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on our latest trip, we flew to the USA. We hope you enjoy our footage:

We visited the Fightertown Luke AFB, with the Air Education and Training Command. Therefore, the Base is used to train upcoming Fighter pilots, mostly in the F35, but also in the F16. Many of the F16s that belong to Top Aces, 309th FS and 310th FS have an interesting history.

TOP ACES F16A
The story begins in 1978, built in the US, the F16 was planned to be delivered to the Iran Air Force in 1980 as part of the program Peace Zebra. After the cancellation of the delivery of the F16, the aircraft got delivered to the Israeli Air Force on 5th May 1981, as part of the program Peace Marble I. The F16 registered as 260 was part of Israeli Air Force Squadron IDFAF 253. During her service with the Israeli Air Force, the F16 got the famous Netz Camouflage Livery, which fits the Israeli landscape. The F16A was later also assigned to Squadrons IDIAF 110 and IDIAF 116. In 2015 the aircraft got stored and six years later the airframe got sold to Top Aces. After being reregistrated the F16A is currently based at Luke AFB and is, since the day arriving at KLUF, used as an Aggressor to train upcoming fighter pilots.

USAF F16s:
Delivered in 1991 to the 19th Test Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, the airplane flew many training missions in US Airspace.
In 1992, 900778 was then deployed to Saudi Arabia to take part in patrolling a NoFlyZone, a mission called "Southern Watch", in Iraq. On December 27th 1992 four F16s took off into the skies of SaudiArabia, 900778 was one of them, the mission was to log flight hours for upcoming maintenance. While a nearby fourship Formation of F15 and an E3 AWACS detected several aircraft engaging. Two of the four F16s were sent towards the direction of one closer coming MiG25. After having visual clearance on the armament of the MiG, the pilot received the clearance to shot down the MiG25. After releasing an AIM120C AMRAAM, the missile destroyed the MiG25, marking the first US F16 and AMRAAM kill.

Another interesting paint scheme on the F16, is on the F16C Block 42 J 900768, which received the P47 Passionate Patsy Livery that was used in World War II by the 310th FS. The Livery was applied to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the AETC.

The third paint scheme which can be seen at Luke AFB is from the 309th FS "Wild Ducks" and is also painted on a F16C. It celebrates the unit and the 80th Anniversary of the 309th FS, also based at Luke AFB.

CONTENT:
00:00 ATAC Mirage F1CT | N620AX | Landing
00:24 USAF F16D MiGKiller Livery | 900778 | Landing
00:42 RoNAF F35A | 155146 | Landing
01:07 USAF F16C 309th Anniv. Livery | 892120 | Start
01:21 RNLAF F35A | F004 | GoAround
01:40 USAF F16C Pass. Patsy Livery | 900768 | Start
02:16 ATAC Mirage F1CT | N644AX | Landing
02:37 RoNAF F35A | 175292 | GoAround
03:04 USAF F16C | 892056 | Start & GoAround
04:00 ATAC Mirage F1CT | N614AX | Start
04:24 USAF F35A | 205626 | GoAround
05:05 USAF F16D | 880161 | Start
05:18 ITAF F35A | MM7357 | GoAround
05:48 USAF F16D | 900781 | Landing
06:15 USAF F35A | 205627 | Landing
06:38 USAF F16C | 880475 | Start
06:54 ITAF F35A | MM7332 | Start
07:15 USAF F16D | 902179 | Landing
07:47 USAF F35A | 095006 | GoAround
08:05 USAF F16C | 900769 | Landing
08:35 ITAF F35A | MM7335 | GoAround
08:50 USAF F16D | 890158 | Start
09:02 RoNAF F35A | 155146 | Start
09:23 USAF F16D | 880163 | GoAround
09:36 RoNAF F35A | 155147 | Start
10:19 USAF F35A | 145093 | GoAround
10:35 USAF F16C | 880508 | GoAround

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