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

[Ned Harris]

Tanker 914 landing on 6/11/21.
_07A2574 Tanker 914 DC-10 N603AX by Ned Harris, on Flickr

[Tower Guy]

Beautiful lighting and photo Ned. I'm glad you made it up to Gateway.

[tajmahal250]

[/url]Erikson Air Tanker N293EA by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

Busy day for Tanker 103 yesterday.

(In case you didn't already know, it's HOT out there....)

[tajmahal250]

Doesn't get much better than fast jets and vapor.

[/url]VAPE SNAKE by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[/url]DEATH RATTLERS by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[tajmahal250]

[/url]SMOKING VAMPIRES by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

Some HH-60s snuck in yesterday for a gas-n-go.

[/url]RESCUE HAWKS by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[tajmahal250]

[/url]N860TA by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[/url]N857TA by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

Got out to Gateway last night to see a last minute Top Aces flight.

[Ned Harris]

Great catch and captures, Taj. Cool looking aircraft.

[tajmahal250]

[/url]THEY BOTH SERVE THEIR COUNTRY by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[tajmahal250]

Nice to see VX-9 back at Gateway again.

[/url]F/A-18F 166673 by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[/url]F-18 Carrier break by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[Cayden Smith]

RCH494 on the RNAV 30R at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport by Cayden Smith, on Flickr

[tajmahal250]

AN-124 taking off from Gateway this morning. Never seen the heavies use 30L before.

[/url]ANTONOV VIFTY-VOUR-SEVEN-VON by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[tajmahal250]

Finally got a full disk on the Super Guppy.

[/url]FULL DISK GUPPY by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[/url]IMG_9780 by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[Jay Beckman]

Most Excellent!

[tajmahal250]

Most Excellent!

Thanks Jay!

[tajmahal250]

Good to see the Harriers back at Gateway again, even if it's just for the weekend.

[/url]IMG_9909 v3.JPG by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[/url]IMG_9969 by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[/url]IMG_0057 by Thomas "Taj" Backus, on Flickr[/img]