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Very quiet day at El Centro, despite a bunch of T-45s being present. Didn't know at the time but the T-45s were grounded

This came from Oceana, and was followed much later by some VFA-106 Super Hornets, which I missed!

165830 C-40A (VR-56?) NAF El Centro 18th October 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Four of these turned up for a gas and go:

169697/DC05 F-35B VMFA-122 NAF El Centro 18th October 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

169796/DC09 F-35B VMFA-122 NAF El Centro 18th October 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

........... and this turned up and worked the pattern for a while:

169452 CMV-22B VRM-30 NAF El Centro 18th October 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

The CAG showed up on ADSB, went to Yuma, shot an approach, climbed, headed west, descended - and went to Holtville! (a disused airfield east of El Centro)

Caught at Imperial that evening:

168696/YL09 MV-22B VMM-362 Imperial CA 18th October 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

168694/YL08 MV-22B VMM-362 Imperial CA 18th October 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

168677/YT01 MV-22B VMM-164 Imperial CA 18th October 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Very nice batch of shots, thanks for sharing these with us.

Nice set especially the Osprey shots

Very nice shots

Great shots Chris, especially the VMM-164 Osprey at night, Imperial is tough without the refeulling trucks headlights, well done.

Loving the ospreys at Imperial

Kev w

Wow the Ospreys look very cool

Nice shots, Osprey pics are top.

Nice stuff Chris.

Cheers Paul

Lovely Chris. I've always found Imperial a struggle at night but those Osprey's look superb.

Jason Grant wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:33 am

Great shots Chris, especially the VMM-164 Osprey at night, Imperial is tough without the refeulling trucks headlights, well done.

Thanks. The 5D4 with live view seemed to cope quite well with the lack of light.