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This topic is related to our General F-16 news <a href="http://www.f-16.net/news_article2652.html">Kunsan Airmen paint first arctic F-16 for Eielson</a>

SSgt. Cory Goines, thumbs through a technical order manual for finishing instructions while SrA. Kevin Stevens and Matt Wuensch take care of the final details on a newly painted arctic scheme on F-16C block 30 #86-0305 on November 30th, 2007. Sergeant Goines and Amn. Stevens and Wuensch, are Aircraft Structural Maintenance Journeymen with the 8th Maintenance Squadron. The 8th MXS painted the aircraft in preparation for an upcoming Eielson/Kunsan F-16 swap. The aircraft is the first in the unit to have an arctic scheme.

Newly painted F-16C block 30 #86-0305 sits in the 8th Maintenance Group paint barn and corrosion section on November 30th, 2007. Members of the 8th Maintenance Squadron painted the aircraft in preparation for an upcoming Eielson/Kunsan F-16 swap. This is the first F-16 with an arctic scheme.

Looks like a brand-new job for you, AfterburnerDecalsScott! The unique painting is awesome and looks very smart. Probably you will have some problems with overlaying of markings over the paintings. But this amazing brand-new colorful Viper outfit should be available for F-16 plastic modelers in a short time!

Associated to the pictures (four all in all) is the following news article:

All four related hi-res photos: http://www.kunsan.af.mil/news/story_med ... =123078323

Source: http://www.kunsan.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123078323

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Elite 1K Joined: May 10, 2005 Posts: 1089 Status: Offline

Already all over it mein freund! Very Happy

Enthusiast Joined: May 18, 2007 Posts: 42 Status: Offline

Excellent! I want to build this pretty bird! Very Happy

Another Colourful agressor scheme for modelers, Sierra Hotel! been Looking around but just found 4 pics, does anybody have seen anymore?

Elite 2K Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 2096 Status: Offline

Hi Scott! Best wishes and best sales, mein Freund! Special pre-Christmas greetings from old Germany!

Enthusiast Joined: May 17, 2007 Posts: 46 Status: Offline

Nice!!

Looks awesome!

AfterburnerDecalsScott wrote:

Already all over it mein freund! Very Happy

Wow Scott, you're fast! That's a sweet looking Viper!

Mike

F-16.net Editor Joined: Aug 23, 2003 Posts: 1716

After speaking to our contacts at Kunsan 8 FW - PR we have managed to get some additonal pictures. Hope you like Very Happy

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Includes F-16C block 30 #86-0314 in the Arctic scheme. All photos taken by TSgt. Quinton T. Burris & SrA Giang Nguyen.

USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0314 painted with an arctic paint scheme waits for clearance before taking off for a training mission from Kunsan AB on December 7th, 2007. The new paint scheme will be used during training missions to resemble an aggressor aircraft when the jet is transferred to Eielson AFB.

USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0305 painted with an arctic paint scheme waits for clearance before taking off for a training mission from Kunsan AB on December 7th, 2007. The new paint scheme will be used during training missions to resemble an aggressor aircraft when the jet is transferred to Eielson AFB.

USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0305 painted with an arctic paint scheme sits outside a hardened shelter after a completing a training mission at Kunsan AB on December 7th, 2007. The new paint scheme will be used during training missions to resemble an aggressor aircraft when the jet is transferred to Eielson AFB.

USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0305 painted with an arctic paint scheme sits outside a hardened shelter at Kunsan AB after a training mission on December 7th, 2007. The new paint scheme will be used during training missions to resemble an aggressor aircraft when the jet is transferred to Eielson AFB.

Elite 1K Joined: Jul 12, 2005 Posts: 1557 Status: Offline

WOOOHOOOO - GREAT, Asif!!

Greetings,

Henrik.

Enthusiast Joined: Apr 20, 2005 Posts: 66

that's an awsome paint job.

Get those RNoAF vipers painted like that Very Happy

Good job Asif, they look fantastic. Nice to see whole aircaft shots.

305 was in my flight, our flt had all the odd tail numbers and the other flt had the even, wonder if they still do that. It was almost lost in 91, had a low lube light and IFE'd in, shut down on the taxiway before EOR. There was about a quart of eng oil under it and none in the oil tank, was real close to having the eng seize up, the eng shop took the hit on that one since it was the 1st flt after teardown. But that was a hard time for the eng shop, if I remember right a team from the eng depot came TDY to Kunsan to help them out.

Enthusiast Joined: Jun 18, 2007 Posts: 51 Status: Offline

wow!!! Man that looks amazing. could we get some decals in 1/72 for the modelers out here!!

Can those contacts get us additional Korean pics? I see one landing in the background of picture 1. Still need a lot of those. Korea's vipers are hard to catch.

Greets,

Elite 1K Joined: May 10, 2005 Posts: 1089 Status: Offline

I have a bunch from WP and OS that I'll upload when the sheets for them are done.

Here's a wicked profile Shawn Hull did in the meantime!

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