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Post by michaelh on Jun 11, 2011 18:11:57 GMT 12
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jun 11, 2011 19:39:20 GMT 12
Great shots there Michael. Those Top Gun F-16s were going to be ours once! The USN snapped them up when we cancelled the contract back in 2002.
Got any photos of ATAC's A-4s"?
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Post by airsidenz on Jun 12, 2011 9:17:17 GMT 12
Thanks again for sharing- i love the blue-camo scheme on the jets.
What type of equipment do you use to get these shots?
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 12, 2011 12:27:29 GMT 12
Great photos, and as Don said those F-16B could have been 'ours'!  Good to see the USN is still getting plenty of use out of the 'MiG 28s'. ;D |
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Post by Ykato on Jun 12, 2011 12:57:48 GMT 12
 More awesome pics Thanks for shareing michael - 
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 12, 2011 12:59:23 GMT 12
Great photos!
I thought the Top Gun School was at NAS Mirimar. Did it move? Where is Fallon? It looks a lot colder than the desert in Top Gun the film.
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Post by Ykato on Jun 12, 2011 13:07:00 GMT 12
Great photos! I thought the Top Gun School was at NAS Mirimar. Did it move? Where is Fallon? It looks a lot colder than the desert in Top Gun the film. Top Gun Moved to NAS Fallon Nevada in 1996 Dave according to globalsecurity.org , Miramar is presently a Marine corp base. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 12, 2011 13:10:50 GMT 12
It looks like the Queer Eye team have designed the F-16 colour schemes! ;D
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 12, 2011 13:57:24 GMT 12
It looks like the Queer Eye team have designed the F-16 colour schemes! ;D Well, according to the Fighter Fling 2004 guys, there was a bit of Queer Eye inspiration on "Channel 18 - Hornet Eye for the Fighter Guy". Maybe Channel 16 isn't any better? ;D |
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Post by beagle on Jun 15, 2011 10:44:55 GMT 12
Great photos, and as Don said those F-16B could have been 'ours'! Good to see the USN is still getting plenty of use out of the 'MiG 28s'. ;D yes I was about to say that when I first saw those images. yep, could have had a kiwi on the side |
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Post by Chris F on Jun 15, 2011 12:31:39 GMT 12
Fantastic photos...many thanks.
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Post by Naki on Jun 19, 2011 9:12:55 GMT 12
wow great pics...didnt realise Kfirs were still flying in the agressor role with ATAC.
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Post by michaelh on Jun 24, 2011 11:17:06 GMT 12
Thank you for the belated comments guys, we've been having internet trouble here.
I didn't realise these were the planned RNZAF F-16s, thought they eventually got shipped to Pakistan.
Afraid I've got no shots of any other ATAC birds, this was the only one present the day we went and arrived in the morning, then departed after the early afternoon launch.
I can assure you it certainly was cold, the ramp temperature was somewhere in the region of -10C if I remember corrently. One of my lenses certainly wasn't too happy about that and was giving me grief.
Any requests for the next batch of photos? (UK show/base is your best bet)
Regards,
Michael
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jun 24, 2011 12:30:15 GMT 12
Pakistan got the rest of their F-16s in 2007 but the USN refused to give these ones back - said they were too good and perfect for the job they were doing! Would have been perfect for us too! They would have been the best dogfighters in the world having the lightest F-16 airframe with the most powerful engine. Sigh... what might have been  |
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More awesome pics Thanks for shareing michael - 
