Ellington Anniversary Scheme

Henrik · by **Henrik** » 09 Oct 2007, 10:46

Great surprise!!

Asif · by **Asif** » 09 Oct 2007, 11:12

Are these your photos Henrik? If so any chance of getting them into the gallery. Would make good additions to update the d/b entry for 84-1393

LinkF16SimDude · by **LinkF16SimDude** » 09 Oct 2007, 11:36

Well...that's...um...different. :shock:

I thought you shouldn't paint the upper UHF blade antenna like that. Or am I mistaken?

MaddogF16 · by **MaddogF16** » 09 Oct 2007, 13:32

Uh........yeah that's different for sure..!!

Henrik · by **Henrik** » 09 Oct 2007, 14:34

Asif,

No unfortunately these are not mine - just found them on the web!! I will try to get the photographers name for the gallery.

Greetings,

Henrik.

Jon · by **Jon** » 09 Oct 2007, 15:57

...and his permission

Henrik · by **Henrik** » 09 Oct 2007, 16:28

Jon wrote:...and his permission

Yup

J.J. · by **J.J.** » 23 Nov 2007, 20:52

Released today on USAF´s public main website:

USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1393 from the 111th FS flies with a special paint job in honor of the squadron's 90th anniversary in 2007. All the colors and markings have specific meanings, reflecting the unit's nine-decade history. [Photo by John Dibbs, via USAF]

<a href="http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/071123-F-9876D-111.jpg">hi-res</a>

Just as I uploaded the picture and posted it to this topic, within minutes USAF released a very interesting news article:

AFPN wrote:Colorful F-16 represents 90 years of history

11/23/2007 - AUSTIN, Texas (AFPN) -- An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the Texas Air National Guard's 111th Fighter Squadron is flying with a special paint job in honor of the squadron's 90th anniversary. All the colors and markings have specific meanings, reflecting the unit's nine-decade history.

The rudder is painted like a JN-4 Jenny, which the squadron flew in the 1920s. The schemes for the wings and flaps recall the paint schemes of the pre-World War II era.

The blue fuselage represents the Korean War, in which the squadron earned credit for two air victories. The gray underside represents the jet age.

The "N5 A" was the insignia the squadron's P-51 Mustangs sported during World War II, in which the squadron claimed 44 air victories. Also representing World War II is the star on the fuselage, while the star on the wing represents the pre-World War II era.

"Ace in the Hole" and the star on the tail replicate the markings of the squadron's F-84s during the Korean War. The ventral fin, partially obscured, reads "Est. 1917."

Today the 111th FS is part of the 147th Fighter Wing, based at Ellington Field in Houston.

Source: http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123076954

SixerViper · by **SixerViper** » 24 Nov 2007, 04:12

LinkF16SimDude wrote:Well...that's...um...different.

I thought you shouldn't paint the upper UHF blade antenna like that. Or am I mistaken?

Link--you can paint the antenna any color you want to as long as the paint is transparent to RF energy. Back in 2000 we painted a jet (86-0244) to look like the P-51s of our parent outfit, the 352nd Fighter Group, aka "The Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney" as Hermann Goering so eloquently dubbed them. There's a pic or two of it on this website somewhere.

The blue paint in no way affected the transmissivity of the radome and the FCR worked as advertised. I storngly suspect that the UHF/IFF antenna on this jet works just fine. The Thunderbirds use the same type of paint on their red radomes. We contacted them to find out whom to get our blue paint from.

tjodalv43 · by **tjodalv43** » 24 Nov 2007, 04:43

Wow, thats cool! Too bad the jets are leaving very shortly

Jason32 · by **Jason32** » 25 Nov 2007, 11:55

Hi, can someone help me please.

I'm currently in the process of producing this aircraft scheme for a microsoft flight-simulator F-16 but i cant make out what type of font the writing is they used for the text on the tail "Ace in the Hole", does anyone know this please?

phantom_4s · by **phantom_4s** » 26 Nov 2007, 23:38

The closest font I could match for some decals I'm working on is "Brush Script".

Jason32 · by **Jason32** » 26 Nov 2007, 23:44

Many thanks for that, its as close i think as we are going to get.

Thanks again! :wink:

Lieuwe · by **Lieuwe** » 07 Dec 2007, 16:10

Does any have any more pictures of this bird?

RogerFC · by **RogerFC** » 21 Dec 2007, 19:55

We've just published a story about the 147th at Ellington, featuring some walk around shots of the anniversary bird;

http://www.fencecheck.com/news/Ace_in_t ... hter_Wing/

Cheers,
Roger