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Camouflaged Aircraft and related topics
- Thread starter TheBubba
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Aircraft bought on Air Force contracts often retain their Air Force serial numbers that begin with the Fiscal Year they were bought. Most of these are ex-Swiss aircraft.
Another VFC-13 F-5E with Air Force style BUNO
BUNO (USAF style) on NSAWC F-16B aircraft
HJ Photo
From a walk-about on Fallon Flightline last Thursday
Heyjoe, do you feel the irony..
? http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137696
It is.
Navy does not operate any T-38s as Adversaries although Test pilot School has a handful of Orange and White ones. However, in the early days of TOPGUN, the CO went scavaging and found some early A model T-38s that the Air Force didn't want and impressed them into service alongside their A-4E Skyhawks. When the first F-5E/F-5F aircraft showed up later, a few T-38s were given to VF-43, but they were retired before the arrival of the F-16Ns.
Since the T-38 and F-5 were both Northrop products developed from same common fuselage, wings, engines, etc. but F-5E and F model as well as short-lived G have distinctively different noses with radar and gun(s). The F-5 series even evolved the nose even further to the current mako shark looking configuration.
F-5F and F-5E on VFC-13 flightline. Note similar nose congifurations and compare to T-38 which is rounder from frontal view and more curved on bottom when viewed from the side.
Frontal view. (Note: Small side blisters identify former Swiss aircraft)
HJ photo
^^^I worked on that A/C back in the 90's at Randolph AFB. God I hate that airframe! I worked on 90% of the Air Forces T38's.It is.
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Blutonski816
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I scratched my head for a minute when you said "G" and I had to wiki it to know you were talking about the F-20
I knew about the year precedent, but I was under the impression that AF BUNOs were only 5 digits long (like the pic of the T-38), which is what was confusing me. That's interesting that it keeps the number despite a complete change of ownership.
Cron
Yankee Uniform Tango
Here's another one for you then. I'll upload some more just for you when I get a chance.
I wasn't aware that Marines fly F-16s in the Adversary Squadrons. "Bogeys and Bandits" mentioned that they typically only fly F-5s (then again the book was written over 10 years ago). Cool.
Judging by the tail, that is an NSAWC jet. Many joint Navy/USMC commands will have either some of their aircraft marked "NAVY" and some "MARINES," or have one on one side of the fuselage and the other on the opposite side.
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Blutonski816
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I have heard about the use of pink as a suitable camo scheme in desert enviroments. Someone told me of a Pink Hummer operated by the Brits in the sandbox.
