Point Mugu Airshow 2010

[Code20photog]

Just like all the VFA-125 birds. VFA-106 too 

At Miramar last year, I was talking with one of the VFA-125 pilots, and I asked him about the Marines on one side and Navy on the other. He looked at me like I was from another planet, looked at one side of the plane, walked over and looked at the other and said "Huh, I actually never noticed that before."

[kick Z tail out]

At Miramar last year, I was talking with one of the VFA-125 pilots, and I asked him about the Marines on one side and Navy on the other. He looked at me like I was from another planet, looked at one side of the plane, walked over and looked at the other and said "Huh, I actually never noticed that before."

Haha, thats awesome! 

We talked to a trainee Gladiator at NAFEC last year that didn't seem to actually care much about flying. Couldn't believe it.

[Scott D]

Finally had a few hours to go through my pics.  Here's a few a like

[Scott D]

Some more....

[Scott D]

Last ones

[phantomphan1974]

[phantomphan1974]

©2010DJD_KNTD_Airshow_0045-web by PhantomPhan1974 Photography, on Flickr

[phantomphan1974]

©2010DJD_KNTD_Airshow_0047-web by PhantomPhan1974 Photography, on Flickr

[wakko807]

Some of mine from Pt. Mugu.  Thanks for looking...full gallery here: http://rlrphotography.net

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Bill Cornick


Amanda and Kyle Franklin




Matt Chapman


Greg Koontz


Michael Wiskus


Red Bull


Rich Perkins "Firecat"


Julie Clark

[wakko807]

CA ANG C-130J water drop


C-17 demo




Hellcat vs. Zero


West Coast F-18 demo




A-10 West demo

[wakko807]

Odds and ends

[wakko807]

A falcon and its F-16 big brother


Thunderbirds

[Wombat_1]

Hello Mr. Addison. The reason why VFA-125 "Rough Raiders" has Navy and Marines written on each side is because the squadron trains pilots to fill F/A-18 billets throughout the United States Marine Corps and Navy. Technically speaking VFA-125 is a training squadron. Also you'll see VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters with Navy on one side and Marines on the other.  Here is a Wikipedia link on VFA-125:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VFA-125

[Code20photog]

BTW, Bloodhound 700 was never grounded due to a wing crack. There were some P-3s in the fleet that were being checked for that, but BH 700  has been doing fine, according to the VX-30 people I asked about it. Looks like somebody got their P-3s crossed w their S-3s, lol.

Asked my Dad again today, who works at VX-30. He says BH700 was grounded for a month, to the point the guys around the squadron were jokingly calling it "The Museum Piece."

And he works specifically on the P-3s. He knows his P-3s from his S-3s, trust me.

He thinks the guys at the airshow were towing the Navy "line", so to speak. 

[DaFalcon]

A whole bunch of awesome pictures in this thread.  I'm going to try to add a few here (I hope they aren't too redundant)!
I think we should call the -60 "Rudolph" (the Red Nosed)...