US Air Force - ANG F-16s



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    F-16A ADF (#80589) from the 179th FS "Bulldogs" (Minnesota ANG) in special markings. [USAF photo]
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    F-16 #86244 in the paint shop waiting to receive WW II colors. Masked and being sanded and prepped for the base coat. This was being painted in the late summer of 2000 for a reunion held in September with the 352nd Fighter Group (WWII 8th Air Force). [Photo by Jim Caiella]
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    The Blue-nosed F-16 (USAF #86244, assigned to the 192nd FW) in the paint barn in August 2000. It was painted for a 352nd Fighter Group (WWII 8th Air Force) reunion, and replicates the markings of one the US's highest scoring aces, Major George "Cripes A' Mighty" Preddy. Major Preddy was squadron commander of the 328th FS, which after WWII became the 149th FS, the flying squadron of the 192nd FW of the Virginia ANG. He was killed on Christmas Day 1944 by American gunfire. [Photo by Jim Caiella]
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    The Blue-nosed F-16 (USAF #86244 assigned to the 192nd FW) was painted for a September 2000 reunion of the 352nd Fighter Group (WWII 8th Air Force). The scheme replicates the markings of one the US's highest scoring aces, Major George "Cripes A' Mighty" Preddy. Major Preddy was squadron commander of the 328th FS, which after WWII became the 149th FS, the flying squadron of the 192nd FW of the Virginia ANG. He was killed on Christmas Day 1944 by American gunfire. [Photo by Jim Caiella]
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    The Blue-nosed F-16 (USAF #86244 assigned to the 192nd FW) was painted for a September 2000 reunion of the 352nd Fighter Group (WWII 8th Air Force). The scheme replicates the markings of one the US's highest scoring aces, Major George "Cripes A' Mighty" Preddy. Major Preddy was squadron commander of the 328th FS, which after WWII became the 149th FS, the flying squadron of the 192nd FW of the Virginia ANG. He was killed on Christmas Day 1944 by American gunfire. [Photo by Jim Caiella]
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    The blue-nosed Viper seen over Virginia Air National Guard base at Byrd International Airport just outside Richmond. USAF F-16 #86244 assigned to the 192nd FW was painted for a September 2000 reunion of the 352nd Fighter Group (WWII 8th Air Force). The scheme replicates the markings of one the US's highest scoring aces, Major George "Cripes A' Mighty" Preddy. Major Preddy was squadron commander of the 328th FS, which after WWII became the 149th FS, the flying squadron of the 192nd FW of the Virginia ANG. He was killed on Christmas Day 1944 by American gunfire. [Photo by Jim Caiella]
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    The Blue-nosed F-16, USAF #86244, over downtown Richmond, Virginia, the state capital. USAF F-16 #86244 assigned to the 192nd FW was painted for a September 2000 reunion of the 352nd Fighter Group (WWII 8th Air Force). The scheme replicates the markings of one the US's highest scoring aces, Major George "Cripes A' Mighty" Preddy. Major Preddy was squadron commander of the 328th FS, which after WWII became the 149th FS, the flying squadron of the 192nd FW of the Virginia ANG. He was killed on Christmas Day 1944 by American gunfire. [Photo by Jim Caiella]
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    The Blue-nosed F-16 (USAF #86244 assigned to the 192nd FW) was painted for a September 2000 reunion of the 352nd Fighter Group (WWII 8th Air Force). The scheme replicates the markings of one the US's highest scoring aces, Major George "Cripes A' Mighty" Preddy. Major Preddy was squadron commander of the 328th FS, which after WWII became the 149th FS, the flying squadron of the 192nd FW of the Virginia ANG. He was killed on Christmas Day 1944 by American gunfire. [Photo by Jim Caiella]
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    The Blue-nosed F-16 (USAF #86244 assigned to the 192nd FW) was painted for a September 2000 reunion of the 352nd Fighter Group (WWII 8th Air Force). The scheme replicates the markings of one the US's highest scoring aces, Major George "Cripes A' Mighty" Preddy. Major Preddy was squadron commander of the 328th FS, which after WWII became the 149th FS, the flying squadron of the 192nd FW of the Virginia ANG. He was killed on Christmas Day 1944 by American gunfire. [Photo by Jim Caiella]
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    South Carolina ANG F-16's supporting operations in Iraq. [Photo by Kim McCreight]
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    This F-16C #87241 flies with the Colorado ANG 120FS/140WG at Buckley AFB. This paint job was applied for the "Tiger Meet of the Americas" in August of 2001. [Photo by Greg Davis]
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    USAF F-16C parked at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base [Photo by Mark O. Williams]
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    USAF F-16A ADF #81-0791 resting at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base [Photo by Mark O. Williams]
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    USAF F-16C block 25 #84288 taxiing at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base [Photo by Mark O. Williams]
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    USAF F-16C Block 25 #84288 from the 119th FS, New Jersay ANG, parked on the ramp at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base [Photo by Mark O. Williams]