FighterControl

Hi everybody.

A long time without any photos posted here mainly due to the covid crisis and the closed borders. I chose to go back to the southwest of the US for a 9 days trip mid december. Not so lucky with the weather so hereafter just a quick summary with blue sky, more or less.

NAF El Centro with a Det. of SH from Lemoore and this E-2C who came for a practise in the afternoon
Grumman E-2C 166506 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

Grumman E-2C 166506 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

A nice weekend at Mesa Gateway airport :
Northrop F-5N 761572 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

Boeing F/A-18E 166440 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

Nellis with an activity stopped twice at 1.30pm, pretty frustrating... but I had the opportunity to get this fashion coating in AZ/CA.
Lockheed Martin F-22A 04-4065 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

Tucson Intl. still with a lot of activity, several waves from 8am.
General Dynamics F-16DM AZ 89-2156 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

A happy end at DM after a long cloudy day
Fairchild A-10C DP 80-0173 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

McDonnell Douglas KC-10A 82-0192 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

And Luke AFB, very busy even on friday. More than 80 movements, 12 Canadians CF-188 were there.
Lockheed Martin F-35A L-003 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

And a nice catch for the french spotter I am :
Dassault Mirage F1 CR N°632 N683AX by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

I will complete this when I could.

A very interesting selection there, thank you for sharing these with us. Look forward to seeing some more.

Looks like a good trip and some great shots there! Looking forward to seeing more.
Thanks,
Paul

Those Hawkeye shots! Endlessly jealous.

Would you mind, at all, if I had a go at using the 2nd image as a reference for drawing?

beautiful photos..very interesting selection.

Daz

Nice set. Always an interesting area to see pictures of. Your editing is crisp and consistent. Well done

Great set. Thanks for sharing what looks like a great trip. I like the F-22.

Belting selection there, Kevin

I love the Hawkeye shots, but there is the little matter of No. 3

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

That's a gorgeous Mirage

Thank you all !

scorpont wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:38 pm

Those Hawkeye shots! Endlessly jealous.

Would you mind, at all, if I had a go at using the 2nd image as a reference for drawing?

If this not for a commercial use and you respect the credit on the photo while posting your drawing, I am not opposed to that.

D2X wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 04, 2022 12:11 pm

Thank you all !

scorpont wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:38 pm

Those Hawkeye shots! Endlessly jealous.

Would you mind, at all, if I had a go at using the 2nd image as a reference for drawing?

If this not for a commercial use and you respect the credit on the photo while posting your drawing, I am not opposed to that.

Not for commercial purposes, I’m practicing getting my drawing back up to scratch at the moment. Cheers for that, if/when I post I’ll put a reference image credit as I always do. Thanks again.

Great pics, love seeing all that detail on the f-22

Great images KD.
Twenty years ago I found Gateway a good place to go on a weekend.
Does NAF El Centro have any Carrier Air Wing work up ops these days or are they all at Fallon, back in the day I had a few fantastic days at EC when the Air Wing were there..

Very nice especially the F22

A 1 Pics you have a great eye , good variety, All the best with the covid in USA . ROB

Excellent set. Thanks for sharing.

great shots those