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

[Joe Copalman]

Semper Fly

[BillOz]

One of the 8 F-18 Hornets that stopped off for fuel this weekend at WG.
This photo is resized from a 7731 pixel by 2703 pixel stitched photo.  The original shows much more detail than a single photo of the whole bird.   These stitched shots print out very nicely at 36" wide or larger.

[Matt Ottosen]

McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II Plus
Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211) "Wake Island Avengers"
HMM-163 (REIN)
USS Boxer


mcdonnell douglas av-8b harrier II plus by MatthewPHX, on Flickr

[wingsnstuff]

Nice shot Bill.  This is a nice looking Hornet.

[Joe Copalman]

Gunrunners' Huey.

[Matt Ottosen]

Bell AH-1W Super Cobra
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 (HMLA-269) "Gunrunners"


bell ah-1w super cobra by MatthewPHX, on Flickr

[Joe Copalman]

[Jay Beckman]

"Dissimilar Air Combat Training"
(Never Turn On A Merged Cherokee!)

[Jay Beckman]

"Ok, so according to this, we should be at North Island.."

[cpasley]

HAHA great caption Jay as well as a spectacular photo!

[Joe Copalman]

"...Above the Fruited Plain..."

[Jay Beckman]

Now that's different Joe...

Depending on punctuation, the caption could read several different ways.   

[Joe Copalman]

McChord C-17 departing Willie on a Weapons School training flight.

[Paul Dumm]

I do not whant to sound like the Village idiot that I am, But can some one please tell me how/what an unarmed C-17 does at "Weapons school"

[Joe Copalman]

Same concept as what the A-10, F-15, F-16, etc. crews do at their Weapons Schools (advanced training in the latest tactics, how to best utilize their aircraft, how to train their squadronmates, etc), but as you correctly pointed out, no weapons.