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81st Fighter Squadron ( USAFE)" Wild Weasels" |
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81 FS " Wild Weasels" ( USAFE) | |||
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Converted
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| Version: | F-16C/D block 30 (small mouth) | |||
| Role: | Air Defense, Attack | |||
| Tailband: | Yellow | |||
| Motto: | N/A | |||
| Badge: | N/A | |||
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Converted to the F-4G in 1990.
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F-16 Airframe Inventory
- All 81 FS F-16s in our F-16 Aircraft Database (past and current aircraft)
- Current 81 FS F-16s in our F-16 Aircraft Database
I was assigned to the 81st at Spangdahlem from 1988-1992. We were a mix of both small mouth and big mouth, approximately 50% of both. I would like to see this corrected. Here are two tail numbers that came to our unit that are big mouths. 86-0263 and 86-0270. Mine was 86-0230 (small mouth). We later combined squadrons with the 480th and became the first full F-16 squadron at Spangdahlem. We moved up the hill :( from the far end of the base and that is when the red stripe with black border top and bottom came from.
The 81TFS (Yellow) flew F-4G only in the Wild Weasel role already in the earlier 1980's. In the later 1980's their F-4G's mixed and combined with the F-4E's from 23TFS (Blue) and 480TFS (Red) in 'Hunter-Killer' couples. When F-16's came to 52TFW, they replaced the F-4E's first, because late 1990 the F-4G's were sent to Desert Storm.
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