returns
6/Another NAWDC Legacy Hornet with a slow shutter speed
7/NAWDC Growler
8/NAWDC FA-18F plants itself
9/NAWDC F-16 Brown
10/NAWDC F-16 Blue
Some of the visiting CVW-3 Squadron jets,sadly the Growler squadron never flew while we were at the EOR and were just starting to crew up as we were driving off
11/VFA-105 Gunslingers
12/A VFA-83 Rampager lined up on the far runway with a pair of VFA-131 Wildcats
13/VFA-131 Wildcat FA-18E departs on the far runway
14/VFA-32 Swordsmen touching down
15/VFA-83 Rampagers CAG arrives
16/Thanks to the PAO for extending our time at the EOR waiting for this bird to return! VFA-131 CAG
And last but not least some F-5`s of VFC-13 "Saints"
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19/Mig-28
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Still loads of images to work through and we did get to catch the "Topgun" jet but that will have to remain hidden unfortunately
Ross
