NAF El Centro Base Visit - Feb 21, 2013

[Greg_NY]

I would like to share some photos I took on a recent visit to NAF El Centro.The Blue Angels were doing their winter
training and flew twice each day. There was also some other interesting aircraft.











T-34C


T-45 Goshawks from VT-7




Marine F/A-18D from VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters at Miramar - did one touch and go and left


Prowler from VAQ-129 - sad to see these go




Growler from VAQ-129 Vikings


Growler from VAQ-136 and some T-45s above


Rhino from VFA-86 out of NAS Lemoore


MV-22B Ospreys from VMM-363 out of MCAS Miramar




Growler from VAQ-136 Gauntlets


Last departure we saw after sunset - Marine F/A-18C from VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters



Thanks for looking

Isaac

[Derf]

Great coverage. Love all the shots

[wunaladreamin]

Damn Isaac that is some splendid work!

[Greg_NY]

Thanks so much guys. I got to give much credit to the PAO folks at NAF El Centro for being so photographer friendly!

[captmjk16]

Awesome shots, I wish all bases were this photographer friendly, the PAO around here usually just returns my requests with the email equivalent of a dirty look and rolled eyes.

[Ychocky]

Did the guy get his hat back?

Awesome shots, nice to get so close to the action.

[MarkLawrence]

I was going to say - lovely shot of the hat! LOL - Great shots Isaac!!!

[Greg_NY]

Thanks guys.

Yeah, the guy ran after his hat :) but that could have been a FOD problem if it blew across the runway. I couldn't believe how much rotor wash the Osprey produced ...

[lijk604]

Awesome set Isaac. Great work, you lucky dog.

[Chris S]

Isaac, AWESOME shots and good talking to you yesterday !!
BTW, here's that El Centro Photo Call video from the other day that I was telling you about.
Wait until you see what happens around 30 second mark ... Down goes FRAZIER !! Ha !

[Greg_NY]

Thanks so much Chris. Good talking to you too.

Oh man, that video is freakin hilarious, I had to watch it a couple of times! Thanks for posting. The jetwash is unbelievable though and I've seen people get knocked over before. Camera bags go flying etc...

[MSN007]

Awesome set man love the third picture.

[megatop412]

Seriously impressive work. How does one get a pass into this kind of action