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F-16 Nose Art in 1991

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F-16 Nose Art in 1991







Found 39 aircraft, displaying 16-30 [Sorted by Date]
Local S/N AF/Unit Aircraft Name Marked Date Details
85420 USAF 33 TFS 85-1420 Unknown Details
This shark was applied to several aircraft during the war.
83136 USAF 184 TFG 83-1136 "High Fidelity, Don't Tread on Me" Jan 1991 Details
83181 USAF 184 TFG 83-1181 "If You Can't Party With The Boys, Don't Show Up" Jan 1991 Details
84217 USAF 17 TFS 84-1217 "17 TFS/AMU" Jan 1991 Details
Nose art is an image of an owl, flew 39 missions in Desert Storm.
84254 USAF 17 TFS 84-1254 "Next" Jan 1991 Details
Flew 38 missions in Desert Storm.
85419 USAF 33 TFS 85-1419 "Desert Shield" "363 TFW" Jan 1991 Details
Flew 57 missions in Desert Storm. When the 363rd TFW returned home from Desert Storm in March of 1991 four aircraft kept their nose art for the Shaw AFB open house. The other three aircraft were with nose art: "Sweet . . . But Deadly", "Code One Candy", and "Hammer Time" which Warren Trask touched up before the show. All nose art but "Hammer Time" was removed right after the air show.
78059 USAF 107 TFS 78-0059 "Miss Majestic" Feb 1991 Details
83137 USAF 184 TFG 83-1137 "The REBEL" Feb 1991 Details
83156 USAF 184 TFG 83-1156 "RED MAN / SPECIAL CUT" Feb 1991 Details
Outward facing noes gear door art.
83183 USAF 184 TFG 83-1183 "HANG ON SNOOPY" Feb 1991 Details
84255 USAF 184 TFG 84-1255 "Bartman / Avenger of Evil" Feb 1991 Details
84390 USAF 10 TFS 84-1390 "Sweet Dreams" 27 Feb 1991 Details
Shot down during Desert Storm by SAM. The pilot, Capt. William Andrews, ejected and became a POW, but was released eight days later after the end of the war. Reportedly had been flying too low and hit by a SA-16. Awarded the Air Force Cross for preventing missile shooters from getting a wingman. A UH-60A (78-23015) was shot down trying to rescue the F-16 pilot. Five of its crew died while three where taken prisoner. The aircraft carried nose art at the time applied for the war. Art was a blond woman in a white bikini lying sideways on the right side of the aircraft below the canopy.
84258 USAF 184 TFG 84-1258 "Pods Long" Mar 1991 Details
83150 USAF 33 TFS 83-1150 "Max Thrust" 11 Mar 1991 Details
Flew 50 missions in Desert Storm. This is Warren Trak's last art work applied during the war completed just before he left the gulf on March 11, 1991. This artwork didn't even last a month.
84310 USAF 10 TFS 84-1310 "Sabre One" "10 TFS" Jun 1991 Details
This was the second aircraft to carry the Sabre One nose art. It is the commanders aircraft marked 10 TFS and was seen at the 1991 Paris air show. The art was applied to this aircraft for the Paris show because the first aircraft to receive the markings, 84-1315, was being prepared to go to the 163rd FS. Charles Arroyo was the artist drew both nose art with colored grease pencils. MSGT Charles Arroyo advises one can tell the difference in the nose art by how far the cloak comes down the panel. On aircraft 84-1310 the cloak came to the bottom of the aircraft panel. This aircraft was unable to deploy for Desert Storm.

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Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [msh] Involved in Mishap [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARC)
[cld] Cancelled order [o/o] On Order T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) [w/o] Write-off
[i/a] Instructional Airframe [scr] Scrapped Photo Available



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