BEN GURION INTL AIRPORT LLBG Friday 3rd Nov 15.00

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BEN GURION INTL AIRPORT LLBG Friday 3rd Nov 15.00

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As most of you will be visiting Israel next week I though you might like to know what there is to see at Ben Gurion airport. Most of it is tricky from outside, but if you have an F seat (or a K on a real aeroplane) at departure, you might taxi past the famous IAI "Fighter Store"

From the southern end working anti-clockwise:

A-4s 240, 394, Mig-21 AF930, A-4 274, AF923 Mig, then 3 more A-4s 380 plus 358 & 333 in primer.
Across t he back Mig-21s N75085304, N75097455, F-16B 986 as "313" (Paris code), a MI-24, F-16s 983, 745 Mig-21UM 516999499 and two more Vipers 776 & 728. North side 9211 Mig-21bis, Kfir 546 (most of the Kfirs have many parts removed for the rebuilding of others), 794 Kfir "12", 9799 Mig-21, 890 Kfir, 516999319 Mig-21UM, 935 & finally 709 Kfirs. In their midst is a civil Mi8/17(which has been on the cover of a famous Dutch aircraft magazine).

At stand B39 is the Let-39 4X-CFM and on the IAI ramp is Seascan 931. If you are very lucky you'll spot Kfir 537.
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Starman wrote:Hello

As most of you will be visiting Israel next week I though you might like to know what there is to see at Ben Gurion airport. Most of it is tricky from outside, but if you have an F seat (or a K on a real aeroplane) at departure, you might taxi past the famous IAI "Fighter Store"

From the southern end working anti-clockwise:

A-4s 240, 394, Mig-21 AF930, A-4 274, AF923 Mig, then 3 more A-4s 380 plus 358 & 333 in primer.
Across t he back Mig-21s N75085304, N75097455, F-16s "313" (Paris code), a MI-24, F-16s 983, 745 Mig-21UM 516999499 and two more Vipers 776 & 728. North side 9211 Mig-21bis, Kfir 546 (most of the Kfirs have many parts removed for the rebuilding of others), 794 Kfir "12", 9799 Mig-21, 890 Kfir, 516999319 Mig-21UM, 935 & finally 708 Kfirs. In their midst is a civil Mi8/17(which has been on the cover of a famous Dutch aircraft magazine).

At stand B39 is the Let-39 4X-CFM and on the IAI ramp is Seascan 931. If you are very lucky you'll spot Kfir 537.
MiG21s are Cambodian?
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The Migs:

75097455 Bis ex Cambodia 7118
75086175 Bis Zambia 930
75089211 Bis Polish (was for Uganda)
75085304 Bis marked IAI304 - former operator anyone?
75089799 bis Polish (was for Uganda)
516999318 UM Zambian 923
516399319 UM Zambian 924
516399499 UM ex Cambodia 7122
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The list is current as of this month, yes?
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Kfir 709 was in the store. Has it been replaced by 708, or?...
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Sticky keyboard .......

ImageKfir 709 by Starman OK, on Flickr
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537 kfir correct ?
i have this as columbian active as FAC3060 as does scramble database
recent photograph shows the 537 as sprayed on so i guess could be wrong ?
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FAC3060 was 547
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