Big_Nikkors
F-15A Mono
Before this makeover, the aircraft was painted with the scheme and markings of the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, a unit at Bitburg Air Base, Germany, to which the aircraft was assigned in July 1977. Given this opportunity, IWM Duxford personnel decided they wanted to go with a different paint scheme from the aircraft's lineage. The aircraft now bears the markings of the "Spittin' Kittens", the nickname for the 5th Fighter Intercept Squadron to which the aircraft was assigned in December 1981.
The F-15 will now be on permanent display outside the American Air Museum - the only memorial museum outside of the United States. The museum stands in remembrance of the 30,000 U.S. Airmen who lost their lives flying from British shores during World II.
F-15A Mono
Before this makeover, the aircraft was painted with the scheme and markings of the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, a unit at Bitburg Air Base, Germany, to which the aircraft was assigned in July 1977. Given this opportunity, IWM Duxford personnel decided they wanted to go with a different paint scheme from the aircraft's lineage. The aircraft now bears the markings of the "Spittin' Kittens", the nickname for the 5th Fighter Intercept Squadron to which the aircraft was assigned in December 1981.
The F-15 will now be on permanent display outside the American Air Museum - the only memorial museum outside of the United States. The museum stands in remembrance of the 30,000 U.S. Airmen who lost their lives flying from British shores during World II.