Special markings on combat jets are an important part to honour the history and heritage of Fighter Squadrons. Despite its relatively small size, the Belgium Air Component, or formerly Belgian Air Force, ...
... flying in an open cockpit can be shared. And the bright yellow markings, which were originally the paint scheme of US Navy training aircraft, are still a favorite nowadays.
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White and blue stands for the Bavarian way of life, and those colors have also been chosen for the Luftwaffe’s 74th Tactical Air Wing anniversary jet, the „Bavarian Tiger“. These special markings on a ...
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The closing of the day was crowned by appearance of the Frecce Tricolori.
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For their anniversary they aircraft of the team received special tail markings, representing the different ...
... scheme and markings at the end of the restoration of this plane. Or you might also call it reconstruction.
More than 25.000 working hours of volunteers from the Amicale and other supporting parties and ...
... Aero Club also used their bag of tricks for other parts of the scenario. Using a modern gyrocopter for example, that was ‘converted’ by German markings and fictitious identifiers into a Flettner Fl 282 ...
... from Duxford, three Yaks in different configurations, but all wearing the unmistakable markings of the Normandy-Niemen squadron, or a trio of Spitfires.
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... avionics and a new landing gear. Differences from the outside are barely visible, but currently those aircraft can still be easily recognized by their missing tail markings. However, once again, this day ...
Nine Balkenkreuze and three silhouettes of the Fieseler Fi 103, aka „Vergeltungswaffe 1 (V1)“ as kill markings depict this Spitfire Mk.XVI as the personal plane of Otto Smik. Smik was one of the most successfully ...
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Its black counterpart was only presented days before the airshow. Put in a more appropriate black dress it was the white Phantom’s twin as it wore the same markings around the fuselage. Fittingly the ...
... The Republic P-47D “Nellie” is well known at Duxford, as the airframe was last present at the show in 2006, but that time with big invasion stripes and “No Guts No Glory” markings on the nose. After its ...
... yellow “TEST” markings on its nose. As such this P-63A Kingcobra proudly reflects its NACA test history rather than showing off an imaginary ‘warbird scheme’.
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... Originally that plane flew for the Iraqi Air Force, but its current markings represent one of the British prototypes, which becomes evident from the yellow underside painting.
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... out of Barksdale to chase and train U-2 pilots, a US Navy EA-18G Growler, several more F/A-18 Hornet variants featuring an impressive number of mission markings of recent deployments, as well as a large ...
... featuring „50th anniversary“ special markings.
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Later during the day every of the two Phantom versions as well as the ...
... special markings for the airshow were not readily painted yet to practice this day.
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... each airbase applied special markings to their aircraft!
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With 304 Hikotai flying the F-15J and F-15DJ and the 6 Hikotai equipped with the Mitsubishi F-2A and F-2B the chance ...
... still the only place to catch some of the test wings aircraft and early Japanese fighter jet prototypes. Because not a lot can beat those first F-2s in their glossy high contrast and colorful markings! ...
... to wear the 50th anniversary markings of the team.
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The "Black Arrows", or "Les Fleches Noires" as they gained their name during a visit to Paris, were ...
... of the country hosts F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-5 Tigers. The nice tail markings with the stylized sun on the F-16s and the rare RF-5E Tigereye made a visit to that airfield worthwhile. The ROCAF still ...
