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.
An Oregon National Guard Chinook prepares to depart McCormick Air Center after dropping off a load of JBLM-based Soldiers on a rainy February afternoon.
After a two-week deployment to Central Washington, This MH-60 of Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 160th SOAR prepares to head back to its base at Joint Base Lewis-McChord outside of Tacoma, Washington
After almost two weeks in Yakima for training, 03787 and her three sisters pull out and head back over the Cascade mountains to Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Known as "Guardian Angel" on her last deployment to Afghanistan with the Washington National Guard, this CH-47D is on her last mission before going through phase and being sold through the FMS program. The unit is already receiving new-build CH-47F's.
Fresh up from a re-fit in California, this MH-47G belongs to Bravo Company of the 4th Battalion of the 160th SOAR. It features the new cowling art of the company's moniker, "Evil Empire".
Usually a common sight around Yakima, I had not seen this particular C-12 around in a while, and now I know why. It was upgraded with the Common Missile Warning System and a Chaff/Flare dispenser on the back-right part of the fuselage.
Santa's Coal Delivery Vehicle this year, an MH-60M from the 4th Battalion, 160th SOAR (A) based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, stops by Yakima for some training.
An MH-60M from Charlie Company of the 4th Battalion gets ready to head out on infiltration/exfiltration mission with a group of "undisclosed customers" over the Yakima Training Center.
Crewmen from the 160th SOAR prepare an MH-60M from the Charlie Company of the 4th Battalion based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for another mission on a dreary December day in Yakima.