anj4de Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Hello again A question to the experts on VF-103, especially the last cruise and bird 103. I have red that as a result of a lot of night missions during the 2nd Gulf War the cockpits of the Tomcats involved were re-painted in "all-black" so that no irritating reflections would disturb the crew. Was AA103 affected by that activity as well? I am about to start the cockpit painting, so would really like to do it right! thanks Uwe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I'm pretty sure the pits were 36231, Dark Gull Gray with, black panels, for the A's and B's. The Delta's were all black. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GW8345 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 The cockpit was dark gull grey, only a handful of the Delta's had their cockpits painted black by VF-213 (and a few of those jets got passed to VF-31). No F-14A or B's had there cockpits painted black. GW F-14A/B/D Ordie and QAR 1987-2001 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, GW8345 said: The cockpit was dark gull grey, only a handful of the Delta's had their cockpits painted black by VF-213 (and a few of those jets got passed to VF-31). No F-14A or B's had there cockpits painted black. GW F-14A/B/D Ordie and QAR 1987-2001 +1 Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anj4de Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) Thanks a lot...then the pics in the DACO book on page 86 show a rare bird I guess! :-) cheers Uwe Edited November 18, 2017 by anj4de Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) 44 minutes ago, anj4de said: Thanks a lot...then the pics in the DACO book on page 86 show a rare bird I guess! :-) cheers Uwe I believe only VF-31 and VF-213 had the black cockpits, as stated above. Steve Edited November 18, 2017 by A-10 LOADER Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 The black cockpit mod only went into a few deltas and was supposed to aid in NVG usage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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