Tucson International 22 March 2024

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Tucson International 22 March 2024

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We started early today because Tucson International, Davis Monthan AFB and for some of us, also the Davis Monthan scrap yards where on the wish list. At 07:30 we arrived at the Tucson fence to take pictures of the three Canadian Top Aces Alpha Jets deployed there as part of a bigger deployment of Canadian Hornets on Davis Monthan. Unfortunately due to an unlucky parked Cessna only one of the Alpha Jets could be photographed.

After that we moved to the spot overlooking the runway to wait for the first departures of F-16's. You realy need a stepladder here because quite a lot of the jets stay low over the runway for almost the full length.
195th FS has recently received F-16's from other units and some of them still bear the old tail codes (or none at all).

The code is linked to the old Luftwaffe serial. So in this case: 40+36
ImageAlphaJet_C-GUTO_TopAces by René Klok, on Flickr

ImageCC-150_15004_CanadianAirforce_01 by René Klok, on Flickr

Tucson is also a civil airport.
ImageB737_N709S_SierraPacific by René Klok, on Flickr

Some 195th FS F-16s.
ImageBe99_N52RP_Ameriflight by René Klok, on Flickr

Some 195th FS F-16s.
ImageF-16_85-1471_USANG_02 by René Klok, on Flickr

ImageF-16_86-0302_USANG_02 by René Klok, on Flickr

ImageF-16_87-0300_USANG_02 by René Klok, on Flickr

And some 152nd FS F-16s.
ImageF-16_88-0173_USANG_01 by René Klok, on Flickr

ImageF-16_89-2012_USANG_01 by René Klok, on Flickr

Low tech sunscreen in a multi-million jet.
ImageF-16_89-2123_USANG_01 by René Klok, on Flickr

ImageF-16_89-2135_USANG_01 by René Klok, on Flickr

An Army Lakota was found on one of the platforms.
ImageUH-72_13-72301_USArmy by René Klok, on Flickr

Hope you like this selection.
Groeten, Regards,
René

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