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Started by rander, August 06, 2008, 06:43:41 PM

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Hi Everyone!!  I went looking around  NASNI today and found 15 F-16 Vipers parked out near building 312. A few are shown below. I think these guys are from Luke AFB.
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Awesome!! Yup those boys are from Luke (LF,LR*)..
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Quote from: rander on April 10, 2010, 05:45:49 PM
Hi Everyone!!  I went looking around  NASNI today and found 15 F-16 Vipers parked out near building 312. A few are shown below. I think these guys are from Luke AFB.

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3 shots of USS Carl Vinson CVN-70. The Vinson is berthed at newly refurbished ($28,000,000 worth) Quay Wall Pier.
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Quote from: rander on April 12, 2010, 07:09:19 PM
3 shots of USS Carl Vinson CVN-70. The Vinson is berthed at newly refurbished ($28,000,000 worth) Quay Wall Pier.
Nice shot, I want to get over to San Diego bay sometime soon to take a shot of 3 carriers in port.  Maybe Harbor Island...or the Midway pier.  What would be cool is to get a shot with all three plus the Midway.  Maybe i'll spend sometime on Bing maps today to see how i can make this work...I'm thinking Shelter Island maybe.

Rander, the paper says the three won't be there for long, and idea on who and when will be the next one out?  I know it won't be the Reagan, so i am guessing the Nimitz?


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Quote from: Realbigtaco on April 13, 2010, 07:10:52 AM
Nice shot, I want to get over to San Diego bay sometime soon to take a shot of 3 carriers in port.  Maybe Harbor Island...or the Midway pier.  What would be cool is to get a shot with all three plus the Midway.  Maybe i'll spend sometime on Bing maps today to see how i can make this work...I'm thinking Shelter Island maybe.

Rander, the paper says the three won't be there for long, and idea on who and when will be the next one out?  I know it won't be the Reagan, so i am guessing the Nimitz?
This is what "I think" you could see.

The Reagan is about to come out of SRA (Scheduled Reduced Availablity). The Nimitz just two weeks ago returned from a major overseas deployment and The Vinson just out of overhaul. I think what you will see Is the Reagan will go out to sea for a few days to check the ships systems that have been inactive the last few months. When the Reagan leaves, the Nimitz wiil move where the Reagan was. The Vinson will rest for 2 or 3 weeks and then start working with their regular air wing (I heard that CVW-17 from the east coast was on Vinson for the trip to San Diego).The Vinson could be a ready deck and could do carrier quals for student pilots in T-45 squadrons and replacement VFA  squadrons. For the Vinson , The trip from Norfolk to San Diego  is not considered to be a deployment and the time at sea is just extra time doing what they are to be doing anyway, operating a Ship at sea!

If your going to get a pic of the 3 carriers better do it real soon.

pier assignments as of 04/13/10
Pier "M"  Reagan
Pier "K"   Nimitz
Quay wall  Vinson
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Thanks for the info Rander, I think i will try and make it down there tomorrow. <thumbup>

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Some C-2A Greyhound shots from today. I was  at the North West corner of Fenway Park and I had to leave shorty after a swarm of Bees  moved into my area of the parking lot.
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Three Viper shots, not really a lot of good light Skys were overcast leaving a whitish looking overhead, made it difficult to see approaching aircraftbefore they were on top of you. Between the overcast and the Bees, my time at Fenway Park was relatively short.
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Keith,

nice prowler pic, was he the only visitor of the day???
i'll be down in san diego in Oct, few days at the beach, take up some sunshine. will see what turns up then ;)

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