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Appreciator of all things flying, but biased towards Vipers. Occasional cats, food, and F1 talk. Fangs out!

Joined July 2016
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Zyn fuels the American warfighter.
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Zyn inside a holster over Iraq/Syria. Gotta stay strapped.
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Zyn fuels the American warfighter.
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Haven't seen a picture go this hard in a long time
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Cockpit view of that insane pass. Probably the only time you're ever going to see an F-16 sea skimming like this.
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I am at a loss here despite being all too familiar with the Turks and their low-level adventures. This is just insane.
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We now even have the wingman's perspective of that low-pass. I'm expecting to be shown what the fishes had to see next.
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Cockpit view of that insane pass. Probably the only time you're ever going to see an F-16 sea skimming like this.
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Turkish Viper pilots and their intrinsic need to drop below 100 ft.
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Only in Turkey would you have an F-16 going below a ship's deck.
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The Turks like challenging the limitations of low-level flight, here's one of their Viper jocks doing just that.
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I am at a loss here despite being all too familiar with the Turks and their low-level adventures. This is just insane.
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Selahattin AKALP Yรผksekleri Hedefleyin-HHO
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HรœRโ€™dรผr Onlar, ร–zgรผr Olanlarโ€ฆ Fikri Hรผr, Vicdanฤฑ Hรผrโ€ฆ ฤฐrfanฤฑ Hรผr, Nesiller iรงinโ€ฆ Mehmetรงik Kokan DaฤŸlarda, Mavi Vatanda, GeleceฤŸe KoลŸanlarโ€ฆ Gรถk Tรผrkiyeโ€™de, Yรผkseklere dolanlarโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท #ฤฐstikbalGรถklerdedir #BKMGMKA #HavaHarpOkulu #T รผrkHavaKuvvetleri #HvKK #TSK #H รผr
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I feel like the Turks know exactly who their target audience is... (me)
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Watch the Viper breathe fire.
Hook down, throttle firewalled.
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I'm convinced Turkish pilots are scared of heights
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Turkish Delight ๐Ÿ˜ #VIPERDAY ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ“นsuleyman,colac.aviation
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I feel deeply uncomfortable having a Python side eyeing me
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I'm not sorry and neither is the pilot for the rudder kicks.
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Vipers hugging the deck and ripping it up, or as the Greeks would say, cutting the grass.
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This is quite special. F-15Ks dump flares as they fly alongside the presidential B747-8I.
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A drone flying through an F-16 has to be one of the oddest yet coolest things ever.
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Same F-15E breaking away from the tanker. Showing off its very cool deployment artwork and a mixed A-A and low collateral A-G loadout.
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Zyn fuels the American warfighter.
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Flying in formation with two BLU-109 JDAMs before they semi-obliterate a tiny island has to be the most insane thing ever.
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Another self-serving Viper edit
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Six four gang doing their thing in Syria. There's few things as cool as a low flying armed escort. So baller.
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The Turks once again setting the bar for how low one can go.
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Forgive me.
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The Turks bringing the noise and their usual energy to Konya. Absolutely insane stuff. ๐Ÿ“ธ @MarkLynham1
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Your home and mine, desert swathes, or endless waters. All lie beneath the F-16's wings. Safeguarding Freedom since 1974.
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The people over at Aviano just built a collapsible ladder for the Viper that fits inside the map case in the cockpit. Interesting...to say the least.
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Here's your monthly Turkish Viper buzzing a warship video.
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Thirty years of technological advancements between the two cockpits. Truly remarkable how far the F-16 has come.
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From splashing a MiG-29 over Yugoslavia to dropping bombs on ISIS to now warding off the Russians. J-063 has done it all. After 33 glorious years, it bowed out of Dutch service earlier this week for a well earned retirement.
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It may not look like much, but this is a very interesting image. The nearest of these AH-64Es (aka the V6s) has the MUMT-X mast fitted on top of its rotors where the FCR would be usually. The MUMT-X or Manned Unmanned Teaming X - as the name says allows the Echo model to...
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โ„๏ธ
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Just came across these on DVIDS, and this is so insane. Marines rearming one of their F-35Bs next to the railway tracks and near a highway as part of their expeditionary advanced base operations.
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2024. Let's get it!
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Turkish Viper in low-level flight. LANTIRN TFR's Very Low Clearance mode is engaged here at 120'ish ft, and the FCR isn't for once in standby mode - it's actively searching.
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Good vipers don't eat people, but they can always try.
