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  1. Πολεμική Αεροπορία 340 Squadron „Fox“ 115 Combat Wing Souda Air Base - Crete F-16C Block 52+
  2. Aircraft of the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, 57th Fighter Weapons Wing, Tactical Fighter Weapons Center, Nellis AFB, April 1989. A-10A 79-0172 F-16B 82-1028 F-16B 82-1033 F-16D 86-0039 F-16D 86-0041 F-16C 87-0309 F-16C 87-0311 F-16C 87-0313 F-16C 87-0315 F-16C 87-0333 Thanks for looking, Sven Old Viper Tester
  3. F-16C s/n 83-1118. The first F-16C Block 25 airframe and the first of three initial F-16C airframes that were all turned over to the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB and referred to as the "Three Sisters": 83-1118. '119 and '120. August 1989 - The centerline store is a flight test special instrumentation recording pod, she always carried it. The orange bands denote modified equipment. I think she was always fitted with the flight test nose boom with yaw and pitch vanes as well. The black 'blivet' ahead of the vertical tail fairing was referred to as the "disco ball" - it was a retro-reflector housing with silver apertures encased all around it. January 1991 October 1991 December 1992 Thanks for looking, Sven Old Viper Tester
  4. A pair of F-16As of the 72nd Tac Fighter Training Squadron, 56th Tac Training Wing out of MacDill AFB. On the Edwards AFB transient ramp, December 1984. 80-0481 80-0511 Thanks for looking, Sven Old Viper Tester
  5. F-16C 88-0445, 6516th Test Squadron, F-16 Combined Test Force, 6510th Test Wing, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB. '445 was a dedicated test aircraft, used mostly for evaluation of software and radar upgrades. June 1990. The store on the centerline is a high-speed radar data recorder pod. These pods sere conversions of the original centerline fuel tanks used during Full-Scale Development testing. The orange stripe running longitudinally along the tank indicates flight test peculiar modifications or equipment. Radar test mission, January 1991. High-speed radar data recorder pod on the centerline - here, the orange stripe runs the circumference of the pod. Before engine start checks... Engine running and instrumentation pod checks... Chocks pulled and General Dynamics ground crew signaling hold before taxi. 83-1143 is waiting to taxi and served as the test mission safety chase and radar target... Taxiing out... Making a low pass during a sensor test in October 1990 carrying an ALQ-131 ECM pod on the centerlne. We had a missile sensor on top of a truck on Rodgers dry lake and various aircraft would make passes at various heights to see. how the sensor reacted. Thanks for looking, Sven
  6. The 527th only operated these aircraft for a couple of years, never reaching its intended full complement of 18 jets. Just 12 were flown at Bentwaters, being the only F-16s to ever be based in the UK and attracting a whole plethora of USAF, RAF and NATO squadrons to Bentwaters for DACT. Interesting article here with more info: http://homepages.force9.net/ffour/Oldstuff/2004/aggressors/aggress.htm This is the old 1/48 Hasegawa F-16C kit, built mostly from the box, but with Eduard cockpit etch and Afterburner decals. I scratch built the finless AIM-9 round from a kit missile. Paints used were all Tamiya spray cans, following the colours and markings shown on the aftermarket decal pack. Interestingly, 86-0229 is still serving to this day, now based in Texas with the 457th FS/301st FW.
  7. My second build of this fantastic kit this time went for a sun-beaten HAF scheme as I’m a bit of a Greek-ophile anyway and I love the scheme. Paints AK Real Colour/ Extreme metal. Quinta Studios 3D decals for the cockpit and ProCal HAF markings for the exterior. Thanks for looking.
