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

[Joe Copalman]

524th SOS Dash-8 shooting the ILS at Willie this morning:

[Jason Hyatt]

I wonder if the Hounds of Heaven ever imagined that they would go from Vipers to the Dash-8..... A lovely image of BRAC in all its splendor....

Nice light on a rare bird, Joe!

[Joe Copalman]

And I'm sure their families appreciate the more frequent and less predictable deployments to places the pilots and crews can't talk about.   

[Ryan Keough]

Is it me, or is that Dash-8 wearing old Shuttle America (Northeast Commuter Line from 1998-2001) livery?  Curious as I flew on them a lot and probably was on that ship a time or two.

Thanks,
Ryan

[Joe Copalman]

If so, it's a repaint, as most (all?) of the Dash-8s that went to AFSOC are ex-Horizon birds.

[Chris Kennedy]

If so, it's a repaint, as most (all?) of the Dash-8s that went to AFSOC are ex-Horizon birds.

There's a picture of this one, in Horizon colors here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/planephotoman/2519185097/

Under the comments on that page is another picture of it, in current colors, flying over Algiers.

[Matt Ottosen]

Lockheed Martin KC-130J Super Hercules
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 (VMGR-252) "Otis"

USMC flying on Thanksgiving.  A BIG "thanks" to all the men and women serving in the Armed Forces, especially those who couldn't be with their families today.

[Joe Copalman]

Holiday travelers outbound from Willie:

[Jbong]

Joe I have to say sir, that your Photos ROCK. Wow nice photo....

[aaron kluth]

House of the Rising Moon

[Joe Copalman]

[Jay Beckman]

Oh Yes...!

[wingsnstuff]

Awesome shot Joe.  Wow!

[jslugman]

Good grief, is there a protractor mode in Photoshop?!?!?!

Excellent Joe.

[Joe Copalman]

Thanks guys!  What's odd about this shot is that it was hands-down the sharpest of the set I took, yet there is some pretty obvious "overbite" in the prop disc.  I've got a few others that aren't as sharp due to camera shake, yet the disc is absolutely perfect.  Weird, right?  

ETA: Worth noting is that the aircraft was stationary at this point, so there was no motion other than the prop.