- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian
- Registration: 13-03003 (cn NM003)
- Views: 1156
- Location: Gray Army Airfield (GRF / KGRF) , USA - Washington February 20, 2016
An AH-64E of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade in the process of getting the main rotor blades replaced at Gray Army Airfield, Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk (S-70A)
- Registration: 83-23930 (cn 70-755)
- Views: 1194
- Location: Gray Army Airfield (GRF / KGRF) , USA - Washington February 20, 2016
Preparing for summer fire fighting season, this UH-60A of Charlie Company of the 1-140th, Washington Army National Guard, pulls into a hover with a "Bambi Bucket" attached to its external hook.
- Air Force: India - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: CB8002 (cn F258/IND2) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1014
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington January 30, 2016
An Indian Air Force C-17 turns onto the runway at McChord Field as the sun breaks through the clouds on an other-wise dreary Sunday morning carrying a group of Indian Army Special Forces after a joint exercise with their American counterparts.
- Air Force: India - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: CB8002 (cn F258/IND2) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1210
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington January 31, 2016
Carrying a full load of Indian Army Special Forces soldiers home, this Indian Air Force C-17A takes advantage of a break in the clouds to take to the active runway at McChord Field.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender (DC-10-30CF)
- Registration: 79-1951 (cn 48211/380) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1464
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington January 31, 2016
This KC-10A is up from Travis AFB in support of the KC-46A Pegasus program. It will become the first tanker to refuel the KC-46 (the KC-10's eventual replacement) in mid-air.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 02-1110 (cn F117/P110) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1004
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington November 10, 2015
Returning from a mission to McChord on a very cold and overcast day.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 02-1108 (cn F115/P108) Aircraft Info
- Views: 965
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington November 10, 2015
1108 prepares to take to the active at McChord Field.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 10-0220 (cn F255/P220) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1433
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington November 10, 2015
Among the last C-17's purchased by the United States Air Force, 0220 is caught in a brief moment of sun on a very cold, very gray Tacoma day.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 96-0003 (cn F038/P35) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1470
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington November 10, 2015
Landing on a very cold, very gray day. The F-16 in the background is based at Edwards AFB, and is up in the Pacific Northwest for the next few months in support of the KC-46A testing.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman F-14A Tomcat
- Registration: 160382 / AJ-202 (cn 238) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1469
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington November 4, 2015
The MoF's F-14A sits in the last rays of the sun on a cold fall day in Seattle.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 99-0058 (cn F061/P58) Aircraft Info
- Views: 966
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington October 15, 2015
A McChord-based Globemaster executes a clearing turn after taking off to the South from Grant County International. On most days, you can find one or two of them working the pattern...Often taking turns with NAS Whidbey Island-based P-3 Orions.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota
- Registration: 13-72294
- Views: 1206
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington October 15, 2015
One of two brand-new Lakota's that belong to the Washington Army National Guard and based at Fairchild AFB outside of Spokane.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 08-8195 (cn F217/P195) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1158
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington October 15, 2015
Approaching Runway 4 at Grant County International for one of several touch and go's, with a sister ship right behind him.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota
- Registration: 13-72313
- Views: 1268
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington October 15, 2015
One of two Washington National Guard UH-72A's touching down at Grant County for fuel and lunch during a training mission. These Lakota's are based at Fairchild AFB in Spokane.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota
- Registration: 13-72313
- Views: 1230
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington October 15, 2015
Just delivered to the Washington National Guard this year, a UH-72A does a hover check while preparing to leave the Grant County Airport before RTB to Fairchild AFB.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (737-800ERX)
- Registration: 168854 / 854 (cn 44146/5368)
- Views: 1451
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington October 15, 2015
While Boeing 737s are a very common sight in the skies over Moses Lake, I still enjoy seeing the P-8A's coming in on test flights prior to delivery to the US Navy.
- Air Force: Private - Collings Foundation
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (299P)
- Registration: NL93012 / 42-31909 / OR-R / A (cn 32264)
- Views: 1127
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington June 27, 2015
Although this particular B-17 was built elsewhere, at the height of WWII, there were up to 16 B-17's rolling out of Boeing Field's factory each day.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 02-1111 (cn F118/P111) Aircraft Info
- Views: 987
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington October 5, 2015
Touch and Go at TCM before going on to parts unknown.
- Views: 1441
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington June 27, 2015
The first of two Growlers launches from NAS Whidbey Island in preparation for a fly-by with the last EA-6B in the Navy inventory. If you look closely, you can see the shock diamonds from the afterburners.
- Air Force: Private - Historic Flight Foundation
- Aircraft: North American AT-6A Texan
- Registration: N512SE (cn 88-9421)
- Views: 1053
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington May 16, 2015
HFF's Texan gets ready to depart Paine Field for a flight demonstration. Almost all WWII pilots would use some form of the AT-6 for advanced training, before moving on to aircraft such as the P-51 Mustang.
- Views: 1001
- Location: Portland - Portland-Hillsboro (HIO) , USA - Oregon July 18, 2015
A US Air Force T-6A sits on the tarmac for static display at the 2015 Oregon International Air Show.
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: North American P-51D Mustang
- Registration: NL723FH / 44-72364 / SX-L (cn 122-38823)
- Views: 1313
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington July 30, 2015
Upupa Epops RTB's to Paine Field after practicing with other FHC birds for the Seattle Seafair.
- Air Force: Private - Heritage Flight Museum
- Aircraft: North American P-51D Mustang
- Registration: N151AF / 45-11525 / FF-525 (cn 124-48278)
- Views: 1193
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington July 30, 2015
Val-Halla, a local favorite, rolls in after participating with a US Air Force F-22 Raptor in the USAF Heritage Flight over Lake Washington as part of the Seattle Seafair air show.
- Air Force: Company Owned - Coulson Aviation
- Aircraft: Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules (L-382)
- Registration: N130FF / 131 (cn 382-4901)
- Views: 1177
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington July 9, 2015
Coulson's C-130 comes in after a retardant drop to refuel and "rearm" before going out again. The fires raging throughout Washington State this year are the largest in recorded state history.