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They are what they are: F-35`s........ But nevertheless nice shots from LukeRichard from Rotterdam wrote:Sheesh, these F-35s can't get much more boring than these Japanese hey?
How is activity nowadays? Are they flying on a regular basis with F35 and F16?cpasley wrote:I could not agree more, the 35's of many nations are not very exciting, I was hoping to get the 21st color bird but this is all we got and I had not shot any of the Japanese 35's. You think since I live 7 miles from the base id get more lol
Last May I had 27 active F-16s and 10 active F-35As in 4 hours. So still better flying activity than many European bases. Next month I will be there again to see how activity improved.Tigerspoon wrote:How is activity nowadays? Are they flying on a regular basis with F35 and F16?cpasley wrote:I could not agree more, the 35's of many nations are not very exciting, I was hoping to get the 21st color bird but this is all we got and I had not shot any of the Japanese 35's. You think since I live 7 miles from the base id get more lol
Do you know from which units the 311th and 314th FS received their F-16s from? I can't imagine they got the 62nd FS F-16s as these were the oldest in service? When I was at Luke in 2012, they were still flying FY83 Block 25 models?cpasley wrote:When the 35's first arrived and the 16 squadrons moving to Holloman it was dead, seems like every week we are getting more and more new F-35 and activity really steady now
Lived in Phoenix in 2009/2010 and spent many hours at the fences. Back then you would get 27 F-16's in almost half an hour. How times change.Last May I had 27 active F-16s and 10 active F-35As in 4 hours.
309th FS F-16s went to Holloman as 311th FS and the 62nd FS F-16s were send to 309. 309 still operates some fy 83/84/85Erik_7Xi wrote:The F-35 is of course the latest in fighter and stealth technology ... still, that F-16A looks so much more advanced to me? The F-35 looks like a flying brick, it even makes a Phantom appear graceful.
Do you know from which units the 311th and 314th FS received their F-16s from? I can't imagine they got the 62nd FS F-16s as these were the oldest in service? When I was at Luke in 2012, they were still flying FY83 Block 25 models?cpasley wrote:When the 35's first arrived and the 16 squadrons moving to Holloman it was dead, seems like every week we are getting more and more new F-35 and activity really steady now
Hi Bennie,Bennie wrote:There doesn't seem to be any uniformity in the location of the roundel on the Japanese F-35s..
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