Launching from Boeing Field after a fuel stop. Several jets from VFA-147 were returning to NAS Lemoore after participating in Operation Northern Edge in Alaska.
Always fun to see the pilots wave at the spotters along the fence. The first of a four-ship of VFA-154 jets, returning home to NAS Lemoore from the Northern Edge exercise in Alaska.
NAS Whidbey Island's last Prowler taxis by the crowd to drop off its special passenger, Captain (R) Fred Wilmot, who flew the first EA-6B to NAS Whidbey back in 1971.
My first time being up close and personal with a Poseidon. This example is up from NAS Jacksonville, but P-8's will soon begin replacing the P-3 Orion's on base, with a total of 42 airframes eventually stationed at Whidbey.
Better known as the "whale" this Skywarrior is waiting to be put on display on NAS Whidbey Island. Until it is, they occasionally roll it out during special occasions for public viewing.
After a wing-wag goodbye to the crowd, the last US Navy EA-6B Prowler blasts off heading for its final resting place as a display at NAS Point Mugu, California.
Nine O Nine rounds out the Collings Foundation fleet on the Wings of Freedom Tour in Yakima. It is the first time they have visited here in several years. Mount Baker can be seen in the background.
Betty Jane taxis in as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour. This is the first time the Collings Foundation has visited Yakima in several years, and it is a great opportunity to see these warbirds here again.
Tondelayo rolls in to McCormick Air Center for the first time in several years as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour. It has become a rare sight to see the three main US bombers in one spot. Betty Jane, the foundation's P-51C, was there too.
Witchcraft rolls in to McCormick Air Center for the first time in several years on the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour, with the B-17, B-25 and P-51 in tow. Seeing all three primary bombers and a fighter in one place is a rare occurrence now.
The movie Memphis Belle comes in on final approach over Lake Washington into Renton, not far from where B-17's rolled off the line at Boeing Field during WWII.
MH-60M Black Hawk, Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord takes a tight corner to line up with the runway after taking off for the return trip to JBLM.