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Hello from the otherside. I have been seeing people photographing from the perimeter fence of Luke everyday on the way to work. (my shop is on the other side if the runway.) figured I'd stop being a stranger and say hi to the group again.

Sorry for the lack of activity, I've been busier than I wanted in the last few months, but now that I'm home and finally out of "training status" I'll hopefully have More time to actually do something again.

I'll be stationed at Luke until mid January, so if you happen to either see my silver honda drive by or would like to meet up, don't be afraid to say hi or wave.

-Daniel

A few more F-15's at DM, sadly the light today was a crapshoot

Another shot

Departing DM sometime in November 2014

Hopefully will have a few better shots as the week goes on.

Welcome back, Daniel, great to hear from you!  Thanks for stepping up to serve as well.  Interesting time to be joining the 944th, they've already got some pilots going through the F-35 instructor course at Luke.  

Yep! Rumor is we'll be receiving our first F-35 in November, of course that is just something floating around with the rest of the DTF'ers (Development Training Flight)  so anything can still happen.

Thanks for the warm welcome Joe, it's a pleasure to be back.

Welcome Back, Daniel and thank you for service.  i hope very much that we can get together and photograph more in the future.
bill word

Welcome back Daniel. I look forward to shooting with you again.

Thanks guys! I actually was able to swing some days off this week (Mon and Wed) if you were looking to get together for some morning shooting. Also I have noticed they posted a SF in a tower on the perimeter fence near the guardrail, has there been any problems since the base gone to a higher alert?

Might as well re-introduce myself since I have been away for so long.

Long hours and the distance from work unfortunately put a choke hold on my availability to get out and actually shoot, however, all those photos I have backlogged into my computer I have no excuse for... I need to start working on them again and get them posted up here. I have also enlisted in the Air Force Reserve in December 2014, and am currently serving as a trainee with the 944 FW out of Luke Air Force Base. Thanks to the budget, I am still waiting for my basic training and technical school dates.

My name is Daniel DeSart, I live in Tucson and have been in the hobby since 2010 thanks to the help of Bill Word and Ned Harris. My interests are primarily military aircraft (helicopters) and law Enforcement / Emergency vehicles.

It was either this or a C40 clipper. 

Bump! 

Training wheels



Always my luck to catch a T-38 at Willie