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First ever picture gallery of Polish F16s during training (high volume)
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| 2007-10-30
Posted on 10/30/2007 12:30:20 PM PDT by lizol
TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aviation; f16; poland; polishairforce
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:30:22 PM PDT
by
lizol
To: lizol
Cool. I think we still deal with the Polish Air Force as a client. I’ll forward that to the guy that works with them.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:32:17 PM PDT
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
To: lizol
Did these guys originally learn to fly on Soviet jets?
Curious if these are former foes.
To: TheThirdRuffian
The Poles flew Soviet jets back in the day, but the Poles I met who were training for the F-16 a few years ago in Springfield, Ill., looked very young . . . so I doubt there are many left who have flown MiG's.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:36:29 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: TheThirdRuffian
MiG-29s, IIRC.
Same thing with East Germany.
Now, it’s common to see MiG-29s participating in NATO exercises.
Very crazy times.
I miss the Cold War.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:36:41 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: lizol
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:38:10 PM PDT
by
chrisser
To: lizol
To: TheThirdRuffian
They definitely originally learned to fly on Soviet-made jets, mostly Mig 29s (as Polish Air Force used to be equipped only with them before we bought F16s).
But I think most of those, who fly F16 today are to young to be “former foes”.
You know - 18 years have gone.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:39:21 PM PDT
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: SJSAMPLE; All
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:46:28 PM PDT
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: SJSAMPLE
Same with Hungarian Air Force. We had F16’s flying alongside their MIG-29’s, definitely a sight to behold. Funny thing is, these guys in Hungary and Poland are happy they are on OUR side now!
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:46:32 PM PDT
by
SFC Chromey
(We are at war with Islamofascists inside and outside our borders, now ACT LIKE IT!)
To: lizol
Those are some sweet shots!
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:49:23 PM PDT
by
mowowie
To: lizol
Repeat please
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:54:37 PM PDT
by
Gator101
(Don't taze me, Bro!)
To: Gator101
Actually - these are Spitfires of the Polish 303 fighter squadron.
Kind of ancestors of today’s Polish F16s :-)
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posted on
10/30/2007 1:06:37 PM PDT
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: SFC Chromey
I would be interested to hear how they thought the planes compared, and how they think they would have fared 18 years ago.
To: lizol
I’m disappointed. I was hoping for a little humor.
To: lizol
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posted on
10/30/2007 1:13:56 PM PDT
by
Gator101
(Don't taze me, Bro!)
To: lizol
OOOOOOOHhhhhhh! AAaaaahhhhhh!
Those are some very nice pictures ... nice planes, too. Good to see yet another friend defending their skies with Vipers.
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posted on
10/30/2007 1:17:44 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Gator101
Looks like I remembered the scene wrong — they were flying Hurricanes and not Spitfires.
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posted on
10/30/2007 1:21:05 PM PDT
by
Gator101
(Don't tase me, Bro!)
To: Gator101
They were flying first Hurricanes, then Spitfires, and then Mustangs.
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posted on
10/30/2007 1:31:04 PM PDT
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: TheThirdRuffian
Curious if these are former foes. ................. I was once told by a colleague, when an America or NATO pilot flew by the border of the Eastern Europeans, they were intercepted by Russian Pilots gave them nasty hand gestures, German Pilots who played chicken with them and Polish Pilots who waved and smiled.
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posted on
10/30/2007 1:59:18 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(Staying home or voting 3rd Party, Elects Hillary!)
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