We got to Davis Monthan pretty early in the morning & we were rewarded by a P-3C going to the Boneyard & an Arizona ANG F-16. It then went very quiet for a while & then we worked out why. The A-10's all took off away from us & then the wind changed direction & they also landed away from us, problem was we couldn't feel the wind where we were so we didn't know until we got bored & walked to the top of a crest & saw all the A-10 lights on approach. However we did get an A-10C launch & a U-28 as well which was nice.
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US Navy P-3C Orion by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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US Navy P-3C Orion by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Arizona ANG F-16C by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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USAF U-28A by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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USAF A-10C Thunderbolt II by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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USAF A-10C Thunderbolt II by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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USAF A-10C Thunderbolt II by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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USAF EC-130H Compass Call by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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USAF EC-130H Compass Call by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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USAF EC-130H Compass Call by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Tucson ANGB
It was much more active here but unfortunately the Iraqi F-16's didn't come out to play so a shot through the substantial haze in the sun sheds will have to do. The Dutch F-16's were out & about & there was a couple of visitors in the form of a US Army UH-72A Lakota & a Singaporean AH-64D Apache.
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Tucson ANGB by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Arizona ANG F-16 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Arizona ANG F-16 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Arizona ANG F-16 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Arizona ANG F-16 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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US Army UH-72A by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Arizona ANG F-16 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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RNLAF F-16 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Singapore Air Force AH-64D by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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RNLAF F-16 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr
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Davis Monthan AFB & Tucson ANGB spotting
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Wow Dan, you must be having a whale of a time photographing in the USA and doing it with such brilliant results.
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Dan, do you have a radio scanner? I can suggest a few freeware apps that will show airport weather info to get winds.
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Thanks John, it was brilliant. Hope to do something similar next year but in Japan.John Young wrote: ↑11 Oct 2017, 14:01 Wow Dan, you must be having a whale of a time photographing in the USA and doing it with such brilliant results.
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We did have one but it was pretty inaudible there for whatever reason. Besides we had some approaches so we assumed we were in the right place & had no reason to changeVictory103 wrote: ↑11 Oct 2017, 21:32 Dan, do you have a radio scanner? I can suggest a few freeware apps that will show airport weather info to get winds.
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Re: Davis Monthan AFB & Tucson ANGB spotting
Dan, you somehow got more action on your visit. Flew out to TUS today and nothing! On departure, picked up a "LIGHTNING" callsign on ATC radio freq going into Jackal MOA, so exciting!
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We got lucky then, they were pretty active in the afternoon. They weren't flying in the morining when we were there so that that may have been a factorVictory103 wrote: ↑17 Oct 2017, 03:36 Dan, you somehow got more action on your visit. Flew out to TUS today and nothing! On departure, picked up a "LIGHTNING" callsign on ATC radio freq going into Jackal MOA, so exciting!
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Re: Davis Monthan AFB & Tucson ANGB spotting
I used to work on A-10's for over 10 years at DM. I wish I could get the Air base scenery to work in P3d V4. Just can't seem to do it. I miss Tucson. . .