- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat
- Registration: NX79863 / 32 (cn A-11008)
- Views: 1657
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington June 29, 2013
A beautiful back-end view of of FHC's newly-restored Hellcat after her first public outing. What a great experience it is to be able to see these warbirds fly!
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat
- Registration: NX79863 / 32 (cn A-11008)
- Views: 1628
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington June 29, 2013
FHC's newly-restored Hellcat starts its take-off run on Free Fly Day "Pacific Legends" followed close behind by a Japanese Zero.
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero
- Registration: NX3852 / UI-161 (cn 3852)
- Views: 2398
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington June 29, 2013
FHC's Zero basks in the sunlight after landing at the close of the Pacific Legends free-flight day.
- Air Force: USA - Marines
- Aircraft: Bell / Boeing MV-22B Osprey
- Registration: 167920 (cn D0131)
- Views: 1708
- Location: Yakima - McAllister Field (YKM / KYKM) , USA - Washington August 20, 2013
The cockpit/instrument panel of an MV-22B Osprey shows the Multi-Purpose Displays and throttle layout of the modern "glass" cockpit.
- Air Force: USA - Marines
- Aircraft: Bell / Boeing MV-22B Osprey
- Registration: 1679620 / 05
- Views: 1263
- Location: Yakima - McAllister Field (YKM / KYKM) , USA - Washington August 20, 2013
An MV-22B from HMM-261 flies in to McAlister Field from Joint Base Lewis-McChord to show off to the public.
- Air Force: Private - Erickson Sky Crane Service
- Aircraft: Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe (S-64B) Skycrane
- Registration: N179AC / 739 (cn 64-091)
- Views: 1513
- Location: Ellensburg - Bowers Field (ELN / KELN) , USA - Washington August 15, 2013
Starting out life as a Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe, this Skycrane has been re-built by Erickson Sky Crane and is now used to fight wildfires. It is seen here carrying a 2,650 US gallon water tank with a siphon filler tube.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman EA-6B Prowler (G-128)
- Registration: 161884 / NE-502 (cn P-107) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1482
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
502 gets fueled up and ready for a mission at NAS Whidbey Island.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman EA-6B Prowler (G-128)
- Registration: 161882 / NE-503 (cn P-105) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1936
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
I was grateful to get the opportunity to shoot so many Prowlers at NAS Whidbey on this trip. It won't be long before they are all retired. This close-up shows the smooth lines and four-seat cockpit of the front fuselage.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk (S-70A)
- Registration: 165758 / FW-758
- Views: 1763
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
One of two Knighthawks based at NAS Whidbey for SAR duty, 758 displays a new over-all white paint job, while her sister remains in Navy gray...For now.
- Views: 1907
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
The view from the tower as 534 gets ready to roll out on an ACM training mission with a student crew on board. VFC-12 and VFC-204 were on-hand to play the "bad guys"
- Views: 1835
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
One of VAQ-129's Growlers sits on the flightline, down for long-term maintenance, while two others sit in the background. Notice the late afternoon fog rolling in off of the straight of Juan De Fuca.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman EA-6B Prowler (G-128)
- Registration: 163884 / NE-500 (cn P-159) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1508
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
A line-up of VAQ-131's Prowlers, lead by the CAG bird.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman EA-6B Prowler (G-128)
- Registration: 163884 / NE-500 (cn P-159) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1423
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
VAQ-131's CAG bird sits on the ramp on Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Island as a line crew down-loads a CATM-88 HARM missile and up-loads a jamming pod with one of the squadron's line birds in the foreground.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman EA-6B Prowler (G-128)
- Registration: 162227 / NJ-910 (cn P-113) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1506
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
A student crew from VAQ-129 goes through final checklists as they prepare for a training sortie at NAS Whidbey Island. VAQ-129 is the training squadron for both the EA-6B and EA-18G aircraft, and have both aiframes in inventory.
- Views: 1569
- Location: Off-Airport - Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
This Intruder and Prowler sit on the corner of Highway 20 and Ault Field Road on the way to NAS Whidbey Island.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman EA-6B Prowler (G-128)
- Registration: 163048 / NJ-504 (cn P-133) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1585
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
As the sun sets on the the EA-6B in the foreground, it rises on the EA-18G in the background on NAS Whidbey Island as the squadrons continue to transition from one to the other. (note the "stolen" rudder on the Prowler)
- Views: 1680
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
A Boeing employee does a quick check on a VAQ-129 EA-18G Growler at NAS Whidbey Island. VAQ-129 handles the training of all Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force pilots and ECMO's in both the EA-6B and EA-18G airframes.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman EA-6B Prowler (G-128)
- Registration: 161882 / NE-503 (cn P-105) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1487
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
VAQ-131 Prowler, assigned to the USS Ronald Reagan and stationed at NAS Whidbey Island.
- Views: 1656
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 30, 2013
Looking at part of VAQ-129's ramp from the tower, and understanding that there are EA-6B, EP-3E ARIES II, and EA-18G, as well as P-3C Orion airframes assigned here, it is easy to understand why NAS Whidbey is called "Home of Electronic Attack"
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian
- Registration: 11-09022 (cn B3022)
- Views: 2533
- Location: Gray Army Airfield (GRF / KGRF) , USA - Washington June 21, 2013
The AH-64E Apache Guardian offers improved engines, transmission and electronics over the AH-64D. This airframe belongs to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the first unit to stand up with the Guardian.
- Air Force: Private - Historic Flight Foundation
- Aircraft: North American P-51B Mustang
- Registration: NX5087F / 42-106638 / E9-R (cn 104-25440)
- Views: 1393
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington July 20, 2013
Impatient Virgin? waits to take to the sky for Allied Aces 2013 Free Fly Day at the Flying Heritage Collection on Paine Field.
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: North American P-51D Mustang
- Registration: NL723FH / 44-72364 / SX-L (cn 122-38823)
- Views: 1737
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington July 20, 2013
Upupa Epops rolls by the crowd line after putting on an impressive display with FHC's Spitfire and the P-51B of the Historic Flight Foundation on Allied Aces Day 2013. All three warbirds are combat vets.
- Air Force: Private - Collings Foundation
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (299P)
- Registration: NL93012 / 42-31909 / OR-R / A (cn 32264)
- Views: 1872
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington June 22, 2013
Nine O Nine taxxis by in preperation for take-off at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington.
- Air Force: Private - Collings Foundation
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (299P)
- Registration: NL93012 / 42-31909 / OR-R / A (cn 32264)
- Views: 4619
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington June 22, 2013
Nine O Nine comes in to land at Seattle's Boeing Field. Although a Vega-built airframe herself, at the height of the war, sixteen Flying Fortresses were being produced at Boeing's Seattle factory per day.