TaskForce23
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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
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NASA884 and 864 over Edwards

884 serving as an X-59 surrogate while 864 performs chase duties
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B-21 flight test tempo really is remarkable
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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...
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Excited to see what you catch!
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Same plane, new tricks though
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Nice catch there, Combat King didn't fly the day I went
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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
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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
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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
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That's a bit odd

F-15SA going to China Lake
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The Scaled Composites/Northrop Grumman Model 437 performing more taxi tests, 9/12/2025
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Flight test article #2 taxiing out
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Pilot in the front seat sent me a VISTA patch!
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That's cool, watched the second B-21 take to the skies this morning
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Don't get to see that too often

One of the highlights of this year for sure
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AH-64Es with Spike NLOS training missiles stopped by Fox Field over the weekend
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Putting the Dehaze slider to the max in Lightroom

TORCH92 landing at Edwards last Friday
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BAE-owned Sabreliner N376D "FLIGHTSYSTEMS03" taking off from Mojave to participate in Gray Flag activities