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Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:47 pm
by simmo747
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:50 pm
by simmo747
If anyone can help with the above ID I'd be very gratefull it's not 93-0663 as that's Turkish or 93-0563 as that's a Slingsby T-67.
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:05 pm
by Alf
Maybe a mispaint of 93-0763 which is with the 21FS at Tucson (the Taiwan unit).
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:03 am
by JAWS
I'm with Alf, but rather than a mispaint, could it be the USAF Serial has been partially removed/worn out and part of the original Taiwanese Serial (6662) is showing through. You can see in the first photo that the Sticker/Paint looks to be peeling off.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/machtwoim ... 312062653/
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10803670
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8550603
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:39 am
by tommc
93-0763 looks like a good candidate.
The misaligned grey/grey demarcation on the canopy rail matches.
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:21 pm
by simmo747
Thank you guys a good bit of sleuthing there...
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:33 pm
by Bilvo
Are you sure it isn't an old F-16A??
It is missing the small antenna on the triangular base of the fin, one of the only exterior differences to identify between A and C models.
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:35 pm
by tommc
93-0763 is an F-16V
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:36 pm
by Bilvo
Ah OK, thanks Tom.
Re: Unknown F-16 at Tucson 4-11-2023
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:41 pm
by JAWS
Bilvo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:33 pm
Are you sure it isn't an old F-16A??
It is missing the small antenna on the triangular base of the fin, one of the only exterior differences to identify between A and C models.
It started life as an F-16A and was converted to F-16V sometime before 2021