cwmartin > Blue Angels crossing shot from Sunday March 29, 2009 at the Gulf Coast Salute Air Show at Tyndall AFB in Florida.
cwmartin > The well worn tailhook of one of the American F/A-18 Super Hornets from VFA-122. Pay close attention to the differences inside the afterburner exhausts of this F/A-18 to the same thing in the Canadian CF-18 photo coming up. I am not sure what all those retangular inserts are used for in the American plane.
cwmartin > I was told that today was the final day that VMFA-142 would be flying. VMFA-142 was moving to Cadre status at a ceremony to be held late on Saturday, May 31, 2008.

The last three planes to fly took off from NAS Atlanta/Dobbins ARB field at a little after 3 p.m. in the afternoon. They flew for about an hour, out of my camera range, and then came back and landed. 

If you zoom in on this photo, it almost looks like the pilot, LtCol Tracy "BC" Farris, is turning to look at me taking the photo. LtCol Farris is the CO for the Gators.
cwmartin > Aviation Nation 2008, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nov. 8-9, 2008 >  D30_5777
cwmartin > Aviation Nation 2008, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nov. 8-9, 2008 >  D32_4740
cwmartin > Aviation Nation 2008, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nov. 8-9, 2008 >  D32_0655
cwmartin > Aviation Nation 2008, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nov. 8-9, 2008 >  D31_9874
cwmartin > The nine Snowbirds planes in a V formation as they make a pass in front of the spectators at 'Snowbirds Over Anderson, S.C.' on May 7, 2008.
cwmartin > Aviation Nation 2008, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nov. 8-9, 2008 >  D32_8615
D32_4740
Aviation Nation 2008, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nov. 8-9, 2008 >  D32_4740
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