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To: OpeEdMunkey
NO, no,no. The Thunderbirds have been flying F-16s for a long time. The picture is file footage from the late '70s.

The pilot was likely from an aggressor squadron and is "sierra hotel". Also the aircraft is more likely an F-5E of F-5F a much "hotter" aircraft than a T-38.

52 posted on 04/21/2009 3:13:05 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier
NO, no,no. The Thunderbirds have been flying F-16s for a long time. The picture is file footage from the late '70s.

YES, yes, yes. It's a joke. Lighten up.

However I'd bet that, file footage or not, the plane pictured is a T-38 was probably being flown by a Thunderbird pilot.

Last time I looked the Thunderbirds were a precision flight team and not an air combat unit.Of course I could be wrong. Last time I saw the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels they were flying Phantom II's.

53 posted on 04/21/2009 4:07:42 PM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (We seem to have reached a critical mass of stupid people.)
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