493rd Fighter Squadron Best Air Superiority Squadron!

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493rd Fighter Squadron Best Air Superiority Squadron!

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The 493d Fighter Squadron "Grim Reapers" won the 2014 RAYTHEON TROPHY as the BEST Air Superiority Fighter Squadron in the US Air Force. The excellence of the 'Grim Reaper' operations and maintenance team brings the trophy back to RAF Lakenheath for the fourth time. It was a close call with 13 Fighter Squadron from Misawa, Japan, the 77th Fighter Squadron from Shaw in the US and 121st Fighter Squadron from the Columbia Air National Guard, but the 493rd came out on top.

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Okay, let's wait for the Raytheon Award 2014 movie... :wink:

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What about the 1981 (?) version :D
(before the Hughes-Raytheon merger) 

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Wow.. What a great video.

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Alpha Kilo One wrote:Wow.. What a great video.

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Oh, never forgetting things.. Hehe

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Gerard wrote:What about the 1981 (?) version :D
(before the Hughes-Raytheon merger)

Those (and before!!! :wink: ) were the days! 8)
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Pony02 wrote:The 493d Fighter Squadron "Grim Reapers" won the 2014 RAYTHEON TROPHY as the BEST Air Superiority Fighter Squadron in the US Air Force. The excellence of the 'Grim Reaper' operations and maintenance team brings the trophy back to RAF Lakenheath for the fourth time. It was a close call with 13 Fighter Squadron from Misawa, Japan, the 77th Fighter Squadron from Shaw in the US and 121st Fighter Squadron from the Columbia Air National Guard, but the 493rd came out on top.

http://www.final-approach.nl

FYI the 121st Fighter Squadron is the District of Columbia ANG
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