Planes over Hapuna

Military planes flying over the Big Island, Hawaii

Pohakuloa Training Area is a large military training area, occupying more than 100,000 acres on the lower slopes of Mauna Loa. Units from all around the country come here for training.

Recently, a series of jump operations were held over several days. As part of these exercises, formations of large aircraft were flying around the area, including over Hapuna, which is where I work.

On this day, the first flight went by while I was occupied, but when the next one came into view, I was ready with my camera. There were around 15 aircraft rumbling overhead at a relatively low altitude and I was pleased that their track took them past the half moon hanging in the sky.

A military plane flying with the moon in the background

6 thoughts on “Planes over Hapuna”

  1. Stuart's avatarStuart

    Looks impressive. Decades ago we used to get up to 20 C130 Hercules flying in line over Bath. Those days are gone and we now rarely see anything at all.

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    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      We get a variety of aircraft heading up to the training area, but this was the most I’ve seen together, and over a few days too. I hope all is well with you.

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