Photos from a few days ago during the Red Flag 07-2 military exercise at Nellis air force base near Las Vegas.
Nicely loaded F-16 from the 27th fighter wing based at Cannon AFB, the “Fireballs”:
Taxying F-15 aggressor:
Check out the poor forward view of the F-117, at one of its last Red Flags before retirement:
First time for me seeing the EA-6B Prowler in action, another type due for retirement before too long:
RC-135 Rivet Joint:
Tornado IDS:
The highlight for most of us, the RAAF F-111C Aardvarks:
Full report, with more photos and text here:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/Misc/RedFlag0702/Highlights/index.html
All corrections or suggestions welcome!
Richard.
By: Tango III - 9th March 2007 at 09:58
Here is a link with more Red Flag pics.
By: mike currill - 20th February 2007 at 08:09
Fair play to the pilot. I’d say he did a good job there, in fact I reckon he earned his day’s pay purely on the merit of those few seconds.
By: RobAnt - 20th February 2007 at 00:15
Great pictures.
Those F111’s – I always feel like I want to pull it backwards, let it go – and watch it zoom along the kitchen floor – like a clockwork toy. Must be something to do with the undercarriage layout.
😀 😀
Actually, judging by late last year’s problem with an Aussie F111, and the pilots exceptional skill in getting it down safely – I wonder if they need undercarriages at all!!!
By: Dave Burnham - 19th February 2007 at 18:54
Excellent work
By: neal h - 19th February 2007 at 18:47
Cracking photos.
Neal
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February 18, 2007 at 8:41 pm