Introductions

[Chris C.]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys! 

[bilwor]

Hi Chris, my name is bill word and I live in Tucson also. I shoot primarily at TUS & D-M. Send me an e-mail if you would like to meet up sometime at either airport. I will be happy to give the location of spots to shoot from.
bill word
"bilwor@comcast.net"

[Jeff D. Welker]

I'd make that contact Chris. BillW is a terrific shooter and has DM/TIA dialed in big time.

[Matthew_Strauss]

Hi Guys,

I think this is my first post, I've been stalking the page for years, but never posted any images. My name is Matthew Strauss, I've always enjoyed aviation and aviation photography, hopefully I'll be able to post a few shots here and there once I figure out how.

For the record, I think you guys have tremendous talent, I'm literally impressed every time I log in. I look forward to interacting a little more than I stalk from now on!

[Matt Ottosen]

Welcome Matthew, I'm looking forward to your offerings.

[Jay Beckman]

Howdy Matthew!

[Tower Guy]

Welcome Matthew, I think you'll enjoy meeting many of the members, a great group of people.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Howdy Matthew. Welcome and enjoy young man.

[Anna M. Wood]

Welcome Matthew...  Looking forward to meeting you and seeing your contributions.   

[Dave S.]

Matthew,

Echoing the sentiments the others have expressed, looking forward to meeting you and hope you enjoy the group.

[Daniel DeSart]

Might as well re-introduce myself since I have been away for so long.

Long hours and the distance from work unfortunately put a choke hold on my availability to get out and actually shoot, however, all those photos I have backlogged into my computer I have no excuse for... I need to start working on them again and get them posted up here. I have also enlisted in the Air Force Reserve in December 2014, and am currently serving as a trainee with the 944 FW out of Luke Air Force Base. Thanks to the budget, I am still waiting for my basic training and technical school dates.

My name is Daniel DeSart, I live in Tucson and have been in the hobby since 2010 thanks to the help of Bill Word and Ned Harris. My interests are primarily military aircraft (helicopters) and law Enforcement / Emergency vehicles.

[Joe Copalman]

Welcome back, Daniel, great to hear from you!  Thanks for stepping up to serve as well.  Interesting time to be joining the 944th, they've already got some pilots going through the F-35 instructor course at Luke. 

[bilwor]

Welcome Back, Daniel and thank you for service.  i hope very much that we can get together and photograph more in the future.
bill word

[Ned Harris]

Welcome back Daniel. I look forward to shooting with you again.

[Daniel DeSart]

Welcome back, Daniel, great to hear from you!  Thanks for stepping up to serve as well.  Interesting time to be joining the 944th, they've already got some pilots going through the F-35 instructor course at Luke.  

Yep! Rumor is we'll be receiving our first F-35 in November, of course that is just something floating around with the rest of the DTF'ers (Development Training Flight)  so anything can still happen.

Thanks for the warm welcome Joe, it's a pleasure to be back.

Welcome Back, Daniel and thank you for service.  i hope very much that we can get together and photograph more in the future.
bill word

Welcome back Daniel. I look forward to shooting with you again.

Thanks guys! I actually was able to swing some days off this week (Mon and Wed) if you were looking to get together for some morning shooting. Also I have noticed they posted a SF in a tower on the perimeter fence near the guardrail, has there been any problems since the base gone to a higher alert?