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Kit Bashing

New F-16 Digital Ghost?

Video June 29, 2019 Hutchins AAron

U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis, 28JAN2021.

F-16C Falcon with digital ghost paint scheme, Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada, 28JAN2021.

U.S. Air Force photo by Ronald Nial Bradshaw, 03JUN2020.

In 2020, Hill AFB, Utah, painted an F-16 in ‘digital ghost’ style.

USAF photo by Ronald Nial Bradshaw, 03JUN2020.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Bryan Guthrie, 01MAY2019.

In May 2019, at Nellis AFB in Nevada, F-16 ‘aggressors’ underwent extensive re-paint to become digital ghost fighters.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Bryan Guthrie, 08MAY2019.

Time lapse video of paint stripping:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Bryan Guthrie, 16MAY2019.

Time lapse video (with overly dramatic music) of the painting process:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Bryan Guthrie, 23MAY2019.

First flight video (more overly dramatic music included):

VEHICLE I-D: ‘NEW’ F-16 VISTA

Technology

Vehicle I-D: New look & name for the F-16 VISTA

Image May 27, 2019 Hutchins AAron

U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs, 30JAN2019.

Modified/upgraded NF-16D VISTA (Variable-stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft) departs Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 30JAN2019. It the future it will be called the X-62A.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd, 30JAN2019.

This aircraft is the only one of its kind in the world and is the flag-ship of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School.

USAF photo by Cynthia Griggs, 30JAN2019.

It’s has been highly modified, allowing pilots to change the aircraft’s flight characteristics to mimic other aircraft.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd, 30JAN2019.

Hill AFB: PHINAL PHANTOM PHLIGHT, NO MORE USAF F-4 PHANTOMS!

VEHICLE ID: USAF F-35A “COMBAT READY” IN UTAH

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Mitsubishi F-2, sure looks like an F-16

Video January 12, 2019 Hutchins AAron

The Mitsubishi F-2 looks like the General Dynamics F-16 because it was developed directly from the F-16, with cooperation from General Dynamics.

F-2As escort a B-1B, 22APR2020

F-2A, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, February 2020

U.S. Air Force video of F-2As over Guam, February 2020:

However, the F-2 is actually larger than the F-16, just the wing area of the F-2 is reportedly 25% larger than that of the F-16.

F-2A arrives Yokota Air Base, September 2019

Refueling over Alaska, June 2019

Video of F-2A being refueled over Alaska during Red Flag 19-2:

Misawa, Japan, 2018

Misawa 2018

Misawa, 2017, F-2 compared to….

…F-16, Misawa, 2017

F-2, Guam 2018

Guam, February 2016

The F-2 canopy is the only obvious visually different thing compared to the F-16

Note the F-16 canopy, Misawa 2017

Koku Jieitai = Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF)

XF-2B prototype, Yokota Air Base, September 2017

Two seater F-2B, Misawa 2018

Two seat F-2B, Iwakuni 2017

2017, MCAS Iwakuni

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, 2017

VEHICLE I-D:

KFIR COA INVADES NEVADA!

Technology

Drone Wars: QF-16 Drone

Video July 28, 2018 Hutchins AAron

QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target drones operate out of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Video first sortie, February 2017:

Video QF-4 retirement, replaced by QF-16 December 2016:

Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 2015

ALABAMA F-16s DEPLOY TO MIDDLE EAST!

FLORIDA F-16s JOIN ITALY & ISRAEL TO INVADE GREECE!

DRONE WARS: QF-4 TO QF-16

SPECIAL LAS VEGAS SHOOTING EDITION F-16 & F-15

UTAH: PHINAL PHANTOM PHLIGHT, NO MORE USAF F-4 PHANTOMS!

Kit Bashing

Special Las Vegas shooting edition F-16 & F-15

Video November 10, 2017 Hutchins AAron

U.S. Air Force Photo by Technical Sergeant Christopher Boitz, 09NOV2017.

For some odd reason the U.S. Air Force felt compelled to give an F-16, and an F-15C, a special paint job to ‘honor’ those people killed or wounded during the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting.

U.S. Air Force Photo by Technical Sergeant Christopher Boitz, 09NOV2017.

The Vegas Strong F-16 and F-15 will be on display at the Nellis AFB Air and Space Exposition, November 11-12.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Andrew D. Sarver, 01NOV2017.

Time lapse music video, by Airman First Class Julian Kemper, F-15C Eagle Vegas Strong paint job:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Andrew D. Sarver, 01NOV2017.

False Flag: U.S. Air Force FAILED TO COMPLY WITH LAW, ENABLING TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTER!

International, U.S.

Great Reneger: Alabama F-16s deploy to Middle East!

Video October 23, 2017 Hutchins AAron

23 OCT 2017 (04:28 UTC-07 Tango 06) 01 Aban 1396/02 Safar 1439/04 Geng-Xu (9th month) 4715

“We look forward to supporting Operation Inherent Resolve and proudly representing Alabama and our Tuskegee heritage. The importance of air superiority in any conflict cannot be overstated and it is our citizenry at home that makes it possible. We thank our community and civilian leadership for their awesome support.”-Colonel Randy Efferson, 187th Fighter Wing commander

National Guard personnel with the 187th Fighter Wing board a plane for the Middle East

It’s been revealed that last week, F-16 Falcons from Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing landed at an undisclosed base in ‘Southwest Asia’.

Video of F-16 arrival:

3-hundred National Guard personnel were also deployed to support the F-16s in the never ending Operation Inherent Resolve. Local Alabama news media said the Department of Defense did not give a timeline for this latest deployment.

Red Flag for Alabama Militia!

Video April 4, 2017 Hutchins AAron

Alabama National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons join not just the USN/USMC, but NATO members Spain and Netherlands in Nevada for Red Flag, in March 2017:

In this pic you can barely see the Alabama Red Tail F-16 at the USAF’s Red Flag in Nevada

LOUISIANA MILITIA PREPS FOR DISASTER 2017!

Technology, U.S.

Thunderbirds are Back!

Video April 3, 2017 Hutchins AAron

02 April 2017 / 21:31 UTC-07 Tango 06 (14 Farvardin 1396/06 Rajab 1438/07 Jia Chen 4715)

In Florida retired USAF Colonel, and former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin (87 years old) poses in front of a Thunderbird’s two seater F-16 before his flight as a ‘Thunderbird Celebrity’, on 02 APR 2017.

The Thunderbirds began their 2017 season in February with a show in Texas.

Last year a Thunderbird F-16CM crashed at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, an investigation blamed it on a faulty throttle. It should be noted that the F-16, as most modern USAF aircraft, is fly-by-wire, meaning there is no direct mechanical linkage between the pilot’s controls and control surfaces or engine, except by electrical wires. Reports say the USAF is pursuing a change in hardware for the plane. The Thunderbirds have suffered several fatal crashes over the decades, most being blamed on the pilots.

In mid-October the Thunderbirds will buzz the city of Boise in Idaho, at the Gowen Thunder Air Show. The final Thunderbirds show for the year will be in November, in Nevada.

Thunderbirds 2017 Schedule: http://afthunderbirds.com

Gowen Field 2016: OBAMA DISAPPEARS THE LAST OF IDAHO’S APACHES!

Gowen Field 2014: OBAMA REGIME FORCING STATE RUN AIR NATIONAL GUARD UNITS ONTO FEDERAL CONTROLLED AIR BASES!

Gowen Field 2012: IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD DEMANDS SUICIDE HOTLINE!!!