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Guys, it says J-008 on the canopy. Build by Fokker, delivered in 1991.
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kiwi wrote:Still strange that it says US Air Force F-16A under the canopy. Is this an old picture? Do we have any F-16AM's that used to be USAF F-16As? In that case it could be that this is a picture from just after we got it, cause I can't imagine they wouldn't spraypaint over that
Wow, is this how rumours start? :-). Dutch F-16's have been flying around with this text only for the past 28 years. If you never noticed; pay more attention! :wink:
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And this test is on all F-16A's which fly in europe, don't know if it is also on the F-16 :?:
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hi Guys,

happen to have this Singaporean one on file. All F-16's have this serial on the left side of the cockpit as I was told. This one does not say US Air Force, but guess it's just coincidence. Dont forget the KLU examples are much older.

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And why paint it over if some hardcore spotters only find out after 28 years it has these writings on the cockpit :wink:

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kiwi wrote:Still strange that it says US Air Force F-16A under the canopy. Is this an old picture? Do we have any F-16AM's that used to be USAF F-16As? In that case it could be that this is a picture from just after we got it, cause I can't imagine they wouldn't spraypaint over that
J-008's USAF serial is on the datablock (88-0008). All Dutch F-16's (and all US military aircraft sold to a foreign country under a Foreign Military Sales -FMS- contract for that matter) have an allocated US military (in this case USAF) serial. Most carry this serial somewhere on the fuselage. The Dutch F-16's display the Dutch serial on the canopy rail and the USAF-serial on the data-block; other users have their national serial on the data-block and the USAF-serial on the canopy-rail, or carry one of them (or both) on the tail.

And NO, we don't have F-16AM's that used to be USAF F-16's... in the sense that the Dutch F-16's were built by Fokker and delivered straight to the RNethAF. They got their USAF serial for administrative purposes only. And, of course, the Dutch serial is no more, no less than the "last 3" of the USAF-serial, prefixed by "J-" :wink:
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frank kramer wrote:
kiwi wrote:Still strange that it says US Air Force F-16A under the canopy. Is this an old picture? Do we have any F-16AM's that used to be USAF F-16As? In that case it could be that this is a picture from just after we got it, cause I can't imagine they wouldn't spraypaint over that
J-008's USAF serial is on the datablock (88-0008). All Dutch F-16's (and all US military aircraft sold to a foreign country under a Foreign Military Sales -FMS- contract for that matter) have an allocated US military (in this case USAF) serial. Most carry this serial somewhere on the fuselage. The Dutch F-16's display the Dutch serial on the canopy rail and the USAF-serial on the data-block; other users have their national serial on the data-block and the USAF-serial on the canopy-rail, or carry one of them (or both) on the tail.

And NO, we don't have F-16AM's that used to be USAF F-16's... in the sense that the Dutch F-16's were built by Fokker and delivered straight to the RNethAF. They got their USAF serial for administrative purposes only. And, of course, the Dutch serial is no more, no less than the "last 3" of the USAF-serial, prefixed by "J-" :wink:
Finally a real clarification instead of just: It's always been there pay more attention etc. Thank you!
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DJdeRidder wrote:
wolf32 wrote:And the USAF has no MLU F-16's :wink:
True, but USAF F-16s do have IFF 'bird slicer' antennas on the nose if that's what you're refering to.
USAF and ANG block 50's have bird slicer antenna's. F-16ADF have a form of them but they look different.
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