Thanks JJC As for Williamtown, security is much more forgiving there ( or they were ) than at Amberley so photography isn't really an issue. Depending on wind direction can get shots from Medowie Road either of take-offs and landings, if they are landing over Medowie Road you can get some nice close...

The 10th of December saw the official arrival to the Royal Australian Air Force of the F-35A for 3 Squadron, to be based at RAAF Williamtown in New South Wales. Australia currently has 10 F-35As with 8 aircraft based at Luke AFB and these are the first Australian aircraft to come to the country. At ...

I’ve just started using the D500 & 200-500, switched from a 5DMK111 & 100-400. The quality is astounding so far but I wouldn’t recommend the 200-500 for a beginner really, it was a shock to me just how much heavier it is than what I was using. If weight was an issue I would be wary of buying...

Excellent set of images, Numbers 12 & 17 would be my pick as the shots that stand out.

Thanks for the comments, we don't get a huge variety here regularly so was good to see something different for a few weeks.

Exercise Talisman Sabre 17 has recently concluded in Australia, this is a biennial exercise involving Australia and the United States and has participation from New Zealand. The majority of the exercise took place in the Shoalwater Bay Training area near Rockhampton in central Queensland. The focus ...

Thanks for the comments guys, we don't get a great variety of military aircraft in Australia often so was a great chance to shoot something different. A problem that we have here is that rules seem to be different for different bases, for example at RAAF Williamtown there is a museum outside the bas...

Hi All, I haven't been on here for a long time, mainly due to the fact of not much interesting to photograph. However over the last 3 weeks RAAF Amberley has been host to the F-16s of the 18th Aggressor Squadron from Eielson Air Force Base Alaska, for Exercise Lightning Viper. Aircraft were flying t...

Some fantastic images here, standout for me is the Sea King perched on what I assume is a cliff. The Merlin with the stripes is interesting.

Well done, number 4 is an outstanding shot.

The USN currently has EA-18G Growlers (3) deployed on exercise to RAAF Amberley. The Growlers are from VAQ-132 Scorpions & are in the final stages of a 2 week exercise with 1 Squadron. Unfortunately most of the flying is happening around midday with the light being very harsh at this time of yea...

Some nice shots here, personally I like the first P8. Would love to get variety like that here.

Hi All, Today the heritage centre at RAAF Amberley held their monthly open day. Highlight for the day which drew a large crowd was that there were 3 of 5 recently repainted F-111s in attendance before they are removed to other museums around Australia. A total of 7 have been allocated & were rep...

This is a superb set of photos. No 3 just seems to show raw threatening power.
The light on 9 excellent. Thanks for sharing.

Decided last week to drive down the east coast to RAAF Williamtown, a round trip of about 1600 kms (1000) miles & almost 18 hours driving. Well worth the drive though as 20mins after I got there, 11 Hornets returned from exercise in Townsville & conducted a formation flypast before breaking ...

The first Lanc shot is superb, shows its lines perfectly.

Impressive images, the light in # 3 & 4 is a standout.

Thanks for the comments guys much appreciated. Dan, there will be 6 Wedgetails eventually, operated by No 2 Squadron at RAAF Williamtown. A30-005 has just taken part in Red Flag Alaska. Is good to see an Aussie presence for Waddington. Red Dragon, Amberley isn't a great base for taking photos. Depen...

Hi Everyone, This is my first post here in a long time, only picked up the camera a few weeks ago for the first time in over 12 months. So if anyone has any comments please be gentle as I am delicate . I have looked in here every now & again to depress myself looking at the variety of aircraft &...

Excellent shots, nice to see a carrier from a different perspective.

Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated. The Strikemaster only just arrived in New Zealand, was announced at the show that another one is one its way as well.

Over the Easter weekend I travelled to New Zealand for the Classic Fighters Airshow held at Omaka airfield in Blenheim. Held every 2 years the show always tries to have some interesting aircraft debut there. This yrar there were a couple of notable debuts which were the P-40C Tomahawk owned by Rod L...

I use the RS-5 strap & have found it to work well once you get used to it. For myself I like the way the camera & lens sit alongside your body with this system. If you do decide to get one always make sure that the fasteners are tight as they can occasionally come undone, have had it happen ...

Hi All, Haven't been here much lately but thought I would share my take on this years Avalon Airshow. Fortunately the USAF sent a large contingent of aircraft to help fill out the ramp. There were 2 B1-Bs, 1 B-52-H,1 KC-135R,1 KC-10, 3 F-16s, 1 C-130J, 1 C-17 & the 2 F-22s, a nice range of aircr...

A few images of the Australian Armys' ARH ( Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter ), can't have an attack helicopter as it might upset the neighbours. They aren't regular participants of any Airshows & are quite rare to be able to catch in the air, as they are based at the top of the country. 1. http:...