The F-35B did not disappoint 🔥 Best day of the show so far — by far 🤩
Exhausted but so worth it. Here are a few of my favorites I got of her today… more coming soon! 🇺🇸 #osk26@F35demoteam
Old vs New
DAGGR17 experimental heavy (E-4C SAOC) departing Dayton, Ohio as PUKA22 (E-4B NAOC) is heading into Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 😎☢️✈️🇺🇸💪
Audio via @liveatc and tracking via @ADSBex 00
And these aren't just any Hogs.
The 75th Fighter Squadron's A-10s flew home from Operation Epic Fury in June, and the Nintendo nose art, Diddy Kong included, was painted on at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan during the deployment. The mission grid on the nose is from that fight.
Then Tuesday morning they spooled up and rolled out of Northwest Arkansas.
Still the best close-air-support jet ever built.
Big thanks to Jamie at @LadyAstroJet for permission to reuse. Give her a follow!
WHY IT MATTERS:
- Washington keeps debating the A-10's retirement. The jets keep deploying and the mission grids keep growing.
- Nose art isn't decoration, it's earned. Every mark is a sortie someone flew.
Greetings from my happy place! Doesn’t get much better than watching the sunset over the Continental Divide while listening to ATC on my Alinco DJ-X82.
PS. 78° in the Mile High City today! 😎
What a beautiful day!
Decided to switch things up and head over to my local RC model aircraft club, the Ozark Flyers. Here’s a little video I put together. 😎