As many of you know, I am in Hampton Roads, Virginia right now until Friday, shooting pictures at NAS Oceana and Langley AFB. So far I have had no luck with Langley activity, but am having a blast with Oceana. Tuesday was spent spotting outside the base, while Wednesday I was on base for at least 6½ hours. I got to go inside hangars from VFA-106 and VF-31/VF-32/VF-101/VFA-103, watch some operations from a terminal, went with a Super Hornet pilot to fly the demo in a simulator and got to try out the sim myself, and got to shoot some Hornets on the takeoff roll by 32L.
Active runways: 14L and 14R on Tuesday, 32L and 32R on Wednesday. All pictures taken from a spot off Potters Road, which is almost usually not a problem in terms of local and military police.
F/A-18 Hornet on takeoff from 14R.
F/A-18 Hornet on short final to 14L for a touch and go.
F/A-18F Super Hornet on short final to 14R for a landing.
F-14 Tomcat from VF-32 Swordsmen in retro paint scheme.
F-14 Tomcat from VF-101 Grim Reapers, also in a retro paint scheme.
F/A-18D Hornet from VFA-106 Gladiators emergency landing on 5L, caught the wire.
F-14 Tomcat from VF-213 Black Lions on very short final to 32L.
F-14 Tomcat from VF-213 Black Lions on very short final to 32L. This Tomcat blew a tire shortly after the picture was taken.
F/A-18 Hornet from VFA-81 Sunliners holding short for 32L while the first Black Lion pictured comes in to land.
Sunliner on takeoff roll. Shot from the meatball at 32L. Hearing protection a MUST here if anywhere!!!
F/A-18 Hornet from VFA-105 Gunslingers going to rotate sometime soon, with afterburners going.
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