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Wow, very nice! With the exception of the CH-47 none of the JASDF a/c you photographed have been here in the past two years.

James O'Rear
Yokota AB, Japan

Re-paving of the D-M runway is complete, the aircraft scattered about are now en-route or already back at their home station so no more A-10s at the Tucson airport.

Monday 20DEC2010- first Dutch F-16 flies after their arrival in Tucson- J-019 was the plane's identifier.

Hi Rick,

I did not photograph on that day. I checked my archive a couple of days either side and didn't find one. Sorry.

The final three UAE Block 60 Desert Vipers left Tucson this morning:

3029 00-6004
3030 00-6005
3008 00-6063

3005 will depart????? Massive repairs required which means lots of time.

F-16F Block 60 3008 00-6063 finally flew sporting a new intake assembly on 9NOV2010 after being out of action for quite some time. FCF takeoff was spectacular.

3008 on Flickr

We are now down to 4 UAE Desert Vipers here in Tucson, the following have departed: 20OCT2010 departure 00-6007 3032 00-6008 3033 00-6009 3034 00-6067 3012 00-6068 3013 03NOV2010 departure 00-6003 3028 00-6006 3031 00-6061 3006 00-6065 3010 3005 has reportedly been damaged extensively by a bird stri...