NAS Oceana Air Show 2022

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Post by awal2049 » Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:07 pm

MattEv14 wrote: Thu Aug 11, 2022 4:38 pm Speaking of Andrews, I have heard that it is likely that at least one of the bombers that are scheduled for ADW will be making an appearance at Oceana. That was straight from the airshow director when in inquired about it. Pending operational availability of course.
For either show, do you know if the bombers are only flying on one day, or is it both? I know with the bombers nothing is really concrete, but it would be nice to know.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Aug 12, 2022 6:21 pm

The F-35C demo is now on the show's website.

https://www.oceanaairshow.com/performers
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:55 pm

LiveAirshowTV will be providing live coverage of the NAS Oceana Airshow next month.
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Post by MattEv14 » Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:55 pm

For either show, do you know if the bombers are only flying on one day, or is it both? I know with the bombers nothing is really concrete, but it would be nice to know.
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Not sure, but typically from my experience the B-2 is almost always only one of the two days. B-52 is often the same, but I have seen it both days before. The B-1 is so rare at shows anymore that I am not even sure about that one. Also nothing concrete just that they thought they would get at least one to make an appearance. We will see if any are added to the websites in the coming weeks.

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Post by jpujol » Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:48 pm

Anybody know if there will be plenty of Super Hornets on static with each squadron having a representative jet on display?

Last couple of years there were very few Hornets on display. Statics were poor in 2019. You had to go to the Air Power Demo jets to see some Hornets.

I remember 2016 and 2017 had representative jets from many squadrons on display.
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Post by jpujol » Fri Aug 19, 2022 9:05 pm

VFA-103 Jolly Rogers just deployed aboard USS George HW Bush.

No chance to see Ensign Ernie.
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Post by AndyMedic » Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:43 pm

143 and 103 just left and 11 81 211 and 34 just got back. I believe they are the ones doing the attack demo this year.
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Post by rcoomer » Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:55 am

I'm looking for some recommendations for photographing Oceana and Andrews. I "might" have the weekend off and was thinking of visiting Andrews on Saturday and Oceana on Sunday, Mainly in that order because of the possibility of the listed bomber flyovers and other Saturday only things at Andrews. The B1 is high on my list to photograph.

Any suggestions on where to be to photograph the flight line at either show?

I haven't been to either show, and have no feel for the layouts, what kind of access I can get to photograph the flight line. The shows I usually go to have photo pits, or have a map to see where the general public can get access to the flight line if they hustle. For Dayton there was only like 30' of flight line front row access for general public, and that was better than the pit this year.

Also there seems to be quite a few restrictions on bags and equipment at both shows because of it being an active base, and since I will be alone, I probably won't want to drag my 500 f4 and extra tripod along. So I'm thinking my wide angle / mid tele for the statics, and my 150-600, or 100-400 with 1.4x for the flight shots if that tells you how close I need to be to the line for decent shots.

Any suggestions would be appreciated?
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Post by Douglas Liu » Tue Sep 13, 2022 2:29 am

rcoomer wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:55 am I'm looking for some recommendations for photographing Oceana and Andrews. I "might" have the weekend off and was thinking of visiting Andrews on Saturday and Oceana on Sunday, Mainly in that order because of the possibility of the listed bomber flyovers and other Saturday only things at Andrews. The B1 is high on my list to photograph.

Any suggestions on where to be to photograph the flight line at either show?

I haven't been to either show, and have no feel for the layouts, what kind of access I can get to photograph the flight line. The shows I usually go to have photo pits, or have a map to see where the general public can get access to the flight line if they hustle. For Dayton there was only like 30' of flight line front row access for general public, and that was better than the pit this year.

Also there seems to be quite a few restrictions on bags and equipment at both shows because of it being an active base, and since I will be alone, I probably won't want to drag my 500 f4 and extra tripod along. So I'm thinking my wide angle / mid tele for the statics, and my 150-600, or 100-400 with 1.4x for the flight shots if that tells you how close I need to be to the line for decent shots.

Any suggestions would be appreciated?
Andrews has released the ground map, it's on their website. The paid seating area is closer to the runway but not at the show center, the free area near the show center is further away from the runway. I think a 150-600 would work better than a 100-400, unless you are taking about APS-C bodies. I haven't been the Oceana in the last 5 years. I have a ticket for a front row seat. From the map it looks like the paid area covers pretty much the entire front area, if I am not mistaken. I will be at Andrews on Sat and at Oceana on Sun as well.
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