Gunsmoke 1983 - 50TFW

[Old Viper Tester]

Images of the 50th Tac Fighter Wing team at the Gunsmoke air-to-ground weapons competition at Nellis AFB, October 1983. Some will remember that these markings were in Hasegawa's first issue of their long running F-16A kit in 1/72nd scale.

 

80-0561

 

81-0666

 

81-0672

 

81-0682

 

 

 

81-757

 

Thanks for looking,

Sven

[72modeler]

Those 'heritage' Vipers still look like a million bucks! Still hard to believe they are 37 years old! The USAF has sure gotten their money's worth! Thanks, as always, Sven, for sharing these.

Mike

[whiskey]

What is that on the left pylon? A gun pod or something?

[Old Viper Tester]

11 hours ago, whiskey said:

What is that on the left pylon? A gun pod or something?

It's a SUU-20 practice bomb dispenser. Can carry six practice bombs in two rows of three, and four practice rockets, two on each side - hence the large holes in front and back. Though when I was flying, almost all of the SUU-20s I saw were marked as not rocket capable. Seen them in Light Ghost Grey, white (most often), and dark green. you can get them in both 1/72 and 1/48 Hasegawa weapons sets. I think OzMods makes a SUU-20 in 1/72 as well.

 

Sven

[Hetzer123]

Thank you for the great pictures! It was an inspiration for me to create a new decal sheet about HR F-16A.

https://www.pkproductions.de/shop/decals/48-007-early-usafe-high-flyers-1-48/