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A Spads Viper returns to NAS JRB Fort Worth.

A Spads F-16 lands Runway 36 at NAS JRB Fort Worth

It rained and then cleared up, and although it was a little busy, it was a good experience.

 

雨が降って晴れて、少し忙しかったものの、良い経験でした。

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✈️E-006 - General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon #6F-49 - Royal Danish Air Force🇩🇰

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✨Taken at RIAT 2025 held at RAF Fairford (EGVA) in the United Kingdom on July 20th, 2025, 17:14

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📷Canon EOS R1

🔭EF500mm F4L IS II USM

⚙️MANUAL・F4.0・1/4000th・+0.67EV・ISO400(AUTO)

(DxO PureRAW v5)

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75 ans de l'EC 2/5 Ile de France

Belgian Air Force

350 Sqn

BA 115

Orange Caritat (LFMO)

France

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Used by the Flight Research Lab of the National Research of Canada.

421st Fighter Squadron F-16C 89-2072/HL at Hill Air Force Base in October 1995.

Flares, flares, flares! The Belgian Falcon caught launching flares at the top of a loop. The bird flew an impressive demo flight above the beach of the Côte d'Azur town of Sainte-Maxime at the end of the Free Flight World Masters airshow and competition. Being over water, use of flares was approved, as at most summer airshows, concerns over potential sources of brush fires restrict flare usage.

 

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F-16 - Lockheed - BeAF - Sainte-Maxime 2017

 

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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.

 

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

 

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Returning to March ARB in rainy skies after being part of the Orion capsule recovery mission.

A Romanian Air Force F-16 making clouds while turning and burning during Open Day at Baza 95 Aeriană Erou Căpitan Aviator Alexandru Șerbănescu Bacău.

 

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Lockheed - F-16 - Romanian Air Force - Air Base 95 Bacău Open Day 2018 - BCM/LRBC

 

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USAF 89-2051 - General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon

US Air Force

(Ohio Air National Guard)

at London/ON International Airport (YXU)

during the 2019 London Air Show

 

12th Fighter Squadron (112 FS) "Stingers" Ohio Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing located at Toledo Air National Guard Base, Ohio.

Generally I would crop a photo like this to showcase the plane, but the clouds were so cool so I left it alone. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon at AirVenture 2024.

Scanned from a b/w negative

Scanned from a Kodachrome 64 slide

Two-seat F-16 Block 15 MLU Fighting Falcon that recently entered service for the Romanian Air Force, flying a very loud display during the Boboc Air Show 2018, Şcoala de Aplicaţie pentru Forţele Aeriene.

 

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Lockheed - F-16 - Romanian Air Force - Boboc - BOBAS 2018

 

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480th FS/52 FW F-16C low level through Snowdonia

US Air Force General-Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 83-1160

 

Based with the 194FS California Air National Guard at Fresno

 

Scanned Kodak 64 35mm Transparency

Hellenic Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon displaying at the Kleine Brogel Airshow 2018.

Taxiing back after its impressive display, Hitec is waving at the crowd

 

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Lockheed - F-16 - RNLAF - Kecskemet 2010

 

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Frisian Flag 2019

 

0341 (MSN CC-39) Active in January 1995 with 22nd Fighter Squadron/52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Active in April 2019 as F-16CJ with 179th Fighter Squadron

Minnesota ANG at Duluth ANG Base

General Dynamics Convair CV880-22M N4339D was a regular visitor to Europe from the late 1970's in connection with F16 production often with a fuel stop at Shannon.

A pair of Turkish Air Force General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons heading down the taxiway at RAF Waddington during their deployment for Exercise Cobra Warrior 25-1. A single-seat F-16C leads a twin-seat F-16D.

91-0472 General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon United States Air Force @ RAF Lakenheath 20/07/2017

The F-16N was the ultimate hot rod, if you were an F-14 sitting off the nose in this frame you were long long dead.

RAF Waddington 14/03/2023, 349 Smaldeel General-Dynamics F-16AM MLU, hold for a runway 20 departure.

Outpacing one of the local feathered population, Spangdahlem based US Air Force 480FS 'Warhawks' General-Dynamics F-16CM 91-0342 on short finals to land back at RAF Mildenhall

 

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Scanned from a Kodachrome 64 slide

Frisian Flag 2019

 

0405 (MSN CC-103) Active in January 1995 as F-16C with 23rd Fighter Squadron/52nd Fighter Wing at

Spangdahlem, Germany and in April 2019 as F-16CM with 179th Fighter Squadron/148th Fighter Wing Minnesota ANG at Duluth ANG Base.

311 Squadron, Netherlands Air Force F-16AM J-642 departing RIAT Fairford in July 2006.

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