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sorry, maybe it is me, but what date? You mean in the week of 03 till 07 october? Yes he mean that the 15 Hornets and 5 Tigers will fly the whole week (calendar week 40, 1-7 October). "Strabante" is the first bigger exercise since 1991 and all parts of airforce are involved. Hello fellow spotters.....

I have got the Nikkor 4.0/300mm AF-S and it is truly an amazing lens. I used it for years and years on my F5 and I still use it - almost daily(!) - on my D3 and D700. I think this lens is one of Nikon's best kept secrets... and compared to its 2.8 'brother' a real bargain. On my website, although st...

Making good pictures in beautiful weather isn't that difficult, but making these sorts of truly awesome pics in bad weather is a different story...



cheers Jeroen

... in Australia ook niets aan het handje

cheers Jeroen

Don't shoot the messenger, but A23-039 appeared to be the unlucky one...

cheers Jeroen

more 'special' colours: http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-J47fqWw/0/L/i-J47fqWw-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-s2nCWCp/0/L/i-s2nCWCp-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1236630326_qAVq6-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-2bnKLpg/0/L/i-2bnKLpg-L.jpg ... and some (rather boring) regular ones: ...

USAF Indefinitely Grounds F-22 Raptors

source:
http://defensenews.com/story.php?i=6423637&c=AME&s=AIR

cheers Jeroen

Maybe maybe some bad news: USAF indefinitely grounds F-22 Raptors

source:
http://defensenews.com/story.php?i=6423637&c=AME&s=AIR

cheers Jeroen

Nothing special, but just for the impression :-) http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-TDCnLDk/0/L/i-TDCnLDk-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-CMw3CD2/0/L/i-CMw3CD2-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-4SfGqvp/0/L/i-4SfGqvp-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-7JmSj5n/0/L/i-7JmSj5n-L.jpg http://www....

Although I am not sure 'airshow news' is the right chapter I would like to share the following with you anyway: Photo Tour Polish Armed Forces: May 23rd 2011 - Deblin Air Base May 24th 2011 - Poznan-Krzesiny Air Base May 25th 2011 - Land Forces Training Center Poznan May 26th 2011 - Swidwin Air Base...

Thank you all...

Although not 100% sharp due to heat haze I thought I might share this 'spectacular' take off with you anyway:



cheers Jeroen

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1209176003_4GT8r-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1209598000_iANV7-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1207234968_CmgbF-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1206767900_7hHUf-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1204468806_86SYh-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1206...

Wonderful topic... http://www.smugmug.com/photos/782042666_erNvX-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/782043393_QEx5u-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/782807399_3X9Jh-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/782805714_6UW4X-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/782804449_YqZNN-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.co...

Unfortunately the departure of the Raptors was delayed by an hour and a half so instead of beautiful early morning light harsh light :-( http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1209597679_8S8XV-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1208349022_KrHiW-L.jpg ... yes, there was also non-military hardware: http://www...

A few more... what happened to the typical Australian skies??? http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1202468809_79jXo-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1206247428_ufcwT-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1206770927_euFfp-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/1206265112_CASsx-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/ph...