NAF El Centro Base Visit - Feb 21, 2013

I would like to share some photos I took on a recent visit to NAF El Centro.The Blue Angels were doing their winter
training and flew twice each day. There was also some other interesting aircraft.

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T-34C
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T-45 Goshawks from VT-7
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Marine F/A-18D from VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters at Miramar - did one touch and go and left
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Prowler from VAQ-129 - sad to see these go
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Growler from VAQ-129 Vikings
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Growler from VAQ-136 and some T-45s above
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Rhino from VFA-86 out of NAS Lemoore
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MV-22B Ospreys from VMM-363 out of MCAS Miramar
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Growler from VAQ-136 Gauntlets
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Last departure we saw after sunset - Marine F/A-18C from VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters
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Thanks for looking

Isaac

Great coverage. Love all the shots

Damn Isaac that is some splendid work!

Thanks so much guys. I got to give much credit to the PAO folks at NAF El Centro for being so photographer friendly!

Awesome shots, I wish all bases were this photographer friendly, the PAO around here usually just returns my requests with the email equivalent of a dirty look and rolled eyes.

Did the guy get his hat back?

Awesome shots, nice to get so close to the action.

I was going to say - lovely shot of the hat! LOL - Great shots Isaac!!!

Thanks guys.

Yeah, the guy ran after his hat :) but that could have been a FOD problem if it blew across the runway. I couldn't believe how much rotor wash the Osprey produced ...

Awesome set Isaac. Great work, you lucky dog.

Isaac, AWESOME shots and good talking to you yesterday !!
BTW, here's that El Centro Photo Call video from the other day that I was telling you about.
Wait until you see what happens around 30 second mark ... Down goes FRAZIER !! Ha ! :wink:
http://youtu.be/SSGHpWdAcy4

Thanks so much Chris. Good talking to you too.

Oh man, that video is freakin hilarious, I had to watch it a couple of times! Thanks for posting. The jetwash is unbelievable though and I've seen people get knocked over before. Camera bags go flying etc...

Awesome set man love the third picture.

Seriously impressive work. How does one get a pass into this kind of action:biggrin: