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 ?
Could you make out any letters on the tail?
Had to have been planes from SHADO
Definitely SHADO
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/af/tail_markings.pdf
http://www.globemaster.de/tailcodes.html
http://www.military.cz/usa/air/air_accessories/usaf_tail_cod/usaf_tail_cod.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/tailmark.htm
Have fun. . .
single tail or twin tail?
Should have two big letters on the tail
Wow - that pilot really doesn’t like 7-11s for some reason.
Careful, you are showing your age! Loved that show as a kid.
I was thinking S.H.I.E.L.D. But you could be correct.
bfl
Probably got overcharged for a Big Gulp.
Definitely SHADO
No, it’s SHAOD
Oh my,
Too funny!
When I lived in Virginia Beach, I would often see FF which stood for Langley. My Father worked for 35 years at Tyndall TY, Egin, EG and ET.
I can guess most of them if I see the letters but can’t remember a lot off hand.
PA AirNational Guard fly A 10s, do you know what they look like?
My husband was a retired USAF fighter pilot who flew this bird out of Phan Rang.
Col. Bud Day, former POW
I was talking to a pilot at Eglin maybe 20 years ago. He said they all called it the Worst Fighter Squadron. I guess Langley is close enough to Washington DC that they seem to get a lot of interviews but it was the Eglin Squadron which shot down all the Migs in Iraq.
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