Showing posts with label USAF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USAF. Show all posts

2016/02/19

What if USAF Thunderbirds, F-106 Delta Dart

1/144 F-106 in What If Thunderbird color scheme.
In the late 60's, the USAF needed to replace the F-100's of the Thunderbirds. The Chief of Staff knew that the Navy was changing to the Phantom for the Blue Angels.  He basically told his staff that the Air Force was not going to copy the Navy and would absolutely not use the Phantom.  Besides,  it was a Navy design and he wanted a real Air Force airplane.  So after trials with several different types,  they selected the F-106.

Kit: F-Toys Century Series 1/144 F-106A
Decal: DIY decal






2016/02/14

1/144 USAF ANG General Dynamics F-16C Block 30 Fighting Falcon

Wisconsin ANG General Dynamics F-16C Block 30 Fighting Falcon 60th Anniversary.
Kit: F-Toys High Spec Series vol.1 F-16 Fighting Falcon Series
Decal: Diy decal with kit decal





2016/02/04

1/144 General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon Aggressor

USAF General Dynamics F-16C Block 30 354th Fighter Wing, 18th Aggressor Squadron, based at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.

Kit: F-Toys 1/144 HIGH-SPEC VOL.1 F-16C Fighting Falcon Series
Decal: kit decal







2014/12/10

REVELL 1/144 F-16C,The Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter,USAF

The Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing's flagship F-16 returning to Lackland Air Force Base after being painted to honor the 65th anniversary of the unit's affiliation with the Air National Guard, Sept. 29, 2011.

Kit:Revell 1/144 F-16C
Decal:kit decal





2013/07/20

1/144 LTV A-7D Corsair II

U.S.Air Force, 23TFW, the 1976 Bicentennial scheme A-7D.

Kit:JWings 1/144 A-7D
Decal:DIY decal















2013/02/10

1/144 USAF F-16DJ Thunderbird

Lockheed F-16DJ Fighting Falcon,US Air Force Thunderbird #8
Kit:Converted from ARII 1/144 F-16AM Tigermeet
Decal:Minicraft 1/144 F-16A Thunderbird and DIY








2013/02/07

1/144 USAF FSD F-16A

In January 1975, the Air Force ordered eight full-scale development (FSD) F-16s – six single-seat F-16A and a pair of two-seat F-16B – for test and evaluation. The first FSD F-16A flew on 8 December 1976 and the first FSD F-16B on 8 August 1977.No.75-0746 is 2nd FSD F-16A.

Kit:ACADEMY 1/144 F-16A
Decal:DIY decal










1/144 USAAF P-40E/P-40N Warhawk

USAAF P-40E Warhawk 11FS,43FG,"Aleutian Tigers",1942 in Aleutian Islands.
Kit:F-TOYS WingKitCollection 7 1/144 P-40E
Decal:kit decal







USAAF P-40N Warhawk "Yellow 17" 502FS,337FG,1944 in Punta Gorda,Florida.
Kit:BANDAI 1/144 P-40N
Decal:DIY decal


















2011/08/19

Mortal enemy during Korean War

1/144 USAF F-86F and USSR MiG-15Bis

Kit:Trumpeter 1/144 F-86F-NA-30,Ftoy Early Jet 1/144 MiG-15Bis
Decal:kit decal

The F-86 entered service with the United States Air Force in 1949, joining the 1st Fighter Wing's 94th Fighter Squadron "Hat-in-the-Ring" and became the primary air-to-air jet fighter used by the Americans in the Korean War. While earlier straight-winged jets such as the F-80 and F-84 initially achieved air victories, when the swept wing Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 was introduced in November 1950, it immediately outperformed all UN-based aircraft. In response, three squadrons of F-86s were rushed to the Far East in December.[26] Early variants of the F-86 could not outturn, but they could outdive the MiG-15, and the MiG-15 was superior to the early F-86 models in ceiling, acceleration, rate of climb, and zoom. With the introduction of the F-86F in 1953, the two aircraft were more closely matched, with many combat-experienced pilots claiming a marginal superiority for the F-86F. MiGs flown from bases in Manchuria by Red Chinese, North Korean, and Soviet VVS pilots were pitted against two squadrons of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing forward-based at K-14, Kimpo, Korea.

They are Mortal enemy...forever.