VX-30 BLOODHOUNDS at POINT MUGU
December 29th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Erik Hildebrandt
On the second leg of the trip last week in California, I traveled over to Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station just south of Ventura. A beautiful spit of land that sticks out into the Pacific Ocean, the base is ideally located for the live-fire missile test and gunnery ranges out over the water and Channel Islands. On this flight, the Bloodhounds launched a genuine gaggle that included the C-130 platform we shot from and then a second C-130 as a subject followed by one of the last flying S-3 Vikings, and a P-3 Orion sub hunter. The weather was perfect and all the planets aligned to get these aircraft airborne in a rare dissimilar formation worthy of the Centennial of Naval Aviation project. At the end of this mission, we had two sections join us: a two ship of E-2C Hawkeyes and then a two-ship of C-2A CODs. That post will follow shortly.
Comments
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Andrew Thomas Says:
January 21st, 2010 at 3:31 pmErik, I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog, it’s been an inspiration for sure. I like the shot of you on the Herk ramp. I’m curious what Nikon gear you’re shooting with.
Thanks again for the great read, I’m looking forward to more of your work.
Regards,
Andy
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Erik Hildebrandt Says:
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:22 amThanks very much Andrew. It has been an amazing few weeks over here and now that I am heading back to the US, I will have time to update more frequently. Stand by for the de-brief.
Erok
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Erik Hildebrandt Says:
September 15th, 2010 at 1:01 pmNikon D3S