USA December 2021 - AZ/CA/NV

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D2X
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USA December 2021 - AZ/CA/NV

Post by D2X »

Hi everybody.

A long time without any photos posted here mainly due to the covid crisis and the closed borders. I chose to go back to the southwest of the US for a 9 days trip mid december. Not so lucky with the weather so hereafter just a quick summary with blue sky, more or less.

NAF El Centro with a Det. of SH from Lemoore and this E-2C who came for a practise in the afternoon
ImageGrumman E-2C 166506 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

ImageGrumman E-2C 166506 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

A nice weekend at Mesa Gateway airport :
ImageNorthrop F-5N 761572 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

ImageBoeing F/A-18E 166440 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

Nellis with an activity stopped twice at 1.30pm, pretty frustrating... but I had the opportunity to get this fashion coating in AZ/CA.
ImageLockheed Martin F-22A 04-4065 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr
Last edited by D2X on 03 Feb 2022, 14:32, edited 1 time in total.
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D2X
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Re: USA December 2021 - AZ/CA/NV

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Tucson Intl. still with a lot of activity, several waves from 8am.
ImageGeneral Dynamics F-16DM AZ 89-2156 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

A happy end at DM after a long cloudy day
ImageFairchild A-10C DP 80-0173 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

ImageMcDonnell Douglas KC-10A 82-0192 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

And Luke AFB, very busy even on friday. More than 80 movements, 12 Canadians CF-188 were there.
ImageLockheed Martin F-35A L-003 by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

And a nice catch for the french spotter I am :
ImageDassault Mirage F1 CR N°632 N683AX by Kévin Duretz, sur Flickr

I will complete this when I could.
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patrick dirksen
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Re: USA December 2021 - AZ/CA/NV

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Well, these pictures suggest you had a great trip, very nice!
Cheers,

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janneman36
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Re: USA December 2021 - AZ/CA/NV

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Nice shots, thank you for sharing.
Love the light on these..

Cheers, Jan
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