This is so perfectly done owo

Thank you!

And Bush kept his word too on this.

Sadly they replaced the F-16s from Truax near me this past summer, replacing them with F-35s. Naturally the extreme leftists had meltdowns over the new jet arriving, mainly due to their noise, but also "They can carry a nuclear bomb!" and "They carry weapons on board!" Admittedly the 35s are a bit louder, but not the "Brain Damaging and Hearing damaging level " The Locos bitch about and STILL demand the plane be banned.

Truax base is also the only fighter squadron in central northern US between Montana and New York, mainly in case of some rogue armed Canada Goose comes in I suppose. The only time I witnessed them 'Hot' was on 9-11, when 4 F-16s took off on full afterburner and with AIM-9s on the wing tips heading towards an alleged threat at the Sears tower in Chicago.

It's time already for the old guard to retire. This year the Viper celebrates its 50th anniversary of its first flight, 20 January accidentally, or 2 February officially. My country's Block 15 OCU and Block 32+ are slated to be replaced by Rafales and F-15EX in the next few years (possibly after the election this year)

beautiful piece and the title its just chef's kiss!
well done loved it!

Thank you!

A pleasure!

The weeks of January and February of 1991 are forever burned into my mind.
Looking back it seemed busy, tense and at times comical, especially during the times when we where suppose to be in fear...Think Scud missiles overhead the first night or the attacks or being chased by Palestinians with a car bomb. But through it all there was the comforting sounds of the F-15 and F-16 in the air. Who needs angles when there are Eagles and Falcons to protect you.

P.S. Why are the bombs unfused? It looks like they have the front loops used to help transport them.

Ye i think the arming vanes are not visible enough

I watched it live on CNN- back before CNN had ads, just James Earl Jones bumpers on the 15s and top and bottom of the hour.

Green-tinged skies full of tracers . . .

This is CNN

- Mufasa

They said Baghdad was the best defended area after Ruhr and Hanoi, yet F-117s hammered Iraqi targets with complete impunity. Two flights of US Army AH-64s breaches a hole in Iraqi radar coverage early in the 17th, where coalition strike packages, including B-52s inbound from Barksdale AFB Louisiana, can flow toward their targets under watchful eyes of Navy E-2s and USAF E-3s - Shock and Awe

Tech advantages are a helluva thing!

Thank you!

You did a masterpiece x3 well done x3

Thanks dingo!

no problem x3

oooh .. Falcon 4 memories as kunsan's Wolfpack squadron :D
very lovely done, as always

Falcon BMS FTW, thank you !

I agree… this is perfectly done Graue…

Vix

Thank you, V!

Anthem of the gulf war and the immediate post-soviet era

Awesome!

Holy cow, man, that looks amazing!

Always seems strange to me to see a viper without AMRAAMs on the wingtips!
Excellent work in capturing it though, I thought this was a photograph from the thumbnail for a moment :)

Indeed but for this case, AMRAAM only reaches initial operational capability in late '92 during the operation Southern Watch.

Initial F-16A/B were not initially BVR capable due to its cheap, lightweight nature. Only after block 25 and retrofitted block 10/15 were F-16 capable of carrying AIM-120

Indeed, just strange to see them without them, since we're used to the AMRAAM being everywhere these days!

I feel the need for speeed!!

Nicely done on the lawn dart! The neighbor unit use to have them before converting to 35’s. I was always amazed how sleek they looked without the (fuel) bags, and how they just shot off into the sky without the weight. They would be back within 45 minutes of course, but it was sort of like in a martial arts flick or early DBZ when they drop then training weights.

They said F-16 can take off and climb to 10.000 feet without leaving the airport perimeter!

I have a certain nostalgic fondness for the F-16. Most summers since I was about a year old I have watched performances by the USAF Thunderbirds, and growing up in the wake of Desert Storm and through Bosnia, Kosovo, and the GWOT era, the F-16 was always present and a common sight in TV news footage, video games, and flight sims.

I always looked at it as a quintessential, modern American fighter jet, and to me it has always embodied one of the greatest expressions of unsurpassed military air power. I've always loved the look of this this sleek, nimble fighter and the roar of its afterburner. I can't even begin to imagine a time when I might no longer see them shooting through the wild blue anymore :(

F-16 has been such a ubiquitous and effective fighter that it became a household name for post-cold war fighter jets in general.

My country has two squadron of them, one was based near my hometown which is not far from their gunnery range.