2017 NAS Oceana Air Show (Virginia Beach, VA) - Sept 15-17

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Post by 9633 » Thu Sep 21, 2017 1:45 am

Was there on Saturday. Never saw an F-35 anywhere.

Exiting wasn’t bad this year - left at 1700, and got directed to secondary runway taxi strip, headed north. They stopped us once so the bunny jet could depart, but then back open for far speedier than normal egress. Wish they had done that in years past.
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Post by jpujol » Thu Sep 21, 2017 3:15 pm

No F-35 on Saturday?

So F-35 never showed. It was on static list.
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Post by 9633 » Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:54 pm

Turns out best place to see an F-35 was London, Ontario last weekend. There were two up there, an Air Forceone and a Naval one. Also got to see the Super Hornet demo again.
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Post by RFDGuy » Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:12 pm

Looks like some good light at London.
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Post by 9633 » Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:19 pm

I was very fortunate with the lighting and with the fact that there weren’t a lot of civilian performers pumping out smoke. I love Oceana, but the haze from the runway heat, the smoke from prior performers, and the usual cloudless sky all work together to sabotage my photography efforts.
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Post by RFDGuy » Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:25 pm

I gotta try to get back to Oceana again some day. LOVE all the jet noise.
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Post by yyz64 » Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:37 am

9633 wrote: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:54 pm Turns out best place to see an F-35 was London, Ontario last weekend. There were two up there, an Air Forceone and a Naval one. Also got to see the Super Hornet demo again.298CB0A2-3990-4752-95C6-57560856F598.jpeg
Actually there were 3 , 2 from the USAF heritage demo team and a C Marine model
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Post by shaggy101 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:44 pm

Here's my set from the NAS Oceana air show. The weather was utter crap as usual, you can blame hurricane Jose sitting 250 miles offshore for that, but it made for some awesome low lever vapour coming off the Hornets. It did mean that the air power demo was cancelled because of it but at least the 2 aggressor Hornets beat up the airfield a bit.

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ImageUS Navy E-6B Mercury by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy MH-53E Sea Stallion by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUSAF B-52H Stratofortress by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy E-2 Hawkeye by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy MH-60 Seahawk by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18's by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageT-6 Texan by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageBell 47 "Batcopter" by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet's by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageWarrior Flight Team L-39 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageFlashfire jet truck by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUSAF F-16 Viper demo team by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUSAF Heritage Flight by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUSAF F-16 Viper demo team by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageDH Vampire by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageDH Vampire by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageEA-18G Growler by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet & EA-18 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy F-18 Hornet by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy TAC DEMO F/A-18F by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy TAC DEMO F/A-18F by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy TAC DEMO F/A-18F by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy Blue Angels by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy Blue Angels by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy Blue Angels by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy Blue Angels by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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ImageUS Navy Blue Angels by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

Once again thanks for looking & as usual more on flickr or my facebook page
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:23 am

Here's the link to my videos from the 2017 NAS Oceana Airshow.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 86nIxbOJch
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