Screensaver worthy F-35 Lightning II shots

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 07 May 2022, 22:37

F-35 Demonstration Maneuvers Explained: The Dojo Drift

F 35 Demo Maneuvers Explained

F 35 Demonstration From Inside The Cockpit (Full length)

h-bomb · by **h-bomb** » 08 May 2022, 00:12

doge wrote:Shockingly, F-35 pilots can bring their i-Pad into the cockpit.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/833556/4 ... 35-estonia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtXRRfrmneU

Those are the EFB Electronic Flight Bags (Books) no paper forms checklist etc in the cockpit any longer.

steve2267 · by **steve2267** » 11 May 2022, 18:48

Any suggestions on viewing / photography locations near Eielson AFB?

Also, any ideas how to glean departure or return times (or windows) from open sources for Red Flag Alaska 22-1?

TIA.

sferrin · by **sferrin** » 12 May 2022, 20:06

steve2267 wrote:Any suggestions on viewing / photography locations near Eielson AFB?

Also, any ideas how to glean departure or return times (or windows) from open sources for Red Flag Alaska 22-1?

TIA.

Wherever this guy is:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comme ... ry_alaska/

steve2267 · by **steve2267** » 13 May 2022, 03:17

sferrin wrote:
Wherever this guy is:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comme ... ry_alaska/

Dang. Nice shot. Raptors with tanks. Nice.

Did manage to swing by Eielson AFB. The Gyrenes were there. Saw four Killer Bees launch from Rwy 32, and two-four Super Dupers. Several Eagles on the ramp (made everything else, including Super Dupers which are NOT small) look small. Looked like some visiting Vipers too.

Can't claim the following picks are "great", maybe not even screenworthy, but since my son took the shots, I plonk them here:

Exposure was off on this next shot, but it's got tip vortices, so...

I had to work the day Beowulf stopped by the Rocky Mountain front range last year. This was my first Lightning sighting. My initial impressions -- dang, that sucker is LOUD. Sounds angry -- hungry. Eagles on the ramp - nice. Some Super Dupers. Some Vipers -- always reminds me of a hotrod / Supermarine Spitfire. But the Lightnings... seemed like a spaceship in comparison. First word that jumped to mind when I saw that first one launch... shark. Going to feed.

stereospace · by **stereospace** » 14 May 2022, 05:06

The old and the new:

stereospace · by **stereospace** » 14 May 2022, 05:13

UK/RAF F-35, Red Flag

stereospace · by **stereospace** » 14 May 2022, 05:22

Dutch F-35, Death Valley

sferrin · by **sferrin** » 21 May 2022, 17:04

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 22 May 2022, 06:37

"Maj. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe from the F-35A Demo Team, the F-16 Demo Team commander, Capt. Aimee “Rebel” Fiedler, and the Rhino Demonstration Team lead, Lt Amanda “Stalin” Lee, flew an all-female formation flight at the Oregon International Air Show on May 21."

: Capt. Kip Sumner Photo

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 03 Jun 2022, 17:17

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, departs a Forward Arming and Refueling Point with ordnance at Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Arizona, May 25, 2022. The weapons configuration consists of six guided bombs, with four mounted onto the wings and two loaded into the weapons bay, as well as a Air Intercept Missile 9X. MAG-13 squadrons are capable of conducting offensive air support, anti-aircraft warfare, and aviation reconnaissance from expeditionary sites in any clime and place.

: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz

: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 07 Jun 2022, 11:47

“A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft from No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit practises an aerial handling display over RAAF Base Williamtown, north of Newcastle in New South Wales. ”