DUTCH LIGHTNNG IN FOCUS

Dutch photographer Frank Crébas details his latest assignment, up close with the F-35A over California as well as down in the weeds in an F-16 cameraship. The author rides through the ‘Sidewinder’ low-level route in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the rear cockpit of an F-16BM. 323rd TES F-35A F-002 over San Nicholas Island, off the coast of southern California. This image: Gladys’ goes into the vertical, riding on the 40,000lb of thrust from the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine.