DA's TOTALLY TERRIFIC THREAD OF STICKERIFFIC IMPROVEMENTIFICATIONS. and stuff

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15 hours ago, Blade said:

Do you need more photos?

of Tague Birds? Please!

497th E's welcome too. thats way in the future but at the moment i only have 14 pinned down.  the recce birds were actually easier as they just transferred there from Kadena...

 

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19 hours ago, Nightshade/PR said:

You know that "KY" Tailcode makes me laugh

Out of curiosity, will this one be included?

yeah, i had a chuckle doing this myself

i got that very pic in a folder at the moment. as well as

 

answer your question?

as well as all participants i can find for RAM '86

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2 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

answer your question?

It does indeed. I'm still going to laugh at being Kink-Shamed by the folks I'm taking photos of, but I'll look really GOOD doing it. (No Pun Intended)

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said part is for Photo Derby, i only have that one serial. i got four  on all the others except gray. the gray "Phantoms Finest" seems to be on all of them

for now that Photo Derby '82 will be a solo on the main skin,  with alternate decal ini's in skin and specially named RecceTails (like say CB_reccetail) so you still have the whole squadron avail. would go totally seperate if i could get all 8 for Coronet Bishop '83 and Best Focus '82.

do you realize how frustrating "Best Focus '82" is as a google search if your looking for aircraft?

[Blade 353]

14 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

of Tague Birds? Please!

497th E's welcome too. thats way in the future but at the moment i only have 14 pinned down.  the recce birds were actually easier as they just transferred there from Kadena...

Here you are. Some of them come from https://www.deviantart.com/f16crewchief/gallery/23910165/aircraft

So, you need 497 F-4E pix, too. What paint schemes are you interested in?

 

Edited June 1 by Blade

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i've seen a few of these , and know about f16crewchief (even talked to him a few times in messages)

67-456 is a new one i need to add,  and i might need to change th 460th TRG bird. the pic i saw was very oblique and i believed them to follow a similar pattern as when at kadena

you dont happen to know the serial for "15th TRS" do you? logic says it should be 72-0155 still but it is the military,  logic didnt always (nor still does) apply

oh and the E's would be the tag end of service, so 87-88.  my notes so far say one of fourteen confirmed was in Euro 1, the rest should have been Hill Gray

Edited June 1 by daddyairplanes

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last one...... for Kentucky wraparounds......

[Blade 353]

17 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

you dont happen to know the serial for "15th TRS" do you? logic says it should be 72-0155 still but it is the military,  logic didnt always (nor still does) apply

oh and the E's would be the tag end of service, so 87-88.  my notes so far say one of fourteen confirmed was in Euro 1, the rest should have been Hill Gray

FlickR has some cool 497 F-4E photos (guess you also know them, you seem as thorough a researcher as I try to be). 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/40263244@N04/45555938205

https://www.flickr.com/photos/40263244@N04/32596386088

https://www.flickr.com/photos/40263244@N04/45555961455

As for the '15th TRS' RF-4C serial (taken a bit earlier, still during the Kadena days):

Edited June 2 by Blade

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well i try on the research   everything in red is placed there by text on website, not  a book (which i feel is less likely for errors) or pic

7 hours ago, Blade said:

As for the '15th TRS' RF-4C serial (taken a bit earlier, still during the Kadena days):

i know,  it stayed the same for Euro 1 too

 

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This is the sign of a highly organized mind.

Or one in dire need of a Banana Split.

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It is a lot of work that's for sure, looking good DA.

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1 hour ago, Nightshade/PR said:

This is the sign of a highly organized mind.

Or one in dire need of a Banana Split.

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this little b........

well is done now

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anyone ever find out something, only to misplace where they found it  (research wise)?

have 69-0372 listed in my Tageu squadron as the "15 TRS" bird. this is noted in my "highly organized" spreadsheet, which means i discovered the fact somewhere and noted it

but i cant recall where from   72-0155 went to Bergstrom in late '89,  so it is  unlikely it stayed as the squadron bird for any length of time.

but Blade did get my eyes onto tailcode position and a serial i missed so that is pretty cool

 

now to scrub Alabama.....

 

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oh, and Kentucky's done. 

 

dunno why 822 was special enough for a color cap,   but it had it......

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when youre gettin tired and you just Sandra Lee that $#!^....... *

Sandra Lee is a TV chef that incorporates a mix of pre made and fresh/scratch made ingredients in her recipes........

Edited June 14 by daddyairplanes

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last one for Alabama.......

Edited June 15 by daddyairplanes

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some details i usually dont get into the skins. but seeing as this one is straight up a historical artifact......

 

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been on hold waiting a few weeks  on a few more bits of info to complete. a few more hours waiting on approval wont hurt

 

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who knew all the surviving towel racks went to Idaho in the mid 80s?

not even me until a little bit ago....

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oh yeah, and six of them made it this far before retirement....

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those that know have been watching awhile know what this means

although due to RL commitments, this weekend will be the earliest

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some (including myself) thought this might be coming out this week

weeeelllll........   4 more things then we should be good.

this is one of them

still 363rd Tac Fighter Wing,  just at the very beginning of the new era

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now we wait. first up to the plate

once the main aircraft is approved, this time around the various units will be seperate. next up to bat will be

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Last Active Duty user (for now) up and waiting

doing last minute checks on the first two ANG packs.......