Old Viper Tester Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Air Force Reserve 93rd Tac Fighter Squadron at the Gunsmoke air-to-ground competition September 1981, Nellis AFB. 63-7413 63-7500 63-7711 64-0655 64-0796 Thanks for looking, Sven 17 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Yeah! I thoroughly enjoy looking at pictures of the gunsmoke competitions. Wonder why they ever got rid of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 12 hours ago, whiskey said: Yeah! I thoroughly enjoy looking at pictures of the gunsmoke competitions. Wonder why they ever got rid of it... Probably because since 1991 they've been too busy doing it for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Because the Hogs kept winning. They called it Hogsmoke after that. Major Al Brown of the 81st won it in 81, and again in 83. Beat all comers with gun and dumb bombs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Great selection. Thank you for recording the event, pictures like this are priceless. Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 The USAF isn't my area of expertise, but I've always loved that colour scheme. Thanks for a great selection of photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Thank you for sharing your photos once again. These aircraft look very well turned out, was there a competition for best aircraft? Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Viper Tester Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 On 9/12/2018 at 4:27 AM, Britman said: was there a competition for best aircraft? I've never heard of a Best Aircraft competition at Gunsmoke. Many units used to tart up their jets just for the exercise: A-10s with chromed cannon shrouds, F-4s with chromed tips on their external fuel tanks, and F-16s with special team tail art being the most obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Any photos of Hawaiian F-4s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Viper Tester Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Shalako said: Any photos of Hawaiian F-4s? Unfortunately, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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