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480th FS F-16 pilot sporting a Ghost of Kyiv patch that reads ะ’ั–ะ ะ˜ะขะ˜ (Believe). This is particularly symbolic because the squadron is currently deployed and flying combat air patrols along the eastern flank.
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That is an F-35 pilot. I can tell because she's not wearing a harness over the survival jacket - the US16E seat has an integrated harness. Also, I can just about discern the pilot interface connector on the left. Sorry for being an opsec risk.
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@IAFsite
Israeli Air Force
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ืฉื•ืžืจื™ื ืขืœื™ื›ื ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ ืœืฉืขื•ืŸ, 24/7. Weโ€™re protecting you around the clock, 24/7.
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As I've said before, the Turks really take it upon themselves to challenge the limitations of low-level flight.
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Viper-maxxing behind an A400M
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Duking it out. This is a Greek F-16 getting after a Turkish F-16. Tones that you hear are from the IR missile (IRIS-T or Sidewinder). The dynamic launch zone carat appears on the HUD towards the end. SIM on the HUD = Simulated. No live weapons will come off the rails.
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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท and ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Vipers meet over the Aegean. Live weapons in the play here, as is customary.
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Walking on a Dream, but it's just Vipers enforcing a no-fly zone. A Foxbat gets splashed in this.
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F-15 intakes snacking on air.
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rikizo misono
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ๅฒ้˜œๅŸบๅœฐใ€ๅ„ๅ‹™ๅŽŸใงใ™ใ€‚ ๅฒ้˜œๅŸบๅœฐ่ˆช็ฉบ็ฅญไบˆ่กŒใ€ ็ถš็ทจใ€F-15ใฎใƒ‰ใƒซใƒ•ใ‚ฃใƒณใ‚ญใƒƒใ‚ฏ!! ใชใ‹ใชใ‹่ฆ‹ใˆใชใ„ใ“ใฎๅ‹•ไฝœใ€ๆฐ—ใฅใไบบใฏๆฐ—ใฅใ„ใฆใ‚‹ๅคงใใๅ‹•ใใ‚จใ‚ขใ‚คใƒณใƒ†ใ‚คใ‚ฏใ€‚
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JDAMs x JASSM, and a quartet of AMRAAMs. The Polish like to get a little fancy with their loadouts and I love them for it.
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Iraqi Viper office. It still feels surreal that they will be marking a decade of F-16 operations next year.
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Viper down low in the Red Sea. Carrying a mix of GBU-39s and GBU-54s as it shows off for USS Mason here.
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Block 15 OCU > Upgraded Block 32. Almost 40 years between the two layouts. On the right is, of course, a highly evolved multirole aircraft that gave up parts of its dogfighting soul to appease the modern warfighters and made Col. John Boyd roll in his grave. ๐Ÿ“ธ rhinodrvr
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Two recent mods on the Block 40 Baraks. A small dome on the top fuselage that may very well be a SATCOM terminal and a smaller antenna just behind it. Neither of these were present on the Israeli Block 40s before 2020.
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Great argument, however:
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Starting the year off with a HARM shot out of Turkey. Halfway through the missile departs level flight and initiates a terminal dive towards the radar.
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Calmest day in the Aegean.
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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท and ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Vipers meet over the Aegean. Live weapons in the play here, as is customary.
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Because it's their day. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท
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Is it even a Greek Viper if it doesn't look completely beat to hell? And I love the look. It's very utilitarian. Breaking away from the tanker here over Egypt - 340 Mira.
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Flankers for scale.
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Roni Sontani
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Indonesian Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo with the Dynamic Show Team crew after the 77th Indonesian Air Force Anniversary ceremony at Halim Perdanakusuma AFB, Jakarta on April 9, 2023 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) โœˆ๏ธ
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The day calls for some ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Vipers
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท 335M Viper working in the weeds. These guys are certified adrenaline chasers.
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And now from the wingman's perspective.
Here's your monthly Turkish Viper buzzing a warship video.
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Vipers go Pew Pew
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The Sphere turning night into day as this Nellis Viper positions for take off. Truly an incredible image.
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It's absolutely flabbergasting to see what the LANTIRN brings to the Viper in terms of capability, or to think that it did nearly three decades ago. Off Onur Kara's IG.
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When Vipers fly, SAMs die.
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Gun pilots, amirite? Now scroll down โฌ‡๏ธ
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Scorpion symbology off a Rafale. The pilot has the "IDF" or identification mode selected here to get range/bearing information on a radar contact for a visual intercept - while remaining weapons safe. This is from NTM, so one of the F-16s visible through the reticle is Turkish.
