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Motty wrote:Look what arrived here yesterday! :)):
You need to help me a bit, as i'm not very familiar with mil craft.

It looks like an F-16, but is it ?

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It sure is an F-16. One of the rarest (and strangest) models, but it sure is. Singapore AF by the way.

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Post by Schffrs »

Grote garnalen!! / Big shrimps!! :multi:
More of that!!

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Post by BlackBird »

For sure this is a F-16, a F-16F (or E) block60. This should be the latest F-16 model.
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Post by sfeyenoord1 »

Nice catch! although it doesnt win the beautyprize like that :lol: Didnt even knew this model excisted though. :oops:
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Its the Lockheed Martin F-16DJ Fighting Falcon Block 52+ , but not rare because Chile, Greece and Poland has them too the F-16DJ , only without the Conformal Fuel Tanks. Some DJ-models does not include the Dorsal Spine.
The United Arab Emirates Air Force includes the F-16E model Block 60 with the Conformal Fuel tank , but without the Dorsal Spine.
Israel has the Lockheed Martin F-16I Sufa, and the most rare of them all is the Japan Air Self Defence Force Mitsubishi F-2 , which has a 25% larger wing area than the F-16, larger tail and larger air intake.
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greece flies with the conformal fuel tanks.....
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Post by BlackBird »

@ tva2 O.K. I think you're right about that.
You show a lot of military knowledge for a civil spotter :D
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@Bjorn320,

You're right indeed, its the F-16CJ Block 50 with the conformal fuel tanks.

@BlackBird
Block 60 is the latest of them all and only sold to the UAE AirForce.
The UAE's F-16 Block 60 Desert Falcon is the most advanced F-16 ever produced and it is more advanced than the Israeli F-16I Sufa which is only an upgrade from Block 50/52. But this UAE sale was surrounded by controversy because this Block 60 F-16 is far more superior than the USAF has in its F-16 inventory.
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G'day again Guys,

I've been able to get a few more photos of our visitors so here you go. :D

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Post by tva2 »

Hi Motty
Thanks for sharing

Gidday mate!
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Post by mart »

that 2nd tot last one is simply stunning
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Very cool pics of the new F-16 8)
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Post by amarx »

daim :shock: nice pics keep up the good work :D
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Grote garnalen!! / Big shrimps!!

:lol: :lol:
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