2 Days at Swiss Air Force Base Payerne

[VH-WAL]

I had 2 gruelling days snapping away at Swiss FA18 Hornets loaded for bear, providing Combat Air Patrols over Swiss airspace during the World Economic Forum meetings. We were running / driving around from vantage point to vantage point, on ladders, on mounds, on high ground, in church yards and atop the newly built civil (bizjet) terminal. Temperatures ranged between -5 to +5 degrees C. I got severely chilled to the bone at times. The second day was very misty and with a low cloud base, but it did provide a plethora of lighting conditions. I took lots of pics, I am throwing some up here and now as examples, over the next few weeks I will pick and process e best ones. Please enjoy this Swiss Hornet study.
1P4A2003-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1P4A2001-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1P4A1988-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1P4A1881-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2313-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2283-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2204-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2181-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2123-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2112-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2105-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2091-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2052-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2026-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A2023-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A1963-002 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A1892-003 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A1861-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A1781-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
1W0A1571-001 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr

go to my photostream for dozens more.. enjoy!
cheers wally (now thawed out)

[F-27pax]

I did enjoy these. Enough to make me want to make a Swiss F-18.

[Graeme H]

Great collection, I can just feel the cold in some of those shots, what's the story with the fuel tanks all being marked Stby 121.50?

[VH-WAL]

Great collection, I can just feel the cold in some of those shots, what's the story with the fuel tanks all being marked Stby 121.50?

Hi Graeme, have been too crook to answer.. been in high fevers for 8 days now, only now having any energy to do anything. The tank signage is an effective way of getting an intercepted aircraft to establish communications. I read up on procedures and protocols for interception of aiircraft, makes for interesting reading