South Korea & Japan Tour phototopic

[Jutter]

Peter, I saw Pieter S. today at work and heard the whole story. He mentioned that you posted photos already.
We really got to see this pictures on the big screen in Den Helder. Your photos are absolutly stunning.

Menno

[SquAdmin]

26. very nice paint job of this Chinook

Wow, what a great camo! I think it looks even better than the JASDF colours!

[Melchior Timmers]

That's a very rare Orion you catched there, it's equipped with the Littoral Surveillance Radar System (LSRS) in VP-40 markings.

Cheers,

[P.Terlouw]

31. the F-16 Falcon display aircraft at the Seoul Airshow was provided by this Misawa-based aircraft


32. T-50 of the ROKAF Black Eagles team taxxing back to the flightline


33. F-15 Eagle of the 18th FW coming into land at Kadena AB, Okinawa


34. MCAS Futenma based CH-46 making a pass along the Kadena runway


35. Lot of preserved aircraft in South Korea like this F-4D Phantom at a war cemetary next to Daejon


36. and this lovely F-5B in Boramae Park in central Seoul

[P.Terlouw]

37. At Naha AB, Okinawa the Japan Coast Guard is also present with this Dash-8


38. and this wonderful Falcon


39. KC-135R landing at Kadena AB


40. Japanese Orion getting washed with fresh water after returning from their mission over the sea


41. preserved at Naha AB is this F-104J Starfighter with the monorail in the background


42. still going strong: the YS-11 within the JMSDF

[Hans Rolink]

Show us some more Korean stuff, Peter, the Japanese ones are soooo ordinary
No seriously, looks like you had a good time at Okinawa. Did you visit MCAS Futenma as well?

Hans.

[P.Terlouw]

Show us some more Korean stuff, Peter, the Japanese ones are soooo ordinary
No seriously, looks like you had a good time at Okinawa. Did you visit MCAS Futenma as well?

Hans.

Yes we also visited MCAS Futenma but this airbase is a nightmare for photographers so we did not stay there for long. Here a few more pics:

43. F-5E Tiger at Seongnam


44. new S-92 of the Korean VIP-flight passing the tower at Seongnam


45. S-2 Tracker at the war cemetary near Daejon


46. This North Korean F-6 defected back in 1986 and is presented in the War Museum in central Seoul


47. AH-1 Cobra


48. F-5B Freedom Fighter

[dinovandoorn]

well it looks like they applied a new paintjob to the chinooks... as i saw this one in 2009.

[Sleegertje]

Nope the one you've posted in an Airofrce Chinook and the one posted earlier is from the Army.
It was a great show at Seoul. Cheers Rene

[Shunn31]

Woooow Beautiful Tour !!!! Thanks for sharing

[P.Terlouw]

and some more of the many many preserved aircraft in South Korea:

49. F-5A in the War Museum in central Seoul


50. F-86F Sabre in central Seoul


51. RF-86F Sabre near Dajeon


52. O-2 Birddog at the North and South Korean border


53. T-37 in Black Eagles colors at the AF Academy in Cheongju

[P.Terlouw]

54. South Korean F-15K Slam Eagle in take off. I wished they were a bit more colorful than this dark charcoal black.


55. Osan-based A-10 on the static


56. together with 2 F-15's from Kadena


57. this U-2S also made a pass


58. Black Eagles in action. I was very surprised how well they performed


59. F-15J landing at Naha

[Arnold ten Pas]

As Peter has already posted so many great pictures, just a few additions:

A great pass by two Black Eagles (or Brack Eagles as you whish..


Line-up of F-15s at Naha AB:


Black Eagles returning from their performance:


Flare-shooting F-16 at Osan AB:


Smoke on, Go!:

[heems501]

the last is superb Arnold

[Shunn31]

Beautiful last pic... Very beautiful !!!