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The subject airplane was photographed in May, 1995 at Edwards AFB, California and was used in the chase plane roll for numerous Edwards Air Force Base test projects. This single seat “A” model was subsequently retired in August, 1995 when the Air Force decided to exclusively use the twin seated “B” models for the Edwards chase plane role because the larger station wagon style cockpit of the “B” model F-16s accommodate substantially more test monitoring equipment than the single seat “A” models.

F-16s are manufactured by Lockheed.

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The subject airplane was photographed in July, 1995 at Edwards AFB, California. This airplane was flown by General Richard Engle while he was the Commanding Officer of Edwards Air Force Base. This single seat “A” model was subsequently retired in August, 1995 when the Air Force decided to exclusively use the twin seated “B” models for the Edwards chase plane role because the larger station wagon style cockpit of the “B” model F-16s accommodate substantially more test monitoring equipment than the single seat “A” models.

F-16s are manufactured by Lockheed.

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The subject airplane was photographed in July, 1995 at Edwards AFB, California and is used in the chase roll for numerous Edwards Air Force Base test projects including the F-22/F-23 fly off competition and the subsequent F-22 test flight program.

F-15s are manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.

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The subject airplane was photographed in February, 1997 at the San Diego Aerospace Museum’s Gillespie Field and is a Lockheed (General Dynamics) F-16N that was flown by the Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) at NAS Miramar, California as aggressor aircraft number 163269-42. The subject was used in the adversary role for Top Gun training and for training and certification of adversary pilots.

The colors used on the subject’s paint scheme are as follows:

Matte Green FS#34097
Matte Light Gray FS#35630

The subject was retired from active service in 1995 as a result of concerns related to airframe fatigue due to the consistent high G maneuvers associated with the aggressor task. The subject is now on static display at the San Diego, CA Air Museum.

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The subject airplane fought in the Korean War. F-86 and MiG-15 aircraft engaged in many dog fights in Korea and the nose art that was painted on the F-86 aircraft was interesting and unusual. The Huff was no exception with the dragon on the port side of the aircraft and the “Bill’s Baby” image on the starboard side.

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The TV-2 was the Navy version of the Airforce’s T-33B which was a two seat trainer derivative of the single seat P-80. Developed by the Air Force as the TF-80C trainer and produced as the T-33, the Navy began to procure production models of the new trainer aircraft in 1949. Designated TV-2 by the Navy, the two-seat Lockheed aircraft was to be used as advanced instrument trainers. In 1951 some were modified for guidance and control duties in connection with missile and target trials. In this capacity, some of the TV-2s were used as drones.

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The subject airplane was photographed at Bombardier’s Learjet Finishing Facility in Wichita, Kansas just prior to customer delivery in June, 1999.

The Learjet 60 has attained greater than 30 percent of the mid-size business jet market share since its introduction in 1993. The Learjet 60 specifications are as follows:

Range: 2496 nautical miles, 2872 statute miles
Climb To Cruise Altitude: 18.5 minutes to 41,000 feet at maximum takeoff weight.
High Speed Cruise: .81 Mach
Ceiling: 51,000 feet

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The Casa-101 is a Spanish Tandem-seat jet trainer and attack aircraft built by Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A. (C.A.S.A.).The Casa-101 is a conventional low-wing design with unswept wings and has been deployed by Spain, Chile, Honduras and Jordan with approximately 145 copies delivered.

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Interesting Aircraft Videos

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