Barry M. Goldwater Range

[Joe Copalman]

Not the best IQ, but it's a strobe.  And a gun pass.


INSANE 1 pulling off target after a strafe pass.

[wingsnstuff]

Wow!  Range shots.  That doesn't happen often.  Both are beautiful shots.  I hope you were in something armored...20 and 30 can skip a long way when they hit something hard (rocks, targets, stuff like that).  Very nice Joe. 

[Joe Copalman]

358th FS 'hawg laying down the law.  Note the 30mm round on its way to the target.


310th FS Viper pulling up after a rocket pass.  The 310th is the Air Force's schoolhouse for F-16 Airborne Forward Air Controllers, so they train regularly with rockets for marking targets from the air.  Graduates move on to one of the AFAC-tasked units at Hill, Osan, or Aviano.

[Matt Ottosen]

DUDE!! 
I can see why you sent me the text yesterday worded the way it was!!

[jslugman]

Not the best IQ, but it's a strobe.  And a gun pass.

Very nice Joe, love how you caught the LANTIRN pod looking forward instead of in the stowed position like we usually see it.

[Joe Copalman]

Another Tophats' viper making a strafe run:

[cpasley]

Puff Puff ,doesnt look very threatening unless you know whats really going on here ,thousands of 20 mike mike raining pure hell ,I like it! 

[josephea6]

Nice selection of pics Joe!

[Jay Beckman]

Ok, here comes the Goldwater "rant"

We shot from the top level of the Range Safety Tower


Hi Tech Deconfliction .. The elevation lines correspond to the wires strung outside and allow the range safety officer to judge height above the ground for various attack profiles.


Rocket, Man...


HE Rocket Impact


Next We Bomb


Hog Off Target


Eyeballing The Target (or us, not quite sure)


"Foul Line" .. No firing beyond this row of tires (aircraft passing from camera right to camera left)

[Jay Beckman]

Hog Gun Runs









Off Target Angles

[Jay Beckman]

Falcon Fun

Popping flares off a bombing pass


Gun Runs
















High-Speed Pass For The Families

[Jbong]

Awesome Frickin Photos Jay and Joe.

[Jay Beckman]

I was with an escorted group from the Arizona Pilots Association and Joe was my guest.  The APA was originally scheduled for this visit last spring but it was cancelled due to a weather-induced No Fly that day.

[F-16_fixer]

Damn... just WOW!  I wish I could have been there.  I'm super Jealous.  Very nice photos guys! 

[Jbong]

Ok, here comes the Goldwater "rant"

What does Goldwater "Rant" mean?