  8. I’ve fancied making one of these for a while now, and seeing as I’m progressing well with the Miles, I thought I’d start preparations now. I wish I’d got to go to Bentwaters while these superb and exciting jets were based there, it must have been awesome. Anyway, a while back I got the aftermarket decal set for the 527th, and an F-16C kit in 1/48. So far so easy, but these are block 30 jets, and I think this Hasegawa kit depicts a block 25? Does it matter? It says on the decal instructions that the 527th jets were early block 30s with the small intake, which I assume this kit has? There’s even a bag of ‘correction’ parts included in the kit: Is this kit correct for an early block 30? Or will I need to fork out for a Tamiya one? Similarly, I think it has the correct jet pipe for a GE F110 engine. The kit even has two canopies, one clear and one shaded. Looking at photos it looks like I’ll need the shaded one. The decal set is superb! I need aftermarket cockpit detail though. Im guessing we have plenty of Viper experts on the forum, so any advice is very welcome …
  9. Hi all, Very recent finish for the F-16 STGB here on the forum. The build thread is here but to recap: Kit: 1/72 Revell F-16C kit 04844 Build: OOB Extras: Conformal fuel tanks from Hasegawa F-16 Paints: Tamiya Acrylics, Flory Models Wash, Klear, W&N satin varnish Decals: F-16 Zeus II by Procal I broke the very delicate tailplane aerials so need to replace those. And some of the decal touch-ups aren't a match. The canopy should be tinted but I forgot. But apart from all of that, really enjoyed it and love how it turned out. Revell_1_72_F-16C_Zeus II (2) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_F-16C_Zeus II (3) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_F-16C_Zeus II (4) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_F-16C_Zeus II (8) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_F-16C_Zeus II (1) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_F-16C_Zeus II (12) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Thanks for looking and happy modelling. Cheers, Dermot
  10. I have been planning to build an Spangdahlem F-4G for some time and got a set of decals for this. The pack included a set of Sharmouth decals for the other half of the mid 80s hunter killers pair, the F-16C block 30. Now I have built a few F-16s in the last year or so and had saved one kit with a view to using these decals. Equipped with Shrikes and Aim 9s but before the full on block 50 Weasel F-16s, this is how she turned out Now the kit. It’s an old ESCI A model. I took off the rear stabilisers and replaced them with the standard larger ones and tilted them up. I opened the airbrakes, scratch improved the cockpit and wheel wells. Plus various other little bits. Decals are a mix of ESCI kit stencils and Xtradecal Spang set. The ECM pod is the best I could find. I seem to have mislaid my ALQ 131 pod - it will turn up at some point. Hope you like it - thanks for looking
  11. Joining you with this Academy 1/72 F-16C kit, Costing me £8 from an IPMS colleague. Bought 2016. Instructions. Parts. The only option is deciding which number aircraft.
  12. F-16Cs 83-1143 and 88-0445, 6516th Test Squadron, 6510th Test Wing, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB. Ready to taxi out for a radar test mission. '445 is the test jet and carries a centerline pod containing high-speed radar data recording equipment - the orange stripe indicates the pod carried unique test equipment. While '143 was a test jet in its own right, on this mission it is being used as a radar target for '445. General Dynamics crews and maintenance personnel were part of the F-16 Combined Test Force at Edwards (part of the "Combined" unit monicker) - and they still are today as Lockheed Martin Fort Worth. The F-16 test fleet was split between General Dynamics and USAF maintenance teams, '143 and'445 were GD maintained jets at this time. The pilots are USAF assigned to the 6516th Test Squadron. The Israeli jet (301, USAF s/n 86-1598) in the background was testing the Peace Marble II (Block 30) configuration for that Foreign Military Sales program. Cockpit checks. GD crew chief on the intercom. Engine start. Chocks away. '445 crew chief signaling brakes/hold. '143 crew chief signaling begin taxi. Brakes checked and out of the parking spot. The crew chief has done the check for leaks and gives the thumbs up. Thanks for looking, Sven
  13. F-16Cs 83-1143 and 88-0445, 6516th Test Squadron, 6510th Test Wing, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB. Ready to taxi out for a radar test mission. '445 is the test jet and carries a centerline pod containing high-speed radar data recording equipment - the orange stripe indicates the pod carried unique test equipment. While '143 was a test jet in its own right, on this mission it is being used as a radar target for '445. General Dynamics crews and maintenance personnel were part of the F-16 Combined Test Force at Edwards (part of the "Combined" unit monicker) - and they still are today as Lockheed Martin Fort Worth. The F-16 test fleet was split between General Dynamics and USAF maintenance teams, '143 and'445 were GD maintained jets at this time. The pilots are USAF assigned to the 6516th Test Squadron. The Israeli jet (301, USAF s/n 86-1598) in the background was testing the Peace Marble II configuration for that Foreign Military Sales program. Cockpit checks. GD crew chief on the intercom. Engine start. Chocks away. '445 crew chief signaling brakes/hold. '143 crew chief signaling begin taxi. Brakes checked and out of the parking spot. The crew chief has done the check for leaks and gives the thumbs up. Thanks for looking, Sven
  14. F-16Cs of the 19th Tac Fighter Squadron, 363rd Tac Fighter Wing out of Shaw AFB. Red Flag 90-5, Nellis AFB, July 1990. 83-1136 84-1214 84-1220 84-1225 84-1227 84-1229 84-1231 84-1235 84-1242 84-1272 Thanks for looking, Sven
  15. F-16Cs of the 63rd Tac Fighter Training Squadron, 56th Tac Training Wing out of MacDill AFB at Red Flag 91-3, May 1991. 85-1560 87-0273 87-0276 87-0289 87-0290 - Wing commander's bird 87-0338 87-0342 88-0397 88-0410 Thanks for looking, Sven
  16. Visiting the USAF side of Carswell AFB during a visit to General Dynamics, October 1992. F-16C/Ds of the 457th Fighter Squadron, 301st Operations Group, Air Force Reserve. 83-1141 83-1147 83-1155 83-1157 84-1214 84-1216 84-1226 84-1227 84-1231 84-1235 84-1240 84-1242 84-1245 84-1248 84-1272 84-1301 84-1320 85-1421 Thanks for looking, Sven
  17. Hello fellow modellers, I like exotic schemes on airplanes, Indonesia has a beautiful edition of the F-16 in magnificent colors, better than the standard dull gray colors. The Tamiya kit is a joy to build, what a fantastic fitting. As extras I have placed an Aires Resin cockpit, the AGM-65 Mavericks and Aim-9J Sidewinders are from Eduard. At the end of last year I had this kit ready ... below some pictures, enjoy.
