Red Flag 2003-4

Thunder, lightning, and rain. These were not conditions for fine photography. Often the only illumination would be the sun poking out through a small opening in the sky. When the photos look grainy, it is due to extreme cropping.  OK, enough griping.

Check out a parachute exercise at the Alamo airport here.

Scanner audio from Red Flag exercises can be heard here.

Close up views of the "roland" radar can be seen here.

F15 smoke signal

AMX at Coyote Summit

(click here above for a high resolution image of the photo above)

GR-7 at Coyote Summit (Harrier)

German Tornadoes at Coyote Summit

I shot virtually everything landing at Nellis. However, few had readable tail numbers due to the poor illumination. All photos taken from Las Vegas Blvd near "the fence".  The really dark looking photographs were taken under extreme overcast except for the hole in the clouds letting through a shaft of light. It would have been better if the sun was just obscured. 

 Lakenheath F15 at Nellis

Scramble Database - Query Results
You searched for Code = 'ln'     The query returned 1 record(s)
 Serial   Code   Type   CN   Unit   Status   First   Last   Comment 
91-0312   LN   F-15E-51-MC   1219/E177   492nd FS   act   18nov92   aug03   'Miss Elizabeth' oct00  

  Lakenheath F15 at Nellis

Scramble Database - Query Results
You searched for Code = 'ln'     The query returned 1 record(s)
 Serial   Code   Type   CN   Unit   Status   First   Last   Comment 
91-0309   LN   F-15E-51-MC   1216/E174   492nd FS   act   09oct92   aug03    

 Davis Monthan A10 (tail 0265) at Nellis

422 Test and Evaluation Squadron F15 at Nellis

Scramble Database - Query Results
You searched for Serial = '80-0052'     The query returned 1 record(s)
 Serial   Code   Type   CN   Unit   Status   First   Last   Comment 
80-0052   OT   F-15C-29-MC   729/C201   422nd TES   act   jan00   jun03    

When the sun comes out, taking photos from Las Vegas Blvd is doable, though a bit far away to get really dramatic photographs.

F15 based in the pacific, probably Kadena, Japan.

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/usa/usaf-pacaf.htm

HH-60G Helicopter at Nellis

Probably from the 66th rescue squadron, but the tail number is obscured. 

The gun in this chopper was just dangling.

 66th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Helicopter

Scramble Database - Query Results
You searched for Serial = '87-26012'     The query returned 1 record(s)
 Serial   Code   Type   CN   Unit   Status   First   Last   Comment 
87-26012   WA   HH-60G   70.1215   66th RQS   act   oct99   oct02    

Clearly, the arms in this chopper were armed.

EA-6B at Nellis

EA-6B, VAQ-142 162230/NL-522 based on an older photo on the Janes website

C130 at Nellis

Thanks to Andrew and Bill for proofing this page, but I take the credit for any mistakes.