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Day 1, sat on a hill miles from anywhere. A tad chilly!

91-0601/OT F-15E 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron Tikaboo Valley NV 22nd March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

91-0601/OT F-15E 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron Tikaboo Valley NV 22nd March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Day 2, Nellis, clouded over and a storm appeared. No FLEX departures during the Red Flag launch .

18-5449/OT F-35A 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron Nellis AFB 23rd March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

89-2116/WA/16WPS F-16C 16th Weapons Squadron Nellis AFB 23rd March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

86-0111/EL B-1B 34th Bomb Squadron Nellis AFB 23rd March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

17-5870/LI HC-130J 102nd Rescue Squadron Nellis AFB 23rd March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

18-46042 KC-46A Nellis AFB 23rd March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

89-2065/WA F-16C 16th Weapons Squadron Nellis AFB 23rd March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Day 3 Nellis again, very windy and everything in the Red Flag launch FLEXed!

11-5021/WA/65AGRS F-35A 65th Aggressor Squadron Nellis AFB 24th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

91-0379/SW/79FS F-16C 79th Fighter Squadron Nellis AFB 24th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

926 F-35A 140 Squadron Nellis AFB 24th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

166858/NL540 EA-18G VAQ-132 Nellis AFB 24th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

165212/WT05 F/A-18C VMFA-232 Nellis AFB 24th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

275 KC-707 120 Squadron Nellis AFB 24th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

911 F-35A 140 Squadron Nellis AFB 24th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

87-0039 C-5M 439th Airlift Wing Nellis AFB 24th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Day 4 Palm Springs, museum and a few other spots.

168067/QB KC-130J VMGR-352 Palm Springs CA 25th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Day 5 San Diego, more museums.

129565 Vought F7U-3 Cutlass USS Midway Museum San Diego 26th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Day 6, a day of three parts. Part 1, North Island,

N238PT De Havilland DHC-4A Turbo Caribou NAS North Island 27th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
(Originally with the Kenyan Air Force)

Part 2 El Centro,

169453/23 CMV-22B VRM-30 NAF El Centro 27th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Part 3 Imperial.

167989/QT529 UH-1Y HMLAT-303 Imperial CA 27th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

168700 MV-22B Imperial CA 27th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
Brand new and broken!

169498/SN71 AH-1Z HMLA-169 Imperial CA 27th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Day 7 Yuma.

164129/DD88 and 165002/DD82 AV-8Bs VX-31 MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

169613/MV51 F-35B VMX-1 MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

170003/CJ013 CH-53K HMH-461 MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

164860/YK CH-53E HMH-466 MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

168651/EM51 MV-22B VMM-261 MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

N118NX/118 Mil Mi-24D MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

168657/YW09 MV-22B VMM-165 MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

165230/WK04 F/A-18C VMFA(AW)-224 MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
Aren't you supposed to leave those behind?!

761586/LS00 F-5F VMFT-401 MCAS Yuma 28th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Day 8 Yuma again.

170092/VW316 F-35C VMFA-314 MCAS Yuma 29th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

761546/LS04 F-5N VMFT-401 MCAS Yuma 29th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

5147 F-35A MCAS Yuma 29th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

169924/CE06 F-35B VMFA-225 MCAS Yuma 29th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

169229/QH KC-130J VMGR-234 MCAS Yuma 29th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Day 9, back to Vegas via Bullhead City and Nellis, and home.

78-0651/DM 'Memphis Belle III' A-10C 355th Wing Laughlin/Bullhead City AZ 30th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
That's the Colorado River in the background, and the casinos of Laughlin, NV.

81-0962/DM A-10C 355th Wing Laughlin/Bullhead City AZ 30th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

170017 P-8A Laughlin/Bullhead City AZ 30th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

A41-212 C-17A 36 Squadron Nellis AFB 30th March 2023 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
Bad weather in Vegas, again

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Very nice shooting.

Great set from the first to last shot

I need to lay down!!

Brilliant!
Many thanks for sharing these.

Oh wow!
An absolutely wonderful set, but the star for me amongst the gems has to be the Caribou.
Thanks for sharing them 🫶

A really good set of pictures,the mi24 was part of the nellis air show in 2017. I knew it had left its nice to see it still flying.

65thAgressor wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:14 pm

A really good set of pictures,the mi24 was part of the nellis air show in 2017. I knew it had left its nice to see it still flying.

I think it's a regular at Yuma, at least during WTIs. It flies as part of Red Air.

brilliant set there, thanks for sharing.

Good Lord

Not often I go back to the start and peruse every single shot, but I did with those

As for those gorgeous little Northrops

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

That's a particularly stunning set of photos.

paddyboy wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 04, 2023 4:10 am

Good Lord

Not often I go back to the start and peruse every single shot, but I did with those

As for those gorgeous little Northrops

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

Thanks Paddy!

Decent haul there Chris

Quality photos, and a great selection of types. Hard to pick a favourite.


Thanks for sharing these.


Roger

Wonderful set.

Top man,Terry, Rob

SW Sky Blue wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:34 am

Decent haul there Chris

It was indeed, cheers Kev

Seacat192 wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:07 am

Hard to pick a favourite.

The A-10s, especially as I went there on a hunch, and had only been there a few minutes when they turned up!

747woody wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:12 pm

Seacat192 wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:07 am

Hard to pick a favourite.

The A-10s, especially as I went there on a hunch, and had only been there a few minutes when they turned up!

Those A-10s do look special in the camo scheme. Thanks for posting!

Superb selection

I do like the Memphis Belle III

The Nellis shots are super sharp