Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA, KIWA, IWA) "Willie"

[Matt Ottosen]

Wow, nice catch!!  Might not be "perfect" light, but a damn fine shot nonetheless!

[David Loera]

very nice I was putting up xmas lights and this guy flew over my house a couple times, and I just thought it was another AZ Guard KC-135.

[Jay Beckman]

Willie has been extra "on" lately.  Caught this TACAMO doing touch-and-goes this evening on my way home from work.  Had I left five minutes earlier, I would have caught it in some gorgeous light just before sunset.

Nice Catch Joe!

Any chance you shot this in RAW?  You just might have enough lattitude to pull that moon back while boosting the jet a little via masking.  This thing stood out like a sore thumb.  I could see it going round the patch from all the way over at Chandler Muni.

[Joe Copalman]

Nah, shot it in JPEG, but I can definitely see the value of shooting this in RAW.  Good moon shots and good airplaine-in-a-dark-sky shots unfortunately demand different exposures.  And thanks guys.

[Joe Copalman]

More awesomeness from Willie.  Along with the TACAMO yesterday, we had a PZL M28 from the 318th Special Operations Squadron come through in the afternoon.

[redsox223]

Nice catch sir.

[jslugman]

Wow, two great shots in a row.

[josephea6]

Departing Gateway last Thursday.

[Joe Copalman]

Awesome catch Joe!  Really wish I would have had my camera that day.

[josephea6]

Thanks Joe.

[Joe Copalman]

T-38 backseater from the 1st RS out of Beale AFB studies a map at Willie before departure.

[jslugman]

Did he have to pay extra for the super-shiny flight jacket?

[Paul Dumm]

Out at Willie this AM

[Joe Copalman]

Oh when the Saints come marchin' in...

[Joe Copalman]

There's a "wet Willie" joke somewhere in here.

305th RQS Pave Hawk from D-M spooling up at Willie yesterday evening.