Back in November my girlfriend or should I say fiance as we got engaged the day before
and I was lucky enough to attend Aviation Nation at Nellis AFB just outside Las Vegas. It was easy to get on base even with my 500mm with parking at the speedway and a shuttle bus service that drops you off on base. We only attended one day as the Saturday forecast looked to be cloudy so these images are from a hot sunny Sunday.Despite their being some big cancellations like the CF-104, MiG-21, NASA ER-2 and Super Guppy the show was still superb. Highlights of the day were the Holloman based QF-4 Phantom which was the types last public performance from the usaf. 2nd usaf role demo which inluded 2x a-10 2x f-15e 2x f-15d 2x pavehawk and 2x f-16 aggressors and 3rd seeing the Thunderbirds performance on home turf.
Here's some images from the day
1. gregory w colyer in his t-33 shooting star with a wall of fire in the background.
Ace Maker II "Fireball" by Nick Collins, on Flickr2. "Elvis" and "wam" piloting the awesome qf-4 phantom, the display was full of afterburner passes.
USAF Phantom last demo by Nick Collins, on Flickr3.
USAF Phantom last demo by Nick Collins, on Flickr4.
phabulous phantoms phorever by Nick Collins, on Flickr5. role demo time
Warthog country by Nick Collins, on Flickr6.
warthog still going strong by Nick Collins, on Flickr7.
strike eagle show of force by Nick Collins, on Flickr8.
eagle unrestricted climb by Nick Collins, on Flickr9.
strike eagle defense by Nick Collins, on Flickr10.
F-15D Afterburners by Nick Collins, on Flickr11. this dc-10 teamed up with a bronco to demonstrate an incredible water drop.
Anyone for a drink? by Nick Collins, on Flickr12. next up is the usaf heritage flight which consisted of an f-22 raptor, f-35a and f-86 sabre.
Raptor time!! by Nick Collins, on Flickr13.
F-86F Sabre | NX186AM | 51-2834 | FU-834 by Nick Collins, on Flickr14.
Old and New USAF air Power! by Nick Collins, on Flickr15.
Old and new by Nick Collins, on Flickr16.
USAF Heritage Flight by Nick Collins, on Flickr17. next up is the super hornet demo team from vfa-122 flying eagles from nearby nas lemoore.
Super Hornet low in the mountains by Nick Collins, on Flickr18.
Inverted Super Bug by Nick Collins, on Flickr19. next up is the c17 globemaster from hickham afb, hawii.
Hawaiian c17 at aviation nation by Nick Collins, on Flickr20.
Hawaiian c17 at aviation nation by Nick Collins, on Flickr21.
Hawaiian c17 at aviation nation by Nick Collins, on Flickr22. Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds at nellis by Nick Collins, on Flickr23.
mirror image by Nick Collins, on Flickr24.
Thunderbirds at nellis by Nick Collins, on Flickr25.
Thunderbirds at Nellis by Nick Collins, on Flickr26.
T birds last demo of 2016 by Nick Collins, on Flickr27.
Thunderbirds at nellis by Nick Collins, on Flickr28.
Thunderbirds at nellis by Nick Collins, on Flickr29.
Thunderbirds turning up the heat by Nick Collins, on Flickr30.
Thunderbird in the sunrise mountains by Nick Collins, on Flickr31.
Thunderbirds at nellis by Nick Collins, on Flickr32.
Thunderbirds at nellis by Nick Collins, on Flickr33. now for some of the static display
62-4133 OF TC-135W 38th RS by Nick Collins, on Flickr34.
N765MG | EO-5C | 204th MI Bn by Nick Collins, on Flickr35.
A-4N | N163EM | Draken intl by Nick Collins, on Flickrthanks for looking
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