- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 00-0179 (cn F086/P79) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1095
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington February 26, 2013
A McChord-based C-17 works the pattern above Grant County International Airport.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Sikorsky MH-60L Black Hawk (S-70A)
- Registration: 91-26360 (cn 70-1657)
- Views: 3968
- Location: Yakima - McAllister Field (YKM / KYKM) , USA - Washington January 29, 2013
This MH-60L participated in (and was seriously damaged during)Operation Gothic Serpent, where it was known by the name of "Thrasher".
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Sikorsky MH-60L Black Hawk (S-70A)
- Registration: 90-26293 (cn 70-1523)
- Views: 2344
- Location: Yakima - McAllister Field (YKM / KYKM) , USA - Washington January 29, 2013
A head-on view of one of three MH-60L's of the 150th SOAR as it awaits fuel before heading to the YTC for a live-fire training drill.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Sikorsky MH-60L Black Hawk (S-70A)
- Registration: 91-26360 (cn 70-1657)
- Views: 2164
- Location: Yakima - McAllister Field (YKM / KYKM) , USA - Washington January 29, 2013
This MH-60L stopped by as part of a three-ship to get fuel before hitting the Yakima Training Center for some live-fire gunnery practice. This airframe is based at JBLM and was seriously damaged during Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia, October 3, 1993
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 10-0217 (cn F248/P217) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1099
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington July 21, 2012
0217 was set up as an aeromedical unit for the 2012 JBLM Air Expo.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet
- Registration: 165668 / 201 (cn 1500/F007) Aircraft Info
- Views: 2180
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington July 21, 2012
VX-31's CAG bird on the taxiway as it prepares to take off before the start of the Saturday edition of JBLM Air Expo 2012.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon
- Registration: 88-0459 / HL (cn 1C-61) Aircraft Info
- Views: 2505
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington July 21, 2012
LT Col. Tyler Otten gets settled into his office before the Viper West demo/Heritage Flight at the 2012 JBLM Air Expo. LT. Col. Otten is wearing the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
- Registration: 52-0994 (cn 43903)
- Views: 1527
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington November 23, 2012
This Globemaster II sits at the McChord airpark and as well as being one of only 9 left in the world, also has the distinction of being the last one to fly, having flown non-stop from Detroit, MI to McChord on October 9, 1986
- Air Force: USA - Coast Guard
- Aircraft: Lockheed HC-130H Hercules (L-382)
- Registration: 1703 (cn 382-4967)
- Views: 1163
- Location: Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island NAS / Ault Field (NUW) , USA - Washington July 29, 2011
The nose of a US Coast Guard HC-130H at the NAS Whidbey Island CONA event. This Hercules flew up from Sacramento, CA for the event.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Boeing Vertol CH-47D Chinook
- Registration: 91-10248 / 248 (cn M3397) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1552
- Location: Off-Airport - Leavenworth , USA - Washington September 21, 2012
This CH-47D of the Washington National Guard waits in a farmer's field for weather to clear so that it can help fight the fires raging in Central Washington.
- Air Force: Private
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47A Skytrain
- Registration: N63440 / 43-15728 (cn 20194)
- Views: 1614
- Location: Arlington - Municipal (AWO) , USA - Washington October 6, 2011
This C-47, upon Military retirement, was used by several airlines, and in 1966, was used by a certain man by the name of Ronald Reagan when he ran for governor of California!
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 02-1107 (cn F114/P107) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1359
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington July 21, 2012
- Air Force: Private - Heritage Flight Museum
- Aircraft: Douglas A-1D Skyraider (AD-4N)
- Registration: NX965AD / 26965 / TC (cn 7765)
- Views: 1725
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington July 21, 2012
The Proud American folds her wings after participating in the 2012 JBLM Air Expo.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Fairchild A-10C Thunderbolt II
- Registration: 80-0246 / DM (cn A10-0596) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1092
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington July 20, 2012
Staring right down the barrel(s) of the biggest cannon ever to be mounted to a fighter aircraft...The 30mm GAU-8A Avenger.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 08-8193 (cn F215/P193) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1419
- Location: Tacoma - McChord AFB (TCM / KTCM) , USA - Washington July 20, 2012
8193 sits on the tarmac during the 2012 JBLM Air Expo.
- Views: 1155
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington May 12, 2012
This AV-8C sits in the lawn just outside the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk (S-70A)
- Registration: 166291 / FW-291
- Views: 1966
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington August 29, 2012
An MH-60S from NAS Whidbey Island cruises down the active runway before landing at KBFI.
- Air Force: USA - United States Forest Service
- Aircraft: Bell UH-1H Iroquois (205)
- Registration: N338WN / 8 (cn 4138) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1324
- Location: Ellensburg - Bowers Field (ELN / KELN) , USA - Washington October 25, 2012
The first snow of the season sits on the hills as this DNR Huey basks in the early-morning autumn sun. This is the earliest it has snowed in the Kittitas Valley in close to 50 years.
- Air Force: USA - United States Forest Service
- Aircraft: Bell UH-1H Iroquois (205)
- Registration: N345WN / 5 (cn 13328) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1658
- Location: Ellensburg - Bowers Field (ELN / KELN) , USA - Washington October 25, 2012
One of three DNR Hueys based in Ellensburg. Despite the record-early snowfall, fire danger in the Kittitas Valley is still moderate, so I expect them to stick around for another month or so before departing for their "winter home" in Olympia.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota
- Registration: 10-72173 (cn LUH173)
- Views: 1347
- Location: Off-Airport - Ellensburg , USA - Washington October 23, 2012
This Lakota landed in a field just off-campus to allow a detachment of Army ROTC cadets to get some first-hand experience with battlefield first aid and evacuation.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota
- Registration: 10-72173 (cn LUH173)
- Views: 1709
- Location: Off-Airport - Ellensburg , USA - Washington October 23, 2012
The Lakota just prior to touch-down in a field in Ellensburg.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache Longbow
- Registration: 00-05173 (cn PVD173)
- Views: 2236
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington July 13, 2012
A good shot of the "sugar scoop" exhausts on an AH-64D Apache now based at Joint Base Lewis McChord.
- Air Force: USA - United States Forest Service
- Aircraft: Bell 209
- Registration: N107Z (cn 22342)
- Views: 2321
- Location: Ellensburg - Bowers Field (ELN / KELN) , USA - Washington October 3, 2012
Up from Redding, CA, this ex-US Army Cobra is in Ellensburg to provide FLIR support while looking for hot spots from the Table Mountain Fire burning North of Ellensburg.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk (S-70A)
- Registration: 85-24430 (cn 70-909)
- Views: 1393
- Location: Ellensburg - Bowers Field (ELN / KELN) , USA - Washington August 15, 2012
A close-up of the UH-60L as it takes off with a 660 gallon "Bambi Bucket" sling-loaded underneath it.