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PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:42 pm 
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Stopped and took these photos of the jets on display outside of the Palm Spring Air Museum on Feb 28, 2010.
Falcon F-16N
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Intruder A-6
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Tomcat F-14
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Hornet F/A-18 with palm tree, could have asked for tree removal, but not my museum
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Hornet F/A-18 with a Skyhawk TA-4J in the background
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Great weather on the drive back to Arizona from California. Interesting how big the mountains are on a clear day after the rain.

Fly fast, fly safe,
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:57 pm 
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Nice pictures, but did you get any shots of any SI swimwear models?


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:44 pm 
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That F-16 Falcon looks a bit odd to me in the camo color with NAVY on it.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:35 pm 
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Too bad on the swim suits, there just weren't any at the museum. As for the camo Navy Falcon F-16, no tail hook. Not sure it would make a carrier landing.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:44 pm 
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cadet77 wrote:
Too bad on the swim suits, there just weren't any at the museum. As for the camo Navy Falcon F-16, no tail hook. Not sure it would make a carrier landing.

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Darn, I guess you just missed it:

http://tiny.cc/FZi15


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:57 pm 
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B-29 Super Fort wrote:
That F-16 Falcon looks a bit odd to me in the camo color with NAVY on it.



Maybe you guys are just funnin', but if not (and you didn't already kow this)...the Navy did actually use F-16N versions to simulate Soviet bloc fighters at Topgun and in other aggressor squadrons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F-16N ... _1991.JPEG

http://www.f-16.net/units_airforce166.html

http://falconaviationphoto.com/images/f ... ggressors/

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:24 pm 
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Tom,

Yes, I figured the F-16N was an agressor for Topgun training. Thanks for the links.

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