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... or is colour permitted?



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Are only grey ones allowed?



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And just for a change, some Strike Eagles from the last time. Note that the some "Ra'am" didn't yet have the "Satcom" bump http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1225/usmrhb515.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us http://imageshack.us/a/img28/3238/usmrhb636.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img832/5657/usmrhb526.jp...

Well, if you insist, here are some Skyhawks: http://imageshack.us/a/img835/9332/img0253mx.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img248/9899/img0150b.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img811/1408/img0153er.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img521/9020/img0162oe.jpg Not the different fin styles on the TA-4s, and the rather fa...

Last one for now, showing the famous recce pod featured in these pages last month (and with most of the smudges shopped-out!)



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Noted at the recent photo-call were: A-4N:306, 309, 310, 320, 324, 336, 342, 345, 357, 389, 391, 421, TA-4J:544, 702, 703, 704, 705, 708, 715, 719, 720, 721, 723, 725, 730, 745, F-15I:205, 220, 215, 234, 252, 255, 261, 269, F-16I:811, 823, 827, 833, 848, 855, 862, 865, 873, 881, 886, 887, 891, 893, ...

The USS Kearsarge has arrived for a visit. On deck appear to be 10 MV-22s, 4 x AV-8Bs and maybe half a dozen UH-1s.
Serials anyone?

Israel´s Y Net news agency reports an Iranian F-5 fighter jet has crashed near the Iraqi border, killing two pilots. The fighter crashed in highlands after it took off from a military air base in Dezful, 460 kilometers (280 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran, according to a report by the semi-o...

Early arrivals for the open house static:-

F-15C 541
F-15A 689
F-15I 201 "Manat" - Flight test centre
F-16A 107
F-16D 601 "Manat" - Flight test centre
F-16I 444 253 Sqdn
A-4N 411 102 Sqdn
Bonanza 304
CH-53A 912 (Yassur 2025?)
S-70 522 (Yanshuf 3)
More tromorrow!

Wednesday 20th March POTUS finally arrived on AF1 29000, and departed soon after in a flotilla (?) of S-70s; 2 x VH-60Ns, 6 x UH-60Ls & three local Dessert Hawks (of two more subtypes) serials 550, 571 & 856. Also noted this morning were: C-37 90525 UC-28 70793 (Trojan) C-12U 40158 (Duke) Due about ...

Temporarily based (for extra Air Defence duties?) during POTUS´s visit are six "Bat" sqdn F-16Is: 437, 469, 471, 497, 498* & 499. *Yes, I know there is no 498, one a/c was repainted - initially by hand - about three years ago to represent the historic use of 498 & 499 with 119 sqd by M-III & F-4E(S)...