Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Scott has posted in this GB's proposal thread a lot of wonderful pics he took while he served in the AF at Ramstein. I thought it would be coll to post them here too, so they won't get buried in the General Discussion forum. Scott kindly agreed, so here they are. I will start with his selection of Ramstein F-4E's: "Not the clearest photo, but the only one I took of a Zulu F-4E with AIM-7F Sparrows. Note the Sparrow is gray" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 More Ramstein F-4E's: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 And more: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Moving on to Spangdahlem F-4E's and F-4G's: "I took this first photo of 69-0280 on May 18, 1984 at Zaragoza AB, Spain. This Weasel crashed a few days later, on May 23 on the Bardenas Real bombing range. The crew got out okay." "This F-4G had 34092 dark green in place of the usual 34079, which is pretty darned rare:" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 More Spangdahlem F-4E's and G's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 And more: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 And more: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Next up, Zweibrücken RF-4c's: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Alconbury RF-4C's: And a couple of Torrejon F-4D's: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Niiiiiiiice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) Moving on to F-16's. We'll start with Ramstein again: "Candyass", aka "Peppermnint Patty" (this specific one has been converted to a QF-16 by now) Edited December 8, 2011 by Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Moving on to F-16's from Hahn: "Stabilators on the F-16 are interchangeable from side to side. Note the left stab is upside down so far as the color scheme" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) And now some F-16's from Torrejon: Edited December 8, 2011 by Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Moving on to F-15's. Starting with Bitburg: "This F-15 had a midair with a German owned Beech Baron. The F-15 was on Zulu Alert, and was scrambled to intercept the Baron when the Beech got too close to the East German border. The weather was instrument conditions, and when the F-15 tried to get close enough to the Baron to get a positive ID and to warn the Baron pilot to turn around, the F-15 accidentally hit the Baron. Both aircraft made successful landings and amazingly no one was hurt. The F-15 recovered at Ramstein and sat in our maintenance hangar for almost a year before the depot was able to send a team to repair it. I took this photo after the jet was pulled out of the 526 TFS hangar and was about to be moved to the phase inspection hangar where they did the repairs. " Edited December 8, 2011 by Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) More Bitburg Eagles: Edited December 8, 2011 by Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Moving on to Soesterberg F-15's: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Next up are a pair of F-111F's from Lakenheath: A couple of A-10's from Bentwaters/Woodbridge Two C-130's from Rhein-Main: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Alconbury aggressor F-5E's: "This one was taken with my camera by a WSO in the 526 TFS at Decimommanu EOR. I asked him to take my camera up to shoot some air-to-air for me. Unfortunately he wasn't able to get any useable photos while airborne, but he did get this nice shot" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) And finally the last batch. Enjoy these pics! Edited December 8, 2011 by Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) "This F-15 had a midair with a German owned Beech Baron. The F-15 was on Zulu Alert, and was scrambled to intercept the Baron when the Beech got too close to the East German border. The weather was instrument conditions, and when the F-15 tried to get close enough to the Baron to get a positive ID and to warn the Baron pilot to turn around, the F-15 accidentally hit the Baron. Both aircraft made successful landings and amazingly no one was hurt. The F-15 recovered at Ramstein and sat in our maintenance hangar for almost a year before the depot was able to send a team to repair it. I took this photo after the jet was pulled out of the 526 TFS hangar and was about to be moved to the phase inspection hangar where they did the repairs. " Here's some more shots I took of this airplane. Note the damage under the radome: Damage to the intake area: Note the scraped paint inside the vertical fin: I took some other photos while I was walking around on top of this aircraft: Edited December 8, 2011 by Scott R Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Cool pics, Scott. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Cool pics, Scott. Thanks for sharing! Glad you liked them. Here's a few more: And to get you further in the mood for this group build, check out this story: http://flightlog.seven-alpha.com/5bags.html Edited December 8, 2011 by Scott R Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Those are some great photos! Thanks, from me, too, for sharing! Larger variety of camo-variations on the F-4s than I expected... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I just got a warning from Photobucket that I'm getting close to my bandwidth limit. If I reach the limit my photos will disappear until the 19th, so if you don't see them, check back then. Scott W. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cpoud117 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Here's another great picture from Scott, an OV-10A from the 601st Tactical Control Wing based in Sembach, Germany. That particular plane was later sold to the Venezuelan Air Force (FAV) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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