Air Defender Hohn 13-06-2023

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Air Defender Hohn 13-06-2023

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After a good night sleep, the target for day 2 was set to Hohn. If you want different photos, this is the place to be. You can position yourself all along the runway, so the options are the entry to the runway (Spot #7 in the airfieldguide), or further along the fence (spot #5), or go even further and hope for that one F-15 that stays really really low at spot #4.
I started my day a little bit down the runway, roughly between 5 and 7:

Image84-0010/MA F-15C 131st FS

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Seeing the second Eagle rotate, I walked further along the fence towards spot #5. This is more towards the middle of the runway. The first Hornets came out to play, and it proved to be a good decision.

Image166781/AJ-305 F/A-18E VFA-31

Followed by the AJ-404 that tried to go absolutely ballistic.. compared to the Eagles? He failed.
Image169398/AJ-404 F/A-18E VFA-87

The Fins came out to play, but kept it easy
ImageHN-437/37 F/A-18C HavLLv-31

The F-15s of the Bayou Militia started to show what was possible
Image82-0017/JZ F-15C 122nd FS

Image83-0036/JZ F-15C 122nd FS

Image85-0112/JZ F-15C 122nd FS

Image84-0022/JZ F-15C 122nd FS

Some nice wheelies by the MA ANG on return followed:
Image86-0168/MA F-15C 131st FS

ImageHN-405/05 F/A-18C HavLLv-31

Both Growlers flew, with the AJ-500 leading the pack:
Image166943/AJ-500 EA-18G VAQ-142

Followed by one of the F/A-18Fs present.
Image168930/AJ-213 F/A-18F VFA-213

The second wave started up, and the MA ANG started to show they could takeoff in a less easy way as well. Shame the light was already starting to come from behind.
Image84-0016/MA F-15C 131st FS

The growlers returned, this time the AJ-503
Image168271/AJ-503 EA-18G VAQ-142

One GFD Learjet took to the skies. It made me swallow a bit, realising that one crashed a few hundred meters away just a few months ago.
ImageD-CARL Lj-35A GFD

The sun now directly in the runway direction forced us to resort to shots in a different angle. The moments that I wish for a bigger lens, but still happy with the results.
Image86-0168/MA F-15C 131st FS

Image86-0163/MA F-15C 131st FS

Image86-0154/MA F-15C 131st FS

Hope you like them!

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Bram
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Re: Air Defender Hohn 13-06-2023

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Very nice Bram.
Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Air Defender Hohn 13-06-2023

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Those are really nice as well Theo! Line up and landing on spot 7, great stuff!
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Re: Air Defender Hohn 13-06-2023

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Great photos! Do you know as of what time the sun really started to get on the tail on the departing planes?
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Re: Air Defender Hohn 13-06-2023

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Erik_7Xi wrote: ↑14 Jun 2023, 23:46 Great photos! Do you know as of what time the sun really started to get on the tail on the departing planes?
Thanks!
The 84-0016/MA takeoff was at 16:34 local time.

By the way, I heard from several people that they went back to Hohn later, towards sunset. The heatwaves will be gone, and you can pick everything from the flightlines. Just need to be lucky with covers.

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Re: Air Defender Hohn 13-06-2023

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Thanks Bram, much appreciated! I’ll be arriving next week and staying in Fockbek so I hope to spend plenty of time at Hohn 🤪
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Re: Air Defender Hohn 13-06-2023

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FYI; early in the morning (around 8 am) is also a good time for pictures of the impressive flightline without heatwaves. For the Navy jets go to the spot at the end of Loherweg.
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