Luke Air Force Base (LUF, KLUF)

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks Harvey, it really worked out well. I even had four extra vacation hours that I had planned to use that day. Luke is actually much closer to my house than Willie and if I leave early enough traffic isn't bad.  Used to shoot there a lot. Need to dig out and scan more of the old stuff.

Seeing the Australian F-35A was special for me as my mother, now 90 years old, is from Brisbane and for a time, lived close to RAAF Amberley where I assumed the F-35s will be stationed. She knows most of the WWII types by their names, Lightning, Mitchell, Liberator, etc. She had a number of childhood friends that were killed in the Battle of Britain and in the war in general.

[Matt Ottosen]

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
61st Fighter Squadron (61 FS) "Top Dogs"

[Scott Youmans]

Nice clouds in that last one Matt.

Another one from the December 18th.

[azbill]

[Tower Guy]

Very nice catch Bill, glad to see you have the opportunity to get out to the guard rail for some shooting while all the traffic is on that runway.

[azbill]

Thanks Harvey.
Really enjoying all that traffic on that runway. Any chance we could start a petition to keep the other runway closed permanently? lol

[Matt Ottosen]

Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon
Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)
425th Fighter Squadron (425 FS) "Blackwidows"

[Scott Youmans]

Nice shot Matt. That old Falcon could use a fresh coat of paint though!

[Matt Ottosen]

Nice shot Matt. That old Falcon could use a fresh coat of paint though!

Thanks Scott!

[Matt Ottosen]

Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon
Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)
425th Fighter Squadron (425 FS) "Blackwidows"

[azbill]

[Tower Guy]

Very nice catch Bill, a smokey touch down is always cool.

[Tower Guy]

Holding hands on departure. by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[azbill]

Thanks Harvey.
Very cool capture, I like that wall of jelly!

[Scott Youmans]

Holding hands on departure.by Tower Guy, on Flickr

Great shot Harvey.  Looks great in monochrome.