Military Hot Photo?

[Top_Gun]

I had the pleasure of being along on a flight of 2 A-10 records being broken Friday the 30th. Most hours flown by an A-10 pilot and most hours combined by a 4 ship.

1-Col Mott will reach approximately 4,570 on the 30th
2-achieving a total of approximately 15,550 combined flight hours.

104th FW

Would this warrant a YES on the hot photo option or is that civilian only?

thanks,

[atcvector]

My initial guess would be that this is not a hot photo reason. It does not meet the standards for hot photo. Now if you had the first pictures of a new military airplane then you would indeed have a hot photo.

[seahawk]

No, it would not be considered hot, as it is more a pilot achievement, then related to the plane.

Military hot photos can include the following (examples)

- special colors (at least covering the whole tail fin)
- new type in service with an Air Force
- first flight of new type

So more or less the same as with the airliners

[Top_Gun]

thanks guys, makes sense.