J-653 testbed anno 1991 ?

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Post by Polleke_NL »

Great pic, al be it from a later era........

What's the story about this bird initially having the TG badge on the tail, and later on having the 312 badge but still being a testbed?
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Post by Lightning »

the only thing is that they did not spent time in removing the text.
It is no longer in use as test-airframe, it is even used some times in the past years as back-up for the F-16-demo.
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In the 90's it was nice to see the strange weapons it have hanging on it. Or testing the Mid Life Update electro stuff, when i stand @ Volkel it fly almost every week. Maybe we get a new TG-KLu with the new Join Strike Fighter.

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Lightning wrote:the only thing is that they did not spent time in removing the text.
It is no longer in use as test-airframe, it is even used some times in the past years as back-up for the F-16-demo.
Judging from her load-out on the last pic, I would still say she was been used as a testbed...
But alas, yet another one gone to another country, Jordan... :cry:
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Polleke_NL wrote:
Judging from her load-out on the last pic, I would still say she was been used as a testbed...
No she was on a regular mission, consisting of 2 aircraft...
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Post by Polleke_NL »

In case anyone was wondering what I needed the info for:

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Post by Sowald »

This is how she looked on january 17, 2008.
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Post by Arjan6511 »

Nice work, Ruud!
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