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From the cockpit. Giving the F110-GE-132 some beans and instantly going ballistic.
The Emiratis paying tribute to their fallen.
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No national markings on this J-model leaving for Turkey either.
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Tyler Rogoway
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Israeli KC-707 stripped of all its national markings. These are old but critical low-density, high-demand, aircraft for the IAF and serve other secondary combat roles aside from tanking and transport. In this case they ferried a much-needed medical team to Turkey.
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Now the same aircraft as the ship crew saw it.
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The Turks once again setting the bar for how low one can go.
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Good god. 8,000 lbs across four stations.
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Su-30s through the Sniper pod.
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NATO Air Command
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First scramble: @BeAirForce ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช F-16 & ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Mirage 2000, currently on #NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltics, & ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช JAS 39 Gripen scrambled when ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ fighter jets flew close to Allied Air Space The intercept was coordinated between NATO & Swedish ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช air control #SecuringTheSkies
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Pakistani F-16s also ventured into Iranian airspace to drop JDAMs when all of this was going on. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ and ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ platforms vibe checking Iran together. Nature is healing.
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70,000 pounds of thrust out the back of this Raptor. A very expensive-but-totally-worth-it marshmallow roasting pit.
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Ablative coating on these GBU-12s slung under a Block 30 Barak. Noteworthy because the grey thermal protective coat is strictly a USN/USMC thing. I don't suppose I would be too far off in assuming that these were drawn from their stocks (or diverted) to be delivered to Israel.
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Whether it's the Turks or the Danes, one thing remains constant - Have a Viper, will buzz a frigate.
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
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Pure bliss.
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230 ft AGL, 486 KCAS. This F-16F Block 60 is being flown hands off as it hugs the terrain in passive TF (EMCON/LPI). The aircraft cross-references the terrain it's flying over with preloaded data and combines it with INS/GPS to triangulate its precise position to avoid obstacles.
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Year of the Dragon โŒ๏ธ Year of the Viper โœ…๏ธ
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Camouflage J-10C next to a Eurofighter TR.3 at Al Udeid. We are living through an incredibly insane timeline.
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@DGPR_PAF
DGPR (AIR FORCE)
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PAK-QATAR JOINT AERIAL EXERCISE "ZILZAL-II" KICKS OFF IN QATAR 10 January, 2024: Pakistan Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force are all geared up to participate in joint aerial Exercise Zilzal-II, commencing in Qatar. First held in the year 2020, Zilzal-II air exercise is the 2nd
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Ghost of Kyiv does not exist beyond our imagination, but if he did, this is what he'd look like.
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Throwback to the greatest Red Flag ever that saw Pakistani, Israeli, and UAE Vipers flocking to Nellis.
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This is triggering my OCD.
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Sending my wonderful Greek followers lots of love and all of my very best wishes on their 201st Independence Day! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท
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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Block 50+ Viper next to a G-class Perry frigate. There's an AGM-65 on the left mid-wing station. This is technically a low pass but it wouldn't count as one if we went by the standards the Turks have set for themselves ;)
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Holy Splinteroni. This is crisper than a potato chip.
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It's Lockheed against the world.
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The low-level escapades continue in Turkey.
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A Block 50 flew chase for KAAN. Undeniably a massive milestone for the Turkish aerospace industry and Turkey as a whole.
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Turkish TAI KAAN stealth fighter has flown for the first time.
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Your monthly Lockheed mandated Block 60.
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I guess they found out.
@Umairiology
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Iran is about to find out why inflation is so high in Pakistan.
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I don't know what's going on over at Spangdahlem but this is truly cursed. 5 ยฝ different tails, four different engines.
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Rafales deep inside in a Greek valley.
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More pics from familiarization flights! #INIOCHOS2023
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Symbolic, but also insanely cool.
@Korea_Defense
Korea Defense Blog
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The Republic of Korea Air Force paid tribute to its remaining F-4E Phantoms at Suwon Air Base on 08 March 2024. As of March 2024, only 10 F-4E Phantoms remain, having been mostly replaced by F-35A. The remaining aircraft are scheduled to be fully retired in June 2024. #rokaf
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท F-16Vs caught over Athens today by @ndendris . Effectively the most capable F-16s flying in Europe today.
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And the Turks just keep blessing us.
Now the same aircraft as the ship crew saw it.
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Kill everyone with envy. That's the Polish way.
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So how do you christen a ship in Turkey? You do it by having an F-16 buzz it of course!
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