Tuesday, October 16, 2007

US Air Force Flying Over Roosevelt Island

You must take a look at these images from Roosevelt Island 36o of United States Air Force planes flying over Roosevelt Island and the East River. Simply amazing!!
The planes:

are the A-10 Thunderbolt, the F-15 Eagle, the P-51 Mustang, and lastly the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
The photos is
is part of a collection photographed by Victoria Arocho Photography and presented by Rocka Rho Publishing on the website for the 2006 Bethpage Federal Credit Union New York Air Show at Jones Beach
Image below is from Op-For.com picture of the day.
The planes are: A P-51 Mustang, flown by Jim Beasley; an F-16 Fighting Falcon, flown by Maj. Dax Cornelius from Hill Air Force Base, Utah; an F-15 Eagle, flown by Capt. Tony Bierenkoven from Eglin AFB, Fla.; and an A-10 Thunderbolt II, flown by Capt. Jeff Yost of Pope AFB, N.C., fly over New York City on Thursday, May 25, 2006.
.....presumably to attack a giant gorilla.


2 comments :

Anonymous said...

This would have been part of Fleet Week.

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