Red Flag 14-2 - Nellis AFB - March 2014

[Greg_NY]

I attended the Red Flag 14-2 exercise last week at Nellis Air Force Base. In addition to the US squadrons attending, there were also aircraft from the Belgian Air Force, Danish Air Force and the Saudi Arabian Air Force. It was nice to see the B-52s with their smoky takeoffs and the F-35s were pretty badass too.

B-52 from Barksdale AFB
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_0022_800.jpg

KC-135 Tanker from MacDill AFB
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_1259_PS_800.jpg

Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson AFB
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_0023_1040.jpg

Viper from Hill AFB
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_0120_800.jpg

Belgian Air Force F-16AM
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_0213_800.jpg

Belgian Air Force C-130
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_2323_PS_800.jpg

Aggressor F-16 pulling a little Vapor
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_1743_800.jpg

Royal Danish Air Force Viper
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_2352_800.jpg

F-35 Lightning II - my first shots of the Air Force variant
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_1479_PS_800.jpg

http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_1489_PS_800.jpg

Some Red Air F-15s departing
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_9765_PS_800.jpg

http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_9772_800.jpg

http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_9822_PS_800.jpg

Saudi Air Force F-15S
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_2032_800.jpg

Local F-15 departing with practice bombs
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_2470_PS_800.jpg

Raptor over the speedway at sunset
http://www.lebowitzfamily.com/images/nyca/IMG_1340_PS_800.jpg

Thanks for looking

Isaac

[Derf]

OUTSTANDING!!!

[moose135]

Very cool, Isaac! I really need to get out there one of these days.

[Chris S]

AWESOME shots, Isaac !! :cool:

[Greg_NY]

Thanks gentlemen!

[Vinny Ohare]

Really Really Nice!

[Zee71]

Nothing short of outstanding! Red Flag in on my list.

[Greg_NY]

Thanks Mark and Vinny...

[steve1840]

Isaac......great work my friend! Awesome work for sure!

[Kiffy]

Awesome set and great panning!!
What was your shutter speed for the BAF C-130 shot?

[GY757]

Nice. Love that KC-135

[Greg_NY]

Thanks so much Steve, Kiffy and GY757

Kiffy, the shutter speed for the C-130 shot was 1/100 second.

[lijk604]

Isaac...outstanding work! This is definitely a bucket list item for me.

[Greg_NY]

Thank you John!

[SengaB]

Nice shots... Aggressor colors always make the best looking fighters :) Senga

[fk6065]

To echo everyone else,,, OUTSTANDIG indeed...............

[Greg_NY]

Thank you Senga and Fred!

[Idlewild]

Is the drag chute for show, or is actually needed on the B-52? Cool pics, btw.

[Greg_NY]

Thanks Idlewild. Each B-52 I saw over the three days popped a chute, so I would think it is necessary.