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Greetings,
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Greetings,
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Are these Hornets specific RF-18's ??
or are they just normal Hornets with a recce nose mounted...
anyone ?
or are they just normal Hornets with a recce nose mounted...
anyone ?
Greetings,
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Hi Dino,dinovandoorn wrote:Are these Hornets specific RF-18's ??
or are they just normal Hornets with a recce nose mounted...
anyone ?
they are stock Hornets modified with a palletized set of cameras. The gun is mounted on a similar pallet which can be lowered and removed for servicing. The camera pallet is than mounted in the same place. The jet is also given a set of modified nose gear doors. It's fairly usual for the US Marines, not so for the Navy which uses podded equipment on the centerline station.
We saw them as well at Iwakuni during the 4Aviation trip last April.
Hans.
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Any idea what unit this Phantom is with?dinovandoorn wrote:Gifu August 19th
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Hi Dino, Phabulous pictures again!
This Phantom belongs to the Hiko Kaihatsu Jikkendan, the test unit based at Gifu.wh1skea wrote:Any idea what unit this Phantom is with?