Just found a set of 3 videos under the Spanish AF banner covering the exercise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B16zFlx ... yV94WUvP6H

Graham wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:01 pm

The QRA jet from the left hand shelter scrambled early pm and was 46-03.No one has confirmed the Portuguese yet but 15104/15109/15110 plus special marks one flew
Pm mission today

A Portuguese AF press release shows 2 special tail F-16s on the ramp at Gando, dated 23 Oct, 15105 and 15106.

Thanks to everyone for the updates so far. If I quoted every post this one would go on forever! Hope anyone out there this week has a good one

They say once a spotter always a spotter ;) So for the second time this year I departed Bristol on holiday only to find myself landing or departing with an interesting exercise going on! Thanks to everyone for the lists so far, perhaps I may ask some questions, mainly out of curiosity? On arrival 14...

Got to love IDF/AF publicity machine. Photographic eveidence published that the last F-16D was 046.

F-16Cs were all 101 Sqn while the 3 Ds came from 109 Sqn.

Further published pictures show F-16C 101 and 557, F-16D 027 and 039 +1 04? and B200 636 all took part in the exercise.

Some official video of the exercise shows F-16C-40 554 and AH-64A 834, 905 and 921 took part.

Flew in and out of Paphos Int'l and looking for any info on the following: 3/5 two of the former Cypriot Hinds were parked outside but were gone by the following week, have they now been delivered? If not any clue as to which ones remain. 10/5 Exercise Blue Sun was underway 5 or 6, was viewing from ...

John

PM sent. Have some from the late Phil Duckett and I'll have a look to see if I can do any of the others

Ian

ZH799, ZH808,ZH811 https://live.staticflickr.com/1889/30516437708_c1846809d3_h.jpg rhino11_sharfa2_zh799_yeovilton by Ian Powell , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1872/43666781564_b6ff4770ee_h.jpg rhino11_sharfa2_zh808_fairford by Ian Powell , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1843/443...

ZE692, 693 and ZH805, 806 and 813 https://live.staticflickr.com/1900/30516439198_b2dd477a75_b.jpg rhino11_sharfa2_ze692_yeovilton by Ian Powell , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1871/29447304927_2b7fc1faf3_b.jpg rhino11_sharfa2_ze693_fairford by Ian Powell , on Flickr https://live.staticflic...

First one Le Bourget 1975 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48513068051_f008a8307c_b.jpg rhino11_n2501_31_lebourget by Ian Powell , on Flickr Second one at Eindhoven mid '80s https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48513067601_e6b84cd627_b.jpg rhino11_n2501_100_eindhoven by Ian Powell , on Flickr Gree...

Mike wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:58 am

Members can't amend other members posts, Steven will do it when he gets time.

Thought that might be the case

ZA176, ZD607, ZE698 and ZH804 https://live.staticflickr.com/1875/29447306677_71e5f69294_b.jpg rhino11_sharfa2_za176_yeovilton by Ian Powell , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1889/44335035042_05b90a449f_b.jpg rhino11_sharfa2_zd607_2_yeovilton by Ian Powell , on Flickr https://live.staticflick...

Are we supposed to be able to amend the list? if so I can't, but I added XZ439, 454,456, 457 and 459 which need to go red!

Here's a few : https://live.staticflickr.com/1854/43666779914_39e856260b_b.jpg rhino11_sharfrs1_xz439_yeovilton by Ian Powell , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1883/44335027012_00cf61395c_b.jpg rhino11_sharfrs1_xz454_yeovilton by Ian Powell , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1893/4438...

Paul

I'm sure it can be done, but it's not my speciality

Ian

Paul

Hope you don't mind but by the Power of Greyskull I've managed to remove some of the colour cast

49689694176_6073b3da8b_o by Ian Powell, on Flickr

Ian

A9-658 11 Sqn and it's 1989

Lovely series. I got there in '83 and '88 and the collection had changed a bit and some restoration had been done but quite a few hadn't changed that much since 1974!