Just a Nice Pic

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I am old enough to remember when the Thunderbirds flew these:



And these:

 

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Once upon a time, on a trip to NYC, got to see something like this at JFK:

 

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PAF

 

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Spitfire

 

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TAI - KAAN

 

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Viper

 

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You can read the story of the above photo here:

F-16s Pulled From U.S. Boneyard Are Being Delivered To Ukraine For Spare Parts

The U.S. had not committed to giving Ukraine its F-16s, but images of the type being flown out of Arizona on a Ukrainian An-124 began circulating last week. The non-operational F-16s appear to be the first examples supplied directly to Ukraine from U.S. stocks.

www.twz.com

Still trying to wrap my head around the An-124 landing at TUS when they could have easily landed at D-M which is several miles to the east. Can speculate a number of reasons though.

 

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Top Aces is headquartered in Mesa, AZ, at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. The airport was formerly known as Williams Air Force Base. Yes, I spent some time out there.