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(Vanity) Need help with USAF tail markings
Self | 9/8/16 | Celerity

Posted on 09/08/2016 11:06:09 AM PDT by Celerity

Hey Guys,

I've been checking out some military fly-overs this week in eastern Pennsylvania and today a noteworthy flight took place :

I had 5 fighter jets, 3 up front 2 in the back. External tanks, flying about 3000-5000 feet. Throughout the week I've spotted one of these flights everyday.

I got a tail marking on one, but it appears they are all different. Can someone help me with a tail ID ?

It was yellow on the bottom, Orange on top. It was slanted at less than a 45 degree angle, sloping towards the back.

Does this marking ring a bell ?


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: aviation; flyover; usaf
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To: Donglalinger

It’s First Fighter Wing not squadron.


21 posted on 09/08/2016 11:32:20 AM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Celerity

Not quite enough information. The tail code would tell the tale. Pun intended. Most likely Guard or Reserve birds in that area.


22 posted on 09/08/2016 11:32:22 AM PDT by afsnco
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To: Celerity

What kind of planes were they?


23 posted on 09/08/2016 11:37:44 AM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Donglalinger

“PA Air National Guard fly A 10s, do you know what they look like?”

Straight wings, two tails, two huge hi-bypass turbo fans, gear that doesn’t fully retract, nice big canopy, BIG gun, lots of hard-points. . .ugly. . .oh. . .wait. . .that wasn’t what you were asking?

;-)


24 posted on 09/08/2016 11:39:05 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: linear

Hello on the bottom and Red on top
Sounds like Israeli Air Force.

But surely not in PA


25 posted on 09/08/2016 11:43:30 AM PDT by Big Otto
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To: yarddog
About a decade ago, the DC ANG strafed a school in NJ, iirc, during night training exercise.

They claimed to be off-target.

26 posted on 09/08/2016 11:48:13 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Rockpile; afsnco; ExTexasRedhead; yarddog; Signalman; servantoftheservant; RitchieAprile; Hulka; ...

Hulka,

Thanks for the links. I’ll start looking.

These were likely F16. I only saw a single rudder. It was modern, but not so close that I could observe actual markings (base/serial)

I’d love to know what these guys are up to. I can find lots of info on tankers and Hercules / C17 / C5 flight patterns and missions - of which there have been quite a few over the NE.

During a President Trump rally in CT 2 were circling CT. Just odd stuff like that.


27 posted on 09/08/2016 11:49:32 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Hulka

We used to have A-10s at the local Nat Guard airfield in Western Mass. I loved watching those planes just kind of float around.

Now we have F15s. Loud and fast.

I miss the hogs.


28 posted on 09/08/2016 11:50:47 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Celerity
Last week, I caught a glimpse of an unfamiliar external tanked plane go in for a landing. It wasn't one of the expected ANG's F-16s.

Couldn't say whether it was alone or not.

29 posted on 09/08/2016 11:53:06 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Celerity

30 posted on 09/08/2016 12:00:43 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Hulka
Straight wings, two tails, two huge hi-bypass turbo fans, gear that doesn’t fully retract, nice big canopy, BIG gun, lots of hard-points. . .ugly. . .oh. . .wait. . .that wasn’t what you were asking?

Ugly? The A-10 is a beautiful beast, 'specially when she burps.

31 posted on 09/08/2016 12:29:39 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: Celerity

These are aircraft belonging to the EPA Air Arm, looking for lawn-sprinkling violators.


32 posted on 09/08/2016 12:30:40 PM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: Celerity

Pilots gotta fly to maintain proficiency, especially if they are
Air Guard and only get a limited amount of hours per year.


33 posted on 09/08/2016 12:44:37 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Celerity
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Notice the EG on the tails?

34 posted on 09/08/2016 12:56:36 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Celerity

Hazleton Pa.?


35 posted on 09/08/2016 1:19:59 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: equaviator

F4 Phantom. The Flying Piano.


36 posted on 09/08/2016 1:44:04 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: ExTexasRedhead
My dad, USAF fighter pilot, flew the F-105 out of Korat, 67-68. Men of great courage.
37 posted on 09/08/2016 1:52:49 PM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: Rockpile

This is most likely the case, or they are being delivered somewhere. I was actually looking for Canadian AF tail markings online.

I just think it’s strange. I’ve seen a string of them this week. The ones I see are flying solo - but formations always make me look twice.


38 posted on 09/08/2016 2:06:25 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Vermont Lt

I miss flying the Hog


39 posted on 09/08/2016 2:39:30 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Celerity

I was stationed at Hill AFB in Utah and their F-16s had HL on the tail in big letters. Funny, but I see those tails in lots of stock file photos.


40 posted on 09/08/2016 3:42:37 PM PDT by DNME (The only solution to a BAD GUY with a gun is a GOOD GUY with a gun.)
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