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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Three members of the Nimrod crew showing their colours - they are part of Fincastle 2008 hosted by 19 Wing Comox, Canada.

WHAT'S NEW!

May 5, 2008 -

I will have a full report on Fincastle 2008 very soon!

April 4, 2008 -

The new CF-18 demo jet is painted and in the sky. 188703 is this years Hornet that will be amazing audiences across the world (date in the UK for RIAT!) The tails are painted celebrating NORAD's 50th Anniversary and the lower fuselage has a Quebec's 400th logo. Another great job by Jim Belliveau and the paint team at 3 Wing, Bagotville!

April 4, 2008 -

A few photo's of the first CF-18 to complete Phase II of the upgrade program that our CF-18's are presently undergoing.

March 27, 2008 -

I am happy to share some amazing photo's from my friend, Derek Giroux. A member of the last two CF-18 demo teams, he has logged several hours in the Hornet and has taken some great shots! Thanks, Google!

December 18, 2007-

A rare look from inside a CF-18 Hornet during training mission's at 4 Wing Cold Lake. Thanks to Don Patrick for sharing these photo's!

October 16, 2007-

More updated to the Hornet's Nest. New page covering the 2002 Demo Jet from 425 Alouette Sqn. Thanks to Todd Pomerleau for sharing his photo's!

October 15, 2007-

I have rescanned some old photo's and even added a few new shots of the iconic T-33 Silver Star. Three pages in total.

October 15, 2007-

I have also rescanned all the CH-113 Labrador photo's. Some new ones in their as well.

September 24, 2007-

Canada's CC-177 Globemaster III made its first visit to 19 Wing Comox this past week. This massive airlifter is in high demand within the CF and has been visited Germany, Greenland, Alaska, Jamaica and Afghanistan (twice) in five weeks of operations.

August 26, 2007-

I have written an article on my experience of flying in the CF-18 Hornet. My thanks to the entire 2007 CF-18 Demo Team!

August 18, 2007-

This was a great show! The first public appearance of the CC-177 Globemaster III, the last display for the F-117 Stealth and possibly the S-3B Viking. Lots of photo's covering the first two days of this three day show.

August 17, 2007-

New page covering this year's CF-18 Demo Team. Flown by Captain Yanick "CRANK" Gregoire, the tails of his Hornet are painted to celebrate 25 years of CF-18 service in Canada.

August 12, 2007-

Canada's brand new plane, the CC-177 Globemaster III. These photo's are hot off the press and were shot yesterday at the Abbotsford Airshow during it's first public appearance. 22 photo's in all!

August 1, 2007-

New page covering the RAF Waddington Airshow. The highlight of this show was the Indian Air Force and their SU-30 Flankers. The other story of this show was the weather - which was so horrible that the show on Sunday was cancelled due to the poor conditions.

July 20, 2007-

New page covering the Yeovilton Air Day 2007 now up.

July 20, 2007-

New photo's now on the Super Hornet page.

July 16, 2007-

New page of the T-38 Talon now up. 26 photo's in all with varied paint schemes.

July 12, 2007-

New page covering the Israeli F-16 Barak. These photo's were shot during their first and only Maple Flag back in 2005. The large spines and distinct paint scheme make these Vipers stand out from the rest.

July 12, 2007-

New page for the Canadian CC-130 Hercules! A few oldies in there!

July 7, 2007-

I have updated my CF-18 Hornet's Nest page with new pages in the "SPECIALS" section. Almost all colourbirds are coverd now!

June 17, 2007-

Six F-16's from Hill AFB were deployed to CFB Comox this week. Check out the photo's here. More photo's will be posted soon!

June 17, 2007-

I have been cleaing up and updating some of my older pages. Including new photo's of the Canadian CC-144 Challenger, CC-150 Polaris and CP-140 Aurora. The USAF page has also had some updates with new C-17, F-16 and an all new KC-10 Extender, B-1B Lancer and B-52 BUFF pages as well. Not left out, the U.S. Navy has new F/A-18C Hornet, E-2 Hawkeye, S-3 Viking pages added. I will have a new Super Hornet page up in a week or two. Enjoy!

May 22, 2007-

TRIDENT FURY 2007 was another major success. With more than 40 aircraft and 8 warships from the U.S. and Canada participating in the two week exercise. Updated with more photo's.

May 15, 2007-

Page now complete with a report on the 2007 Spring Training.

April 15, 2007-

New page added of the venerable C-130 Hercules. Photo's cover some of the variants operated by USAF.

April 6, 2007-

ARCTIC SAREX 2007 - This is a multi national exercise that is held annually. This year, 19 Wing Comox hosted this major training exercise featuring a simulated airliner crash in a remote region of the arctic. All photo's now uploaded!.

July 8, 2006-

I have begun updating the CF-18 "HORNET'S NEST" page. Still under construction but will hopefully have the page completed by the end of the month. I now have 100 new photos including more photos of the new 409 Sqn SPECIAL!

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