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RogerFC
20th of December 2007 (Thu), 17:24
We've published our article about the 147th FW of the Texas ANG, based at Ellington Field (http://www.fencecheck.com/news/Ace_in_the_Hole_-_The_147th_Fighter_Wing/). It was a great privilege to be able to shoot the Ace in the Hole Vipers. I'd like to personally thank Maj. Dansereau and Kevin Jackson for inviting me along.

http://www.fencecheck.com/files/5U5uoV9H2h75i8gKufXeW35Nq2XSfz3X.jpg
RCoulter
20th of December 2007 (Thu), 17:42
Amazing article Roger! Kevin did a great job too :)
RogerFC
20th of December 2007 (Thu), 17:54
Thanks!

Kevin did the writing.

Roger
JSJR4
20th of December 2007 (Thu), 18:31
Awesome pic. I love F16s. Must have been amazing to do this
RogerFC
20th of December 2007 (Thu), 18:47
Yes, it was amazing. It was my first Air2Air shoot, we were flying in a KC-135 of the Tennessee ANG. The windows were in very good shape, so most shots came out pretty sharp.

I was shooting with a Canon 1D MKII and a 28-105 lens.

Roger
adamsti
20th of December 2007 (Thu), 19:19
Great shot, nice to see some color on the Viper.
PhotosGuy
20th of December 2007 (Thu), 19:52
That's a very nice shot! Too big, though: IMAGE POSTING RULES (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74718) only allow pics 800 pixels or smaller. You can always just post a link to them, though.
RogerFC
20th of December 2007 (Thu), 21:27
That's a very nice shot! Too big, though: IMAGE POSTING RULES (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74718) only allow pics 800 pixels or smaller. You can always just post a link to them, though.

Ah, ok, sorry about that.

Roger
ZeroOne86
21st of December 2007 (Fri), 00:02
Great shots. You were lucky with the clean windows I know the boom operator window is a lot cleaner. When I flew on a KC-10 to Alaska and to Las Vegas the windows on the door didn't have great visiblity and were very hazy. The boom operator window had a really good view though. I got to watch the F-22's position themselves and get refueled. Still have yet to fly on a KC-135 though.
spectre
21st of December 2007 (Fri), 08:58
Very sad that they are transitioning to UAVs!!!
JSJR4
21st of December 2007 (Fri), 11:58
Very sad that they are transitioning to UAVs!!!

Whats UAV out of curiosity?
spectre
21st of December 2007 (Fri), 12:04
Whats UAV out of curiosity?
Predator (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-kNPKNCtg&mode=related&search=)

:)
FlyingPhotog
22nd of December 2007 (Sat), 14:14
Whats UAV out of curiosity?

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

Predator, Dark Star, etc...

{Edit} Uh, what Spectre said...