  18. Vipers of the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, 57th Fighter Weapons Wing, Tactical Fighter Weapons Center out of Nellis AFB, conducted an evaluation of the F-16's suitability in the close air support mission (as a potential replacement for the A-10?). They were accompanied in the exercise by an F-16B, 75-0752, technical development airframe with sensor modifications operated by General Dynamics. The 422nd Vipers were: 83-1128, 83-1129, 83-1130, 83-1131, 83-1144, and 84-0267. USAF images. 83-1128 83-1129 83-1131 83-1144. I don't think the two-seater in the background is '752 - there's no FLIR ball atop the nose, but I haven't found a record of a USAF B/D participating in the CAS Eval. Forward-Looking infra-Red/laser spot tracker (FLIR/LST) pod on F-16Cs Forward-Looking infra-Red (FLIR) sensor on F-16B 75-0752. The continuation of the aft fairing is on the canopy frame. GPU-5 (GEPOD-30) cannon pod on 83-1144. AGM-65 on LAU-117/A launcher Apologies if I've already posted these. I recently found two additional slides and couldn't find the original post (if it existed). Thanks for looking, Sven
  19. Vipers of the 68th Tac Fighter Squadron, 347th Tac Fighter Wing out of Moody AFB. At Nellis AFB for the Red Flag 91-3 large force exercise, May 1991. 89-2058 89-2060 89-2064 89-02068 89-2069 89-2077 89-2078 89-2083 89-2086 89-2087 Thanks fo looking, Sven
  20. Some newly delivered F-16Cs temporarily assigned to the F-16 Fighter Weapons School, 57th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis. Awaiting authorization for the 64th Aggressor Squadron to relinquish their F-16As and take on F-16Cs? 86-0251 86-0271 86-0272 87-0319 87-0321 87-0323 87-0325 87-0327 Thanks for looking, Sven
  21. F-16Cs of the 72nd Tac Fighter Training Squadron, 56th Tactical Training Wing out of MacDill AFB. At Nellis AFB for Red Flag exercise, June 1991. 85-1549 85-1551 85-1554 85-1556 85-1562 85-1564 Thanks fo looking, Sven
  22. F-16Cs of the 314th Tac Fighter Training Squadron, 58th Tac Training Wing out of Luke AFB. At Nellis AFB for Red Flag 90-5, July 1990. 85-1427 85-1437 85-1439 85-1441 85-1445 Thanks for looking, Sven
  23. Vipers of the 19th Tac Fighter Squadron out of Shaw AFB at Nellis AFB for Red Flag exercise 91-4, June 1991. 88-0502 89-2079 89-2004 89-2085 89-2089 89-2091 Thanks for looking, Sven
  24. This is my attempt at an F-16C of the short lived Bentwaters 527th Aggressor Squadron from 1988. It is an Academy kit , which is not the best. Many problems & even finished its got some faults, but it looks ok. And with my other Dutch F-16A And with my other Bentwaters resident Thanks for looking
  25. A couple of years ago I picked up a cheap ESCI F-16 and wondered what to build it as. I fancied a Europe based USAF one, and had a look at where they were based. I tried to get some Hahn decals but failed and the only other options was Spangdahlem. So I ended up building a Dutch version with the kit decals. Then I found it about the short time that USAF F-16s were not only deployed to Europe but to the UK. The Bentwaters Aggressors. Just getting going when the base was closed. I believe there were only ever 12 of them, but most importantly you can get decals. So when an Academy F-16C kit came my way the choice was easy. And a visit to the Bentwaters Cold War Museum sealed the deal with their nice models & photos on display. So this is the kit & decals And this is the plastic So any advice about the kit will be appreciated. Looks pretty good. Did wonder about the blank at the back of the intake, but she will probably have a FOD cover on and way. And I really don’t know anything about the detail differences between F-16 variants.
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