And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The bolt holes that secure the vertical stabilizer to the aft fuselage are airframe life limiters on the F-16 that are subject to periodic eddy current inspection. If they show cracks of a certain length the next flight is to Davis Monthan.
Bring 'em on down. Pima County AZ is home of the second largest Air Force in the world. (They keep a lot of those boneyard residents in recoverable storage.)
I’m thinking Norwegian F-16 with the drogue chute above the tail. Very few countries opt for those. Used for short or icy runway landings. Also note the sensors to the sides and above the chute.
Its probably a Mitsubishi F-2 or the Japanese Zero based on the F-16. You can tell by the paint scheme and the open canopy. F-16's do not have the split in the front area of the cockpit.
Is that a Soviet MIG? If so which one? What is this aircraft?
ReplyDeleteF-16, see the open brakes, the horizontal stabs and the strakes? Look at the landing gear angle - all Viper.
ReplyDeleteThe bolt holes that secure the vertical stabilizer to the aft fuselage are airframe life limiters on the F-16 that are subject to periodic eddy current inspection. If they show cracks of a certain length the next flight is to Davis Monthan.
ReplyDeleteBring 'em on down. Pima County AZ is home of the second largest Air Force in the world. (They keep a lot of those boneyard residents in recoverable storage.)
DeleteI’m thinking Norwegian F-16 with the drogue chute above the tail. Very few countries opt for those. Used for short or icy runway landings.
ReplyDeleteAlso note the sensors to the sides and above the chute.
PMI, the old preventive maintenance inspection.
ReplyDeleteIts probably a Mitsubishi F-2 or the Japanese Zero based on the F-16. You can tell by the paint scheme and the open canopy. F-16's do not have the split in the front area of the cockpit.
ReplyDeleteWhat 3:49 said. Not an F-16.
ReplyDeleteYes, Japanese F-2 fighter. The yellow circular patch on the fin is the sword and bow ad arrow logo of the JASDF 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
ReplyDeleteWhoops, 6thTFs
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