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We live near what was formerly Williams Air Force Base. It is now Williams Gateway Airport. My hubby has told me a lot of things about the aircraft he sees on this base, as he is an airplane buff. However, these are photos of some of the most interesting of the bunch. The Apache helicopter above has a gun attached to the body of the aircraft. It is controlled by the sight of the pilot. The pilot controls where the gun aims with his line of sight. Whatever he looks at becomes the target. Naturally these pilots must have 20/20 vision or better - no one with crossed or lazy eyes because the sensors couldn't register properly.
The fighter planes are just cool looking. I don't know much about them except that they take off in groups and are very loud and very fast. I believe my husband also said that they can practically raise straight up off the ground rather than having to climb gradually to increase altitude like most planes.
The last photos are of the second largest airplane in the world. Being that this base was once a military base, its airstrip has the capacity to handle massive weight. It so happens that this plane is Russian and it arrived on that day to pick up two of the helicopters you see above. The helicopters were being taken to Israel. The AH-124-100 was back again last week although I don't know what it was there to pick up this time!
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