Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks Anna!  Long time no see by the way....

[Jay Beckman]

You're just killing it with the F-35 images Scott!

[Scott Youmans]

No animals were harmed during the taking of these photos! Thanks Jay!

[Jonathan Navarro]

Beautiful images Scott!

[Scott Youmans]

Thank you Jonathan!

[Scott Youmans]

Sure miss those colorful Navy paint schemes from the 1950's through the 1970's. At least VMFAT-501 has some art on the tail. Looks a bit like the Australian F-35As.

[Joe Copalman]

Gorgeous shot, Scott.  That sky just works so well here.  No need to worry about glare from any angle with clouds like that!

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks Joe! Like a giant softbox!

[Joe Copalman]

Definitely. 

Do you have any idea why they reestablished the squadron as -501 instead of -451?  Always been a bit of a head-scratcher for me. 

[Ned Harris]

F-35B, MCAS Yuma, 10/6/15.

_31A7245 USMC F-35B (BuNo 168723) by Ned Harris, on Flickr

[Tower Guy]

This is a great shot of the Transformer Ned, I can see why you do an extended stay for WTI, great opportunities at Yuma.

[Scott Youmans]

Excellent crisp shot Ned. Amazing how many things deploy on the "B" when it goes into STOVL mode.

[Ned Harris]

Thanks Harvey & Scott. I appreciate the feedback.

[Scott Youmans]

F-35B - Well after several weeks of silent running I decided to finally post something. It was a tough December. My mother passed away at 91 years and 2 days of age. Four days after my birthday, two days after hers. She was literally in my arms when she passed and it was a life changing experience. Anyway I haven't been too active except for some coffee shop photos taken with mainly old lenses and a Sony A7R II.  This shot was taken last October. Thanks for the happy birthday comments last month. I didn't see them until today.

[Joe Copalman]

Beautiful shot, Scott.  So sorry to hear about your mother's passing.

I was also at PASM recently and saw your jumbo-sized print of the two Hornets on the wall in the gift shop.  Very nice work.  I have a shot taken at the same moment, but scrolled past it in my editing because it was so heavily backlit.  Impressive processing on your shot to say the least.