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With a pair of visiting ANG KC-135R Stratotankers behind, Spangdahlem based 480FS 'Warhawks' F-16CM Vipers blast away from Mildenhall during Cobra Warrior 23-2
Here, 92-0918 lights the burners while 91-0338 waits for clearance to depart after
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RAF Waddington 14/03/2023, 349 Smaldeel General-Dynamics F-16AM MLU, hold for a runway 20 departure.
Portugal, Air Force, General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcons with special cplours livery. Seen at Beja 2022 airshow to conmemorate 70th aniversary of Portuguese Air Force.
15105 is s/n AA-05
15103 is s/n AA-03
480th FS F-16C training in the "Mach Loop" during a detachment from Spangdahlem to the 48th FW at RAF Lakenheath,Suffolk.
General Dynamics F-16CM-40-CF Fighting Falcon 89-2009 510th FS / 31st FW - United States Air Force. Ramstein 1v1 exercise.
2024-06-05 ETAR / RMS Ramstein AB
General Dynamics Fighting Falcon of the Turkish Air Force making its way to the runway at RAF Waddington to participate in Cobra Warrior 25-1. The aircraft belongs to the squadron 152 Filo "Raiders" (Akincilar). The raider's lance in the squadron art cleverly integrates with the pitot tube on the fin and the static discharge wick on the rudder :o))
Special tail colours to commemorate the 80th anniversary of 349 Squadron, Belgian Air Force on F-16AM FA-116 at RAF Waddington on 7th March 2023.
Well, 804 now, as this Danish Air Force F-16 marks the apparent origin of the Danish flag in 1219. However, its use this far back is unconfirmed, but it was certainly adopted in 1625.
I caught the aircraft soon after its arrival.
Fairford, Gloucestershire
12th July 2023
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Florennes airshow, 2 September 2001.
350 squadron 'Ambiorix' is one of the Florennes based units.
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E-074 General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon Royal Danish Air Force RIAT Fairford 11 July 2008. The show that was cancelled.
88-0029 General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon Turkish Air Force @ RIAT 2018, RAF Fairford 12/07/2018
E-006 General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon Royal Danish Air Force @ RIAT 2024, RAF Fairford 20/07/2024
J-229 - cn.6D-18 - 900 Maintenance Squadron - RNLAF - Volkel AB, Netherlands
Wearing a replica F-16 prototype scheme, J-229 is a instructional airframe for the 900 maintenance squadron at Volkel AB.
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Volkel AB, Netherlands - 13 Apr 16
From the beginning, it was nicknamed 'Aardvark', after a solitary night hunter with excellent senses that roots in the dirt. But General Dynamics' fighter-bomber was really a high-flying technical pioneer. The F-111 was a tactical bomber, flying hundreds of miles close to the earth and under the radar, hitting the target, and then zooming up high and dashing home at supersonic speed -- all without refueling. Power came from newly invented after-burning turbofan engines. But these extremes of altitude and speed called for a new type of wing that could change position: straight out for takeoff and landing lift, and swept back (as seen in the photograph above) for speed. In othe workds, the F-111 flies the way that birds do.
Advanced radar supported all-weather flying at night, hugging the earth at low altitude, even in rolling terrain, completely controlled by radar while the pilots navigated. Sophisticated avionics also zeroed in on military targets, making smart bombs used in the 1st Gulf War devastatingly effective.
Originally offered in different versions to both the Air Force and the Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force combined the best features of both models in the F-111C (included in the photograph above). Surviving a rocky testing phase and combat debut, the F-111 earned one of the safest operating records of any military aircraft. In Vietnam, it had twice the range of the F-4s and carried more than double the weapons load. In the longest strike mission in history, a force of F-111s flew from England to Libya and back in 1986, detouring all the way around Spain and France.
--Technical Specifications --
First Flight - July 18, 1967
Engines - Two Pratt & Whitney TF30 turbofans
Length - 73 ft, 6 in
Wingspan - 32 ft (swept), 63 ft (spread)
Height - 17 ft, 2 in
Maximum Weight - 100,000 lbs
Wing Area - 525 sqft (swept)
Maximum Airspeed - 1,650 mph
Ceiling - 66,000 ft
Range - 1,330 miles
Weapons - 31,500 lbs of bomb payload
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 1000
Aperture – f/3.5
Exposure – 1/400 second
Focal Length – 18mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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