USMC AV8Bs @ KIWA .. C&C Welcome

[FlyingPhotog]

Caught a couple of transient Marine Corps birds at Williams Gateway Airport this afternoon. 40D + 100-400

Would have shot through the fence but wouldn't have been able to see anything from ground level due to maintenance vehicles parked between me and them so I stood on a small hill and shot over the fence instead:

Completing Pre Shut Down Checklists:
http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/103649824/original.jpg

"Graceful Dismount" (Con-Air flight taxiing out behind him...)
http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/103649827/original.jpg

"Roast Marine With Apple Garnish"
http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/103649828/original.jpg

"Busted"
http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/103649830/original.jpg

[Jamie Holladay]

Nice captures

[andrewhuxman]

Nice candid captures, #1 being my fav . great clarity

[FlyingPhotog]

Nice captures

Nice candid captures, #1 being my fav . great clarity

Thanks!

I guess I must have stunned the rest of the group into submission... :lol:

[LBaldwin]

Hey Jay, how come it says Wake Island 1941 on it.. Any idea? Great shots BTW

[FlyingPhotog]

Hey Jay, how come it says Wake Island 1941 on it.. Any idea? Great shots BTW

Thanks muchly...

These were a couple of our boys from Yuma.

Unit History VMA 211 "Avengers"
http://www.3maw.usmc.mil/MAG13/VMA211/history.asp

Seems they've been active since 1937...!

[Scout7id]

Great shots! The sharpness is scary.

[FlyingPhotog]

Great shots! The sharpness is scary.

Thanks (I think...)

Is scary sharpness a good thing? :confused: :lol:

[PhotosGuy]

"Roast Marine With Apple Garnish" :D Good ones!

[Scout7id]

Thanks (I think...)

Is scary sharpness a good thing? :confused: :lol:

Oh, it absolutely is! :)

[JWright]

Hey Jay, how come it says Wake Island 1941 on it.. Any idea? Great shots BTW

A tribute to Capt. Henry T. "Hammering Hank" Elrod, USMC. Elrod was awarded a posthumous Medal Of Honor for heroism in the defense of Wake Island in December 1941. That is the MOH ribbon painted on the aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_T._Elrod

[FlyingPhotog]

A tribute to Capt. Henry T. "Hammering Hank" Elrod, USMC. Elrod was awarded a posthumous Medal Of Honor for heroism in the defense of Wake Island in December 1941. That is the MOH ribbon painted on the aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_T._Elrod

Thanks John...

A closer look at the badge on the far aircraft:
http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/103649825/original.jpg

[black_z]

Nice shots! :)

[FlyingPhotog]

Nice shots! :)

Thank You Sir... :D

[3Turner]

Nice set. Like that first one.

[FlyingPhotog]

Nice set. Like that first one.

Thank You Robert. Appreciate your taking the time... :)