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Post by corsair67 on Jul 21, 2006 13:55:57 GMT 12
Great photo of a RNZAF TA-4K at low level during Exercise Cope Thunder in 1984. US Dept of Defense photo.  |
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Post by Calum on Jul 21, 2006 15:45:24 GMT 12
Great shot. Is there a Hi REz version available
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 21, 2006 16:05:38 GMT 12
Calum, there certainly is; and it's on its way through cyberspace to your e-mail account as we 'speak'. It's a fairly big file - 4 Mb!  |
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Jul 22, 2006 16:02:29 GMT 12
Cool photo, I did like that colour scheme on the A4s  |
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 22, 2006 16:06:37 GMT 12
Here is another shot from Cope Thunder 1984. US DoD photo.  |
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 22, 2006 16:09:50 GMT 12
Yep, it looks great on that angle, but the photo also shows to good effect why the white was later removed from the Kiwi roundel. I can't believe how much it stands out.
These Skyhawks seem to be in a semi-gloss colour scheme?
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Jul 22, 2006 16:48:47 GMT 12
I agree, its also amazing how the red sticks out around the intakes
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 22, 2006 18:23:12 GMT 12
Hey, I hadn't even noticed that! But you sure are right.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 22, 2006 18:49:05 GMT 12
Nice photos. I had never heard of Cope Thunder before, so did a search and found out more from Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_-_AlaskaI had certainly heard people talking about Exercise Red Flag (and I'm sure another called Black Flag?) whilst I was in the RNZAF. So where were these photos taken? Was it the Philippines? |
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 22, 2006 18:56:28 GMT 12
Dave, you're correct; these photos were indeed taken in the Philippines when the Americans still had a huge military presence there in the 1980s.
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Post by Calum on Jul 22, 2006 22:25:41 GMT 12
Used a great video that 3 Sqn RAAF had called cope thunder blunders. Plent of crashes
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