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Luke - foreign F35s

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david14
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Luke - foreign F35s

Post by david14 » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:41 pm

A couple of weeks ago I had a few hours on a hot sunny afternoon and a few hours on the following cloudy morning. Since I last visited, a year ago, Luke has gained a number of foreign F35s, more USAF F35s and two F16 squadrons have gone to Holloman.

Here's two of the three Italians that flew, both Japanese, a Norwegian and an Aussie, plus USAF F35 and "USAF" F16s

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Amp
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Re: Luke - foreign F35s

Post by Amp » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:16 pm

Oh for a little bit of non-grey markings, even the roundels!

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Re: Luke - foreign F35s

Post by H.A.Bucken » Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:43 pm

On my library concession I can't retrieve any 'images'; they come up "not receiveable" on a 'Lightspeed Systems web' because they're 'adult.images'. I've tried researching some wine vintages and the same comes up again, but this time because it's 'alcohol'. Is there a way around this or is it a library's software issue?
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Re: Luke - foreign F35s

Post by MRTT » Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:48 pm

Nice set! Singapore F-16 is a belter of a catch! :thumb:

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Re: Luke - foreign F35s

Post by Reach1985 » Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:57 pm

I hope that someone somewhere gets some paint cans out and jazzes them up a bit when the F35 goes into service - lets be honest they are far too expensive a toy to use in actual combat so the 'low visibility / stealth paint' (or whatever they are coated with is redundant anyway. The Japanese have some lovely painted F15s and F4s so some one has an eye for a good paint job - it would be a shame to let that creativity dry up.

PS. For the future aero modeller the Humbrol colour card is going to be a fairly boring one pretty soon!! :'(

david14
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Re: Luke - foreign F35s

Post by david14 » Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:39 pm

I agree - whilst it's nice to see these, the lack of any colour or even really much difference between the different air forces' F35s suggests that photography is going to be less interesting in the future

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Re: Luke - foreign F35s

Post by paddyboy » Tue Apr 04, 2017 3:41 pm

I can't believe anyone would want to photograph that 'thing' :(
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Re: Luke - foreign F35s

Post by MattMckie » Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:28 am

Cracking set!

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