Bumgardner Photography

Bumgardner Photography A place to showcase various aviation, nature, and landscape photographs I've taken.

Managed to get out and catch 63-8028 coming in this morning. This is another battle damaged KC-135, with considerably m...
05/31/2026

Managed to get out and catch 63-8028 coming in this morning. This is another battle damaged KC-135, with considerably more damage than the previous ones. Notice the lack of a boom.

I'm a bit late to the game, Redhome Aviation, MAG Photo, and over on Instagram have already posted their photos, but he...
04/15/2026

I'm a bit late to the game, Redhome Aviation, MAG Photo, and over on Instagram have already posted their photos, but here are some of the better ones I got yesterday of KC-135R 59-1444 coming in. This is one of the aircraft that was damaged in a recent attack on Price Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

I don't typically get all that many comments so hopefully this isn't an issue with this post, but If you have the urge to claim this is AI, then pause for a minute, check out their posts of the same aircraft, and reconsider. While it's good to be cautious these days, it's also good to do a little research before making claims like that.

Finally get to cross photographing a naked B-1 off my list. Managed to catch 86-0115 out on a test flight today.
01/09/2026

Finally get to cross photographing a naked B-1 off my list. Managed to catch 86-0115 out on a test flight today.

Caught these two F-16C Block 70 aircraft from the Slovak Air Force stopping by for fuel today on their way back to Morri...
07/15/2025

Caught these two F-16C Block 70 aircraft from the Slovak Air Force stopping by for fuel today on their way back to Morris ANGB in Tucson, where they are temporarily stationed while learning how to fly these aircraft, which they have acquired to replace their aging fleet of MiG-29 Fulcrums.

Another batch of arrival photos.It was good getting out Thurs and Friday and getting to spend some time hanging out wit...
06/29/2025

Another batch of arrival photos.

It was good getting out Thurs and Friday and getting to spend some time hanging out with Redhome Aviation, Texomaspotter, Meteorologist Michael Armstrong, and JetJunkies(who I can never seem to tag).

More Thunderbirds from Friday's practice.
06/28/2025

More Thunderbirds from Friday's practice.

Took a lot of photos today, and too tired to spend the time going through them all tonight. I will however post what I ...
06/28/2025

Took a lot of photos today, and too tired to spend the time going through them all tonight. I will however post what I thought was the highlight of the day. The 173rd Fighter Wing, Kingsley Field brought in two F-15Cs for static display at this weekends show. One of them happened to be their flagship "Sandman". Really glad I stuck around long enough to catch them coming in. I'm going to be spending a week in the Klamath Falls area in September, and I may have to try to find some time to catch these guys in the air again when I'm out there. Also, if anyone want's to know more about "Sandman" here's a link. https://www.173fw.ang.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2057212/kingsley-field-honors-namesake-lt-david-r-kingsley-with-new-flagship/

Managed to get out yesterday and catch the Thunderbirds arriving for this weekends airshow at Tinker. Also caught a few...
06/27/2025

Managed to get out yesterday and catch the Thunderbirds arriving for this weekends airshow at Tinker. Also caught a few other arrivals including 3 MV-22B Ospreys flown by the "Knightriders" VMM-164 based at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton. They slipped in right before a bit of severe weather hit the area.

Unfortunately as of yesterday I'm back to the normal grind. Too much work, and not enough time to get out and photograp...
04/15/2025

Unfortunately as of yesterday I'm back to the normal grind. Too much work, and not enough time to get out and photograph flying things. Before my posts slow back down here's one more. I didn't have time to edit these Thursday night before heading back down on Friday, so it's a bit backwards, but here's arrival photos of some of the various aircraft that were a part of the show.

One more batch of photos from Saturdays show at Altus Air Force Base's Airpower Stampede Open House and Air Show.
04/14/2025

One more batch of photos from Saturdays show at Altus Air Force Base's Airpower Stampede Open House and Air Show.

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