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Some occasional planespotting from around the Aerospace Valley Full res photos here: https://flic.kr/ps/3WJdKd

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Thanks! I get really lucky sometimes

12.10.2025 19:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NASA 884 and 846 yesterday

11.10.2025 21:44 — 👍 37    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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NASA884 and 864 over Edwards

884 serving as an X-59 surrogate while 864 performs chase duties

10.10.2025 17:38 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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B-21 flight test tempo really is remarkable

03.10.2025 19:51 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
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U-2S 80-1099 with some condensation Explore TF23 Aviation's 6782 photos on Flickr!

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30.09.2025 03:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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U-2S 80-1099 with some condensation on the wings after going FL600 and above today. Clouds made for a nice background too

Delivery to Beale on the horizon...

30.09.2025 03:21 — 👍 23    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Excited to see what you catch!

30.09.2025 02:06 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Same plane, new tricks though

30.09.2025 02:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nice catch there, Combat King didn't fly the day I went

29.09.2025 20:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I wouldn't necessarily call them elusive. I think only the OT and WA tails don't have the fiducial markers

20.09.2025 12:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Best birthday present

91-4006, the oldest flying Raptor gives me a bit of a show on its way back to Edwards

Broke the sound barrier above my head earlier in the morning too

20.09.2025 00:51 — 👍 25    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0
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Wow, I thought it had left somewhere more remote for flight testing

Scaled Composites/Northrop Grumman XRQ-73 SHEPARD chilling at Mojave

19.09.2025 15:22 — 👍 38    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1
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That's a bit odd

F-15SA going to China Lake

16.09.2025 19:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Scaled Composites/Northrop Grumman Model 437 performing more taxi tests, 9/12/2025

14.09.2025 03:07 — 👍 28    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Flight test article #2 taxiing out

13.09.2025 15:25 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Lol

13.09.2025 11:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pilot in the front seat sent me a VISTA patch!

13.09.2025 01:56 — 👍 32    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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Model 437 👀

12.09.2025 16:58 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

*second flying

11.09.2025 15:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's cool, watched the second B-21 take to the skies this morning

11.09.2025 15:18 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Don't get to see that too often

One of the highlights of this year for sure

09.09.2025 03:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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AH-64Es with Spike NLOS training missiles stopped by Fox Field over the weekend

08.09.2025 18:15 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Putting the Dehaze slider to the max in Lightroom

TORCH92 landing at Edwards last Friday

08.09.2025 00:10 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BAE-owned Sabreliner N376D "FLIGHTSYSTEMS03" taking off from Mojave to participate in Gray Flag activities

07.09.2025 01:16 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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X-62A VISTA (86-0048)

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06.09.2025 17:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My best shot of the X-62 VISTA yet

Turns out they were flying AI agents on this flight

06.09.2025 17:23 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Crazy that I caught all bombers except the B-2 today

05.09.2025 22:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Wow, glad I stayed in the desert today instead of going to Mugu

05.09.2025 18:08 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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More X-59 taxi testing

05.09.2025 13:58 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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