If you stare at the moose long enough, it stares back Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III fixed-wing four-engine military transport aircraft Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney PW2000 (F117-PW-100) turbofan engines S/N: 98-0055 (80055) C/N: 50059 / F58 Fun fact: since the engines are mounted high up, C-17 can use it's own power to taxi backwards with much less danger of FOD damage to the engines. Regular airliners aren't usually allowed to do this. Assigned to: Altus Air Force Base, 97th Air Mobility Wing Airshow: 2025 Beale Air & Space Expo Location: Beale Air Force Base, California, USA Special thanks to Beale Air Force Base Public Affairs for providing me with a media pass Prints available Fujifilm X-H2S Fujinon XF500mmF5.6
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You're gonna need a space suit for this one Aircraft: Lockheed U-2S "Dragon Lady" single-seat single-engine high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Powerplant: 1x General Electric F118-101 turbofan engine S/N: AF68-336 (68-10366) C/N: 058 Fun fact: The panoramic film cameras U-2 used in the past produced 18x18 inch exposures, which is enough area to fit 61 IMAX film frames or around 244 35mm film frames Assigned to: 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, California, USA Airshow: 2025 Beale Air & Space Expo Location: Beale Air Force Base, California, USA Special thanks to Beale Air Force Base Public Affairs for providing me with a media pass Prints available, link in bio Fujifilm X-H2S Fujinon XF500mmF5.6
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Afterburner fly-by Aircraft: PZL-Mielec Lim-5, a licensed version of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F, single-seat high-subsonic fighter aircraft Powerplant: 1x Lis-5 engine, a licensed version of Klimov VK-1F afterburning centrifugal-flow turbojet engine S/N: 1C1529, 1529
Tail number: N117BR/NX117BR Piloted by: Jason Somes from High Alpha Air Shows Airshow: 2025 Beale Air & Space Expo Location: Beale Air Force Base, California, USA Special thanks to Beale Air Force Base Public Affairs for providing me with a media pass Fun fact: Small protruding part on top of the cockpit is a prismatic rear-view periscope Fujifilm X-H2 Fujinon XF200mmF2 Prints available
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