Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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During my Arizona trip last August, two mornings were spent at Tucson IAP photographing the resident 162nd Fighter Wing Vipers. Here are a selection from less than ideal overcast conditions.

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F-16C 84-1278 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16C 86-0211 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16C 86-0241 Tucson IAP 1 by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16CM 90-0715 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16D 83-1175 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16DM 88-0173 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16AM J-019 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16C 84-1225 Tucson IAP 2 by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16C 84-1387 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16CM 89-2117 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16CM 90-0716 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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F-16DM 88-0173 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

And a few visitors, the TC-130H was a rare bonus and the QRF-4C was a nice surprise.

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QRF-4C 68-0574 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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TC-130H 65-0962 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

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CC-144A 144616 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr

This is one busy airport with a number of waves of F-16's launching and recovering throughout the day.

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Re: Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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Wow that QRF4C is a nice catch!
Compromise is failure.
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Re: Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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dinger wrote:Image
QRF-4C 68-0574 Tucson IAP by finband76, on Flickr
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: That takes me back 20 years and DOUBLES my heartbeat! 8)

Regards,

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Re: Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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Indeed nice stuff!!!

Pity that the Phantom will probably end up as drone... :(
Can you imagine that they are really going to shoot at it?!?
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Re: Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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Paveway wrote:Indeed nice stuff!!!
Pity that the Phantom will probably end up as drone... :(
Can you imagine that they are really going to shoot at it?!?
Uhm, given the fact that this Phantom is an QRF-4C means the airplane is capable to operate as drone :wink:
She will end as scrap eventually during a final air-to-air live fire mission.

IIRC she will be used for the time being as aerial training target, flown by a pilot to make sure the airplane recovers as the drone equipment fails quite often and would result in a financial black hole.
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Re: Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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Hurricane wrote:Uhm, given the fact that this Phantom is an QRF-4C means the airplane is capable to operate as drone :wink:
She will end as scrap eventually during a final air-to-air live fire mission.

IIRC she will be used for the time being as aerial training target, flown by a pilot to make sure the airplane recovers as the drone equipment fails quite often and would result in a financial black hole.
Correct!
Let's hope that it may recover many more times, keeping her alive!
Otherwise, let's hope that the crew will exit before they are really going to shoot at it... :wink:
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Re: Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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This is not a QRF-4C. It's a RF-4C on a test flight from Davis Monthan after years of storage and will be delivered te Mojave for the conversion to QRF-4C. It looks beautifull!
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Re: Tucson IAP 16-17 Aug 12

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Nice catch your Phantom
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