Posts Tagged ‘F22’
Survived 11/11/11 and lived to tell about it!
Today was an absolutely insanely busy day. Between getting up at 4:30am (after 4 hours of sleep) to get into town on time for my APEC-related work, rushing up Tantalus to watch the F22s fly over Punchbowl for the Veteran’s Day Ceremony, and then adventuring into the cordoned-off zone of Waikiki for more APEC stuff, all the while filming random clips for OneDayOnEarth.Com, I am exhausted! (But not as exhausted as Ed, who is currently passed out on the floor of the hallway outside my office room, even though I told him to go to bed.) We got home at about 10:15pm, and I’ve stayed up just long enough to make sure I got all of today’s photos uploaded and backed up while watching President Barack Obama’s landing at Hickam livestreamed via KHON2. Wish I could have been there like last year, Mr. President! But honestly…I’m also glad to be home, sitting down. It all hurts. So…much…walking…
Today’s quote of the day:
Me: *After setting gear down at the checkpoint to get sniffed by the bomb dogs* Do you want me to put my coffee down too?
Security Lady: No, that’s okay. If you’re drinking explosives, that’s your problem.
Me: I like to kick-start my morning like that. 
Here’s a few photos from today that are non work-related, including soldiers and policemen guarding the street in the rain, Chinese protesters, the F22 Veteran’s Day flyover, and the only photo of Barack Obama that I took today.
Sometime next week I’ll cut together all my video clips of today. I am actually greatly looking forward to it being Monday!
The Last F-15 Eagle Training Sortie
Thanks to PACOM, PACAF, and the Hawaii Air National Guard, we were invited to watch Hawaii’s F-15s fly their last training exercise before they are replaced by the new F-22s. Here are some of my photos from the day, enjoy! (And yes, I was feeling a bit black-and-white while processing!)
While the fighter jets were doing their exercise, we escaped the hot sun to go inside and look at some of their equipment, including their helmets and flight simulators.
We then headed back outside to greet the landing planes and congratulate the pilots.
The pilots were greeted with a traditional hosing as they got out of their F-15s.
Afterwards, the various media people interviewed the pilots while the maintenance crews got to work on the planes.
We had some fun with the F-15s too!
Thanks to Jasmine for another fun opportunity to observe and document our military!
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