Ready for take-off! An F-15 Eagle taxies onto the runway to depart for a practice mission during Frisian Flag 2016.
Pictured is a McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle from the 131st Fighter Squadron, part of 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
I took this photo on April 11, 2016 from the spotter's hump at Leeuwarden Air Base.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…