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 Posted: Oct 09, 2008 - 10:32 AM
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| Am I wrong or has every US tactical airframe except the F-16 and A-4 had slime lights? Why no formation lights? |
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parrothead
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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 07:57 AM
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| What about the AT-37 Dragonfly? |
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Happy_Gilmore
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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 11:15 AM
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F-16 Block 60's have them, another one that doesn't is the F-5 and they were not used exclusively as Aggressors.
I've had several folks on the Block 60 program with years of fighter experience ask me what they were for.
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Guysmiley
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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 07:24 PM
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| I thought the (apparently pre-block 60) F-16s had IR LEDs that served the same purpose when used with NVGs? |
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Mushmouth
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Posted: Oct 11, 2008 - 12:55 AM
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Guysmiley wrote:
I thought the (apparently pre-block 60) F-16s had IR LEDs that served the same purpose when used with NVGs?
I know our Block 50's we had got those LEDs around with the intake and wings lights when they went to the CCIP phase 2 mod. |
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Posted: Oct 11, 2008 - 01:32 PM
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Hi,
I remember seeing a picture of a WA-coded F-16C (422nd TES?) that actually had a slime light more or less diagonal over the upper part of the vertical tail. Since it hasn't become the standard, the benefit may not have been proven and the program was cancelled. Time frame would be mid-nineties.
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Posted: Oct 11, 2008 - 02:38 PM
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| I'll probably feel stupid when I get the answer, but what are slime lights? |
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Posted: Oct 11, 2008 - 04:44 PM
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| They look like yellowish tan strips on the fuselage sides, tail fins, and wing tips of certain military aircraft. However, at night time they looked like lime green glow sticks on a dimmer switch. Actually they looked pretty cool then. Check out any F-15 or F/A-18 pics and you will see them. |
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Guysmiley
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Posted: Oct 12, 2008 - 03:29 AM
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They're the blue-green light strips in this shot:
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Posted: Oct 12, 2008 - 05:31 AM
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They sure do look purty when they're all lit up at night time!  |
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Posted: Oct 12, 2008 - 08:40 AM
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Yep, they were sure cool looking on the Tomcats and Hornets in the pattern at Miramar as I used to drive under 'em  |
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Racer181
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Posted: Oct 12, 2008 - 10:18 AM
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Kaasjager. wrote:
I'll probably feel stupid when I get the answer, but what are slime lights?
These pictures are of the one in my rooms non-powered and powered of course |
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Posted: Oct 12, 2008 - 04:51 PM
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| Ha! Nice! Is that off an F-15E (judging only by the paint color)? |
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Posted: Oct 12, 2008 - 10:36 PM
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| yes its from an F-15E |
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jefropas
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Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 02:00 AM
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Heres the Nellis Blk 42 w/ the slime lights...
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