Portfolio #03 - Fred Krause

This shot is from my very first roll of slides. I was visiting a friend in the Phoenix area, and we hit the transient ramp at Luke AFB every morning and afternoon for the few days that I was there. This is one of the first Navy adversaries that I got a good look at, and has always been one of my favourites. 7-30-83 Luke AFB Az

© Fred Krause
Nikon F3HP 50mm K64 250/f8

	F-4S 155772 DB-01 from VMFA-235 Nikon F3HP 50mm K64 250/f8		F-14D 164603 NE -105 from VF-2 photographed at NAS Fallon. Nikon F3HP 50mm K64 250/f8
	Topgun A-4F 150023/56 shot at NAS Miramar Nikon F3HP 50mm K64 250/f8		NAS Lemoore based VFA-94's 'CAG Bird' F/A-18C 163998 NH-400 Nikon F3HP 50mm K64 250/f8
	F-5F 84-0456 from VFC-13 was shot during Fallon's Airshow on 1st May 1999. I had made arrangements with a pilot from the squadron to take me over to their ramp, after my tour the previous day was rained out. I had to miss the A-10 flight demo, but I did pick off 10 F-5's! Nikon F3HP 50mm K64 250/f8		SH-60B Seahawk 164092/70 from the NSAWC at NAS Fallon. Nikon F3HP 50mm K64 250/f8

I started shooting pictures of military aircraft as an extension of my aircraft-modeling hobby in 1980 at the age of 15. It quickly became a favourite past time of mine, and was fuelled even further when in my 10^th grade drafting class, I met up with three guys who were as rabid about this hobby as myself.

Two of them were military dependants, so access to the many Southern California bases in the area was unlimited. We only lived about 30 miles north of NAS Miramar, and it was a frequent target. We ended up getting to know the Public Affairs Officer at Top Gun. She was very nice, and never refused us a tour. It was on Top Guns ramp that it happened.... I became a huge fan of USN adversary aircraft, a passion that is still with me today. Unfortunately, I didn't start shooting slides until shortly before I joined the USAF in 1985.

In the last year I have made numerous trips in the western US, with NAS Fallon being a favourite. Fortunately, I now live only about two miles from Hill AFB, Utah. Along the way, one of my old shooting buddies from 10th grade joined the USAF, and is now a TSGT stationed at Hill, so once again, access is available. We discovered that base ops at Hill will let us shoot pictures of transient aircraft, as long as we get the pilots permission. This will no doubt lead to many productive days in the future!

I spent a few years stationed at Eielson AFB Alaska as a weapons loader on A-10s of the 18th TFS. The daily BS of the military quickly burned me out, and I turned my camera to trains instead. I shot trains from about 1985 until 1998, before I again turned my trusty F3HP to aircraft.