PHOTO: the first flying Moroccan F-16D...

[Stratofreighter]

[andel]

That is one great looking F-16 !!!!!.

[SquAdmin]

There is some sort of black coating on the exhaust. Does anyone know the purpose of this stuff?

[blu109]

Waht you see is the exhaust pipe of the engine. The black things are turkey feathers and they are to stream line the exterior of the engine.

[evhest]

Well I think everybody here knows that. The question was, why are they black - or appear black?

[blu109]

They use different materials.

[blu109]

The engine used by the maroccan air force is the pratt and whitney f-100-pw-229.
The turkey feathers on that engine are made of carbon fibre instead of steel components.

[Iwan Bogels]

Nice !! Maybe they can use this bird to pick up their Dutch resident conscripts.....

[gigg00]

[USAIR]

Where was this Moroccan F-16D spotted , any more details known such as c/n ?

[RogerS]

Wouldn't mind if one of those made it to the Klu Open Days!