RIAT 97 SW F-16's

[luke28]

Alright chaps, wonder if any of you with good memories could settle a debate.

My Uncle is adamant that at the RIAT of 1997 that we saw a pair of Shaw based F-16's with the SW tailcode on them.

I know we saw the 2 special tailed Shaw jets in the static display but I cant for the life of me remember seeing ones with the tail code on them.

Any help is appreciated.

[mohawk68]

Evening The 2 shaws were 79 FS Specials 79th Anniversary , There Was 2, 27 FW , 523 FS , CC , From Cannon AFB , On TDY At Keflavik 86-0342 / 87-0246 In Full Marks
Also On Static Were 2 Aviano Based Jets 1 In Full Marks The Other In 50th Anniversary Markings !!!

Cheers GAZ

[mushbuster]

The following USAF F16s were present, last two C models were northside
F-16C 91-0379 20th FW/79th FS
94-0047 20th FW/79th FS Both '79th Anniversary 1918-1997'
86-0342/CC bl 27th FW/523rd FS
87-0246/CC bl 27th FW/523rd FS
89-2050/AV 31st FW/510th FS 'US Air Force 50 1947-1997'
92-3921/SW tgr 20th FW/79th FS
91-0373/SW tgr 20th FW/79th FS
F-16D 90-0796/AV bl/w
There are viewable pictures of all of them taken at RIAT 97 if you google the serials

[luke28]

Aaaaagh thanks chaps.

So if I'm reading that correctly there were 2 SW coded jets aswell as the special ones. But the SW coded jets were positioned were the majority of the display jets are positioned?

[mushbuster]

They were parked in the northeast dispersal closest to the runway threshold

[luke28]

Thanks pal, nice one!