Nellis Air Force Base!

[seahawks7757]

A nice day trip to Nellis yesterday with my 100-400MM in hand led for a great time this time down there!
C-130-
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F-15-
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Main Reason I go for the F-22 Raptor-
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[gettysburgerrn]

Those raptor shots are great !!

ken

[seahawks7757]

Thank You!

[gettysburgerrn]

It must be awesome to watch those raptors take off and land - how low were they when you got those shots?
Ken

[puckstopper55]

is this a daily occurrence, or was this a "special" time (ie, show prep, or something)?

Also, for being an AFB, these are amazing shots, I am surprised you didnt get bothered by MP's or something.

[seahawks7757]

The Raptors are sweet! They were on taking off but not more then 500 fett over head.

And this is a daily thing at the base. Nellis is one of the few spotter friendly AFB's. They post on there site when they are having events such as Red Flag next month. I will be back down for that!

[seahawks7757]

A few more F-22 shots. There are still wuite a few to go through that will be out soon
Did an HD version here of this Alaska Based F-22 07-0136-
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Then a little formation coming back-
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And 99-0011 doing a bunch of touch and goes-
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[Steven Holzinger]

Nice pictures! Just a hint...most of the F-22 registrations have a 4 in it... your 07-0136 should be 07-4136 and 99-0011 should be 99-4011.

[Greg_NY]

is this a daily occurrence, or was this a "special" time (ie, show prep, or something)?

Also, for being an AFB, these are amazing shots, I am surprised you didnt get bothered by MP's or something.

There was a Green Flag event going on through June 4: http://www.nellis.af.mil/library/flyingoperations.asp



... They post on there site when they are having events such as Red Flag next month. I will be back down for that!
The Raptors are sweet! They were on taking off but not more then 500 fett over head.


Very nice pics. I'll be at Red Flag next month as well - Might even run into you there...

Isaac

[seahawks7757]

I will be there on the mondays for sure. I have most of that first week off so might stay longer

[chrisparypa]

can you spot on Nellis without any problems ?? maybe you can make a little guide ?? Im gonna be there in November for T-birds homecoming air show and planning to stay up to 10 days to see KLAS and spot a little :P

[seahawks7757]

can you spot on Nellis without any problems ?? maybe you can make a little guide ?? Im gonna be there in November for T-birds homecoming air show and planning to stay up to 10 days to see KLAS and spot a little :P


I'll see what I can do for you. Might make a whole guide for the site.

[seahawks7757]

And a few more from that day!-
F-16-
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F-15-
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One of my favorite angle shots of any jet!
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