Blue Wave Pix: Aloha ‘Oe Eagles

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Aloha ‘Oe Eagles

The Hawai‘i Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron bid a fond farewell to the McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle yesterday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The Eagle is being replaced by the Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor. 78-0509 is seen above departing the Reef Runway for Nellis Air Force Base, NV.

3 comments:

Lori said...: What a powerful looking jet. You'll have to show us the new model too.; September 2, 2010 at 3:38 AM
Blue Wave 707 said...: I posted a shot from the blessing last week:
http://bluewavepix.blogspot.com/2010/08/hawaiian-blessing.html

& the HNL RareBirds blog has these shots:
http://hnlrarebirds.blogspot.com/2010/07/aloha-raptors.html
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http://hnlrarebirds.blogspot.com/2010/08/final-hang-f-15-sortie.html; September 2, 2010 at 6:03 AM
Pat Tillett said...: Both of them are cutting edge and awesome...; September 3, 2010 at 3:19 PM

The Why

After beginning the HNL RareBirds blog, I wanted to put together a photo-a-day blog of my non-aviation photos ... whatever caught my eye at that time I had one of my cameras with me, and the story behind the photo. I will also include photos from projects I have done, like commercial shoots, weddings, and senior portraits. I'll sneak in aviation-related photos here and there, mostly photos that are not on my airliner blog.

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