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

[Matt Ottosen]

An ex-US Navy TACAMO, now serving as a firefighter with Coulson Aviation.

Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules
Coulson Aviation (USA) Ltd.

[Ross Dinsdale]

Slippery when wet...

[tajmahal250]

[/url]WHERE'S THE FIRE? by Thomas Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[Ned Harris]

Tanker 912 departing Willie. 7/1/17.
_J8A0936 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N522AX by Ned Harris, on Flickr

[Matt Ottosen]

Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune
Neptune Aviation Services

[Ross Dinsdale]

You guys are getting some great shot of all the fire bomber activity. Especially you Matt. I've been to Gateway twice in last week and a half and haven't seen a thing fly while I was there.

[Matt Ottosen]

You guys are getting some great shot of all the fire bomber activity. Especially you Matt. I've been to Gateway twice in last week and a half and haven't seen a thing fly while I was there.

Thanks Ross, but all my shots are from a few weeks ago on a lucky afternoon.

[Bjorn van der Flier]

great catch on the Neptune Matt..

[Bubak]

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N612AX by Zdenek Kaspar, on Flickr

[Bubak]

Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune N410NA by Zdenek Kaspar, on Flickr

[Matt Ottosen]

Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan
Volga-Dnepr Airlines

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[/url]MITSUBISHI REGIONAL by Thomas Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[Jonathan Navarro]

One of four Mitsubishi Regional Jet's (MRJ) built for testing purposes coming in from a high speed taxi test.

[Jonathan Navarro]

[Joe Copalman]

No.  I work nearby and didn't hear anything gray-and-dangerous, but that doesn't mean they weren't there.  Why, was there some kind of incident?