Edwards 2003 Open House


B2

Thanks to Magoo for pointing out I originally had this photo up side down. It's not easy to tell when the plane has no tail! In this particular photo, the plane was quite far away, but the lighting made the plane look very 3D, thus I took the shot. The sun is coming from the right side of the photograph, so the plane is climbing. [Unfortunately a bit overexposed image.]

(This photo is of no significance other than I thought the composition of the B2 and a Herc was interesting in a ying-yang sense.)


F117a

Tail number (79-783)


C130 Cargo Drop 

Scramble Database - Query Results
You searched for Serial = '98-1355'     The query returned 1 record(s)
 Serial   Code   Type   CN   Unit   Status   First   Last   Comment 
98-1355   -   C-130J   5491   135th AS   act   jan00   aug03   MD ANG  

Some additional info from "secretjet":

C-130J Hercules 98-1355
175th Wg, 135th AS Maryland ANG
Warfield ANGB. `Baltimore'.


Nato AWACS (E3B)

AN/AYR-1 passive surveillance (Tip thanks to "secret jet")


F35 Mock-up


X-45 UCAV 


X-34

The X-34 is a reusable spacecraft. It's not clear how much function this unit on display possessed.


N9M (flying wing prototype)

 


CV-22


F15/F16 fly-by

Scramble Database - Query Results
You searched for Serial = '76-0116'     The query returned 1 record(s)
 Serial   Code   Type   CN   Unit   Status   First   Last   Comment 
76-0116   ED   F-15A-18-MC   324/A268   445th FLTS   act   jan96   oct03   '412 TW' apr03  

 


Air Refueling


The "armada" signifies the end of flying.


Southern California fires as seen looking towards "south base".


The Predator sensor array. And you wonder why Osama is scared to leave his cave....


JDAM


GBU-27 


B83 nuclear bomb

You can bet these are inert. The tail number on the F16 in the background is 87-352, for those keeping score.


Mercedes Benz Gem Car puts those old Cushmans to shame.