A few aviation shots - 08/14/06
With all the mil aviation stuff being talked about I thought I post a few photo's I'd scanned to mail to a friend. All are from our 90/91 Teddy Roosevelt Desert Shield/Storm Cruise and thought folks might enjoy.
Tanking off an RAF VC-10 over Turkey heading into Iraq on a Provide Comfort mission the precurser to 10 years of wasting gas during Northern and Southern Watch. Gotta love the RAF. Always there when we need them.
A gaggle of Tomcats on a Loring ME based 135. I don't have any notes but suspect this was a photo recon package with the mixed bag of jets. One TARPS equiped Tomcat and two escorts along with an EA-6B (me)
View from the ECMO 3 seat looking across ECMO 2 of a Prowler on the "Wet One" low level in Saudia Arabia off of the Red Sea. Usually flew
these at 200 feet 500 knots if the length and gas allowed.
A motley crew. This was after our first day trap in two weeks during Desert Storm. Anyone will smile after getting a day trap after 17 night ones in a row! Great crew of guys (L to R Kerly, Tums, Flash and Pugs)
For some reason even though photobucket all shows these normal size they look like they'll turn out a bit large so apologies to the dial-up folks. I used to fly with a camera a lot but after pretty much destroying a Nikon FM and an F-4 I stopped. The vibrations and salt air did them in.
Surely the other Aviators on the site have got some good stuff in their files to share while we wait for dove season!
Tanking off an RAF VC-10 over Turkey heading into Iraq on a Provide Comfort mission the precurser to 10 years of wasting gas during Northern and Southern Watch. Gotta love the RAF. Always there when we need them.
A gaggle of Tomcats on a Loring ME based 135. I don't have any notes but suspect this was a photo recon package with the mixed bag of jets. One TARPS equiped Tomcat and two escorts along with an EA-6B (me)
View from the ECMO 3 seat looking across ECMO 2 of a Prowler on the "Wet One" low level in Saudia Arabia off of the Red Sea. Usually flew
these at 200 feet 500 knots if the length and gas allowed.
A motley crew. This was after our first day trap in two weeks during Desert Storm. Anyone will smile after getting a day trap after 17 night ones in a row! Great crew of guys (L to R Kerly, Tums, Flash and Pugs)
For some reason even though photobucket all shows these normal size they look like they'll turn out a bit large so apologies to the dial-up folks. I used to fly with a camera a lot but after pretty much destroying a Nikon FM and an F-4 I stopped. The vibrations and salt air did them in.
Surely the other Aviators on the site have got some good stuff in their files to share while we wait for dove season!