Las Vegas Air Show 2008

[72hemi]

Below is a link to photos I took at the Las Vegas air show last weekend after SEMA. I tried to take pictures of the fighters flying but for some reason my camera couldn't focus on them. I have to say I have never seen an aircraft of any kind manuever like the F-22 Raptor did. What an impressive jet (I'm not just saying that because I work for the company that builds it).

http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn154/72hemi/Nellis%20Air%20Show%202008/

[RaptorF229]

You know what I find strange.  Whenever I go to an airshow and the F117 is there it has armed guards with big guns around it roped off. When I see any other aircraft it has no one around it including the F22. Isn't the F117 like  forty years old?

[Rare_T_A]

Gotta love those air shows! Our house is in the flight path for the airport so when the Blue Angles are in town we get a front row seat.

[ViperMan]

You know what I find strange.  Whenever I go to an airshow and the F117 is there it has armed guards with big guns around it roped off. When I see any other aircraft it has no one around it including the F22. Isn't the F117 like  forty years old?

Erm, I don't think so.  The F19 might be, but I think the F117 is a little newer.

Me personally I've always loved the F-14 Tomcat and of course...  The "Viper."

[tactransman]

The F 117 came out in the early 80's. It has a lot of "stealth" technology that maybe they don't want people to see very close up.