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

[Matt Ottosen]

McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II Night Attack
Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211) "Wake Island Avengers"

[Chris V]

[cpasley]

B-17G Flying Fortress - Sentimental Journey 44-83514 by Pasley Aviation Photography, on Flickr

[Joe Copalman]

MEATBALL EXPRESS

[Tower Guy]

Very nice catch Joe, any idea what he's doing in town?

[Joe Copalman]

It's down at AMARG for some upgrade work, It's a recent FMS purchase by Japan and JMSDF crews are there for flight training.  Should be there for another two months or so.  Surprised the hell out of me when I saw it on final at Willie and realized it wasn't one of IAR's Herks.

[cpasley]

Oh wow when I first saw that photo on Flickr I figured you had made a trip to DM, very lucky catch

[Scott Youmans]

A very unlikely visitor. Great catch indeed!

[Joe Copalman]

A very unlikely visitor. Great catch indeed!

My hunch is that it will be a not-so-rare visitor to Willie for pattern work while it's here.  Radio callsign is Juliet November Zero-One-Five if anyone monitors Willie tower.

[azspyder]

Great catch. I thought I saw him the other day making the rounds from my house. It looked like he made quite a few approaches, took off towards the direction Globe, then came back. Hopefully you are correct and we see him often.

[Matt Ottosen]

MEATBALL EXPRESS

Very sweet catch, Joe!

[Bubak]

Boeing-AV-8B-Harrier-II-Plus-165575 by zbubakaz, on Flickr

[cpasley]

A friend bought a obsolete computer at an estate sale like 10 years ago, before throwing out the hard drive he checked for anything and found a few photos from airshows at Luke and Williams AFB. The owner of the computer had passed away so I feel its my duty to share these photos, now the files that were given to me were really small so I could only do minimal to restore, I leveled them and reduced the noise and while not fantastic shots I think their age makes them interesting. This was shot at Williams Air Force base during an airshow but I do not know what year or any info on the Tomcat in the photo

[Rob Silliman]

Antonov AN-124 inbound for a pickup (Aug 9th 2014)

[Tower Guy]

Very nice shot Rob, it is really enhanced by the clouds, great catch.