Old Viper Tester Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) A few F-5Es from the 64th Fighter Weapons Squadron. s/n 71-1635, June 1981. I think this was supposed to be the "Frog" scheme, but that brown just doesn't look right. 72-1388, April 1981. 73-0882, February 1981. Snake scheme. Note the 2 in the bort number looks like an inverted 5. 73-0847, May 1981. Pumpkin scheme. 73-0847 again, June 1981. Pumpkin scheme, but looks like someone found a different shade of tan/brown. 73-0865, June 1981. Don't know what scheme this was supposed to be. Many of us in the operational test squadron thought it was a mistake and referred to it as The Lemon. 73-1635 February 1981. Southeast Asia scheme. 73-1636 April 1981. Southeast Asia scheme. 74-1508, April 1981. Old Ghost scheme. 74-1510, October 1980. New Ghost 2 scheme? Thanks for looking, Sven Edited March 10, 2018 by Old Viper Tester correcting auto-correct 16 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Awesome pics, thanks for sharing. I have a real soft spot for the Freedom Fighter and just love the aggressor schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raguk Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Thanks for posting great shots RG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Great selection. Thanks for posting these. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boman Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Nice! Did you have any F-5F's during this time? or did they only arrive later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Content withdrawn - I will NOT be threatened by a moderator, simply because I queried the actions of another... Edited June 27, 2020 by andyf117 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Viper Tester Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 8 hours ago, Boman said: Did you have any F-5F's during this time? No F-5Fs before 1985. I was surprised to see that they had F-5Fs on the line when I returned to the US in 1988. Sven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Viper Tester Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 6 hours ago, andyf117 said: .interesting that 635 appears to be missing the red parts of the star 'n bar... We had a few jets on the Nellis line that looked like the star and bar went pre-1947. The sun bleached away the red. We had two F-4Es in the 414th Fighter Weapons Squadron with bleached insignia on the left and insignia that looked new on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boman Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Thanks Sven. I have seen photos of F-5F's that is supposed to be from 1983, so a bit surprised about this? But would you happen to have photos from ~1988ish too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Loving the lemon....anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Viper Tester Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 7 hours ago, Boman said: would you happen to have photos from ~1988ish too? Working on them. Hence the "Part 1" for this post. I have the rest of the 64th and about a dozen from the 65th. 3 hours ago, junglierating said: Loving the lemon....anymore We are out of Lemon... and Pumpkin, though I think there is a Pumpkin in the 65th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 funny how the last grey schemes make the hump behind the cockpit look more pronounced. Brilliant pictures as ever Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Viper Tester Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 22 hours ago, Red Dot said: funny how the last grey schemes make the hump behind the cockpit look more pronounced. Hmmm... Hadn't noticed that before, but yeah, it looks almost like one of the MiG-29 designers got into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Just now, Old Viper Tester said: Hmmm... Hadn't noticed that before, but yeah, it looks almost like one of the MiG-29 designers got into it. that's exactly what i thought too. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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