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Old 23rd May 2021, 13:20
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Salute!

Good to see interest in the IAF Vipers now being used as adversary platforms. Plenty of action over on the Colonial venue, aka F-16.net.

The move from Israel was special for this old curmudgeon, as I was an IP for the first and only IAF class to train at Hill back in 1980. Good bunch, and no 1967 war vets but some Yom Kippur ones. The class also included the nugget that flew on the reactor mission ( Opera?), then became an astronaut and was on Columbia at its end, RIP. Got an autographed gun camera kill shot from one of that bunch. Heh heh.

A sharp youngster pointed out the big tail on the early block Viper and that launched a good sequence of posts by one GD old fart and another early user - me!

https://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=56584

Gonna be an education for many folks when those small and agile Vipers show up. Big thanks to the Duck for the link.

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