Spotting up and down the east coast of the United States
Posted: 23 Aug 2009, 21:50
Here's a collection of shots I took last night while spotting military AI aircraft around the eastern coast of the USA. Enjoy.
AH-64 Apache from Ft. Bragg, NC cruising by Seymour Johnson AFB:
A pair of Apaches out on one of the Ft. Bragg range complexes:
A lone AV-8B Harrier from MCAS Cherry Point, makes his way across the Carolina shore:
A flight of two Marine Corp Harriers from Cherry Point, line up for their landing approach:
A rare sight, a US Marine Corps C-9 executive transport:
Another C-9 transport, this time from the US Navy:
The mighty C-23 Sherpa sits quietly awaiting its next mission:
Marine Corps C-130Js bask in the evening light on the ramp at MCAS Cherry Point:
Cruising down the coast, another C-130J, this time serving the US Coast Guard and flying from CGAS Elizabeth City, NC:
A line of CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Ft. Bragg:
Spotted at Naval Air Station Oceana is this Navy E-6B Mercury:
Just up the road from NAS Oceana, this F-15C from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB chases its own shadow to touchdown:
A visitor to the ramp at Cherry Point, this F-15E Strike Eagle is overnighting before returning to its home of Mountain Home AFB in Idaho:
Out testing the latest upgrades to the Fighting Falcon is this F-16C from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron based at Eglin AFB in Florida:
Crusing just off the coast in search of intruding submarines is this P-3C Orion based out of NAS Jacksonville in Florida:
A T-34C Mentor sits on the ramp at NAS Oceana:
A flight of student Naval Aviators and their instructors head for MCAS Cherry Point in their T-45C Goshawks:
From US Navy Training Wing 4, NAS Corpus Christi Texas, This lone T-45 prepares to land at NAS Oceana:
An overseas visitor, an RAF Typhoon rests for the night at NAS Oceana:
Thanks for looking!
AH-64 Apache from Ft. Bragg, NC cruising by Seymour Johnson AFB:
A pair of Apaches out on one of the Ft. Bragg range complexes:
A lone AV-8B Harrier from MCAS Cherry Point, makes his way across the Carolina shore:
A flight of two Marine Corp Harriers from Cherry Point, line up for their landing approach:
A rare sight, a US Marine Corps C-9 executive transport:
Another C-9 transport, this time from the US Navy:
The mighty C-23 Sherpa sits quietly awaiting its next mission:
Marine Corps C-130Js bask in the evening light on the ramp at MCAS Cherry Point:
Cruising down the coast, another C-130J, this time serving the US Coast Guard and flying from CGAS Elizabeth City, NC:
A line of CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Ft. Bragg:
Spotted at Naval Air Station Oceana is this Navy E-6B Mercury:
Just up the road from NAS Oceana, this F-15C from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB chases its own shadow to touchdown:
A visitor to the ramp at Cherry Point, this F-15E Strike Eagle is overnighting before returning to its home of Mountain Home AFB in Idaho:
Out testing the latest upgrades to the Fighting Falcon is this F-16C from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron based at Eglin AFB in Florida:
Crusing just off the coast in search of intruding submarines is this P-3C Orion based out of NAS Jacksonville in Florida:
A T-34C Mentor sits on the ramp at NAS Oceana:
A flight of student Naval Aviators and their instructors head for MCAS Cherry Point in their T-45C Goshawks:
From US Navy Training Wing 4, NAS Corpus Christi Texas, This lone T-45 prepares to land at NAS Oceana:
An overseas visitor, an RAF Typhoon rests for the night at NAS Oceana:
Thanks for looking!
It was just a small thing someone had put together and uploaded to AVSIM I believe; it may not have even had the models included. Good luck evrybody! 