About This File
The 10th Fighter squadron (Vultures) had an interesting genessis.They started out as a Hunter equipped ground attack unit but had to give up it's Hunters to the 4th Fighter squadron.The 4th's commander is a member of the Dhimari Royal Family and used his connections to get the Hunters transferred to his unit after his squadron was destroyed on the ground during the opening phases of the war.F-86's were transferred from training units to the 10th to get the unit up to strenth.The unit kept it's ground support role but also flew recon and fighter patrols in the Capital area.
The Dhimar "leopard Camo" was only used by 2 squadrons.The 10th and 8th.Both were units hastily raised during the war and were originally finished in bare metal when they were received from South Korea.the Depot that did the initial overhaul had limited stocks of the Standard desert paints and had to make due with what it had.The leopard pattern as it was known was designed by LT. M. Hushan and was made using paint originally meant for tanks.as a result by wars end the paint was in sad shape but due to the popularity of the scheme it was redone post war in "real" aviation paints.