Harrier Dude
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Each a/c has their own blivet. Only in the air force.
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After almost dying out with disestablishment of the mainstream Aggressor squadrons in the PI, England and Nellis with only a few F-16s allocated to supporting Red Flag as part of ATD, the Air Force has resurged and revived the 6th and 65th at Nellis in addition to the newly transitioned Alaska unit. Sure beats flying Predators!
An F-15 Eagle from the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., sits parked on the Eielson AFB, Alaska, flight line July 9. The 65th AGS is taking part in Red Flag-Alaska 07-3, a multi-service, multi-platform coordinated, combat operations exercise, which runs through the July 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)
An F-15 Eagle from the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., sits parked on the Eielson AFB, Alaska, flight line July 9. The 65th AGS is taking part in Red Flag-Alaska 07-3, a multi-service, multi-platform coordinated, combat operations exercise, which runs through the July 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)
Obviously a "nice" summer day during the 4 months of the year when it's NOT winter in AK ....
An F-15 Eagle from the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., sits parked on the Eielson AFB, Alaska, flight line July 9....(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)
But riddle me this: what is the "WA" tail code on the bird?? I always thought Air Guard units were easy to identify by state with the simple expedient of looking at the tail -- i.e., in this case, "WA" would be Washington State, but we know that's not the case here.
I'm obviously missing something ....
It's an aggressor bird, so maybe they are pretending to be the enemy???Obviously a "nice" summer day during the 4 months of the year when it's NOT winter in AK ....
But riddle me this: what is the "WA" tail code on the bird?? I always thought Air Guard units were easy to identify by state with the simple expedient of looking at the tail -- i.e., in this case, "WA" would be Washington State, but we know that's not the case here.
I'm obviously missing something ....
GroundPounder
Well-Known Member
Sir,
According to their web site, the 65th Aggressor Squadron is part of the 57 Wing, who use the WA tail code. I think that the AF tries to tie in current units with units from the past to create instant " heritage " didn't have tune to look into it further but the WA probably has some meaning to their current mission.
http://www.nellis.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4098
According to their web site, the 65th Aggressor Squadron is part of the 57 Wing, who use the WA tail code. I think that the AF tries to tie in current units with units from the past to create instant " heritage " didn't have tune to look into it further but the WA probably has some meaning to their current mission.
http://www.nellis.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4098
Obviously a "nice" summer day during the 4 months of the year when it's NOT winter in AK ....
No kidding, I was surprised to read tag line and thought there had to be a mistake
They're active duty and from 57th (Composite) Wing at Nellis. They all use black and yellow checkerboard markings and WA as their tailcode. Here's a nifty site that allows you to input Air Force (and other) tailcodes and it shows you which units use them.
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Blutonski816
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My friend's dad who was an Intel O with the 57th @ Nellis some years back told me it was used because of its association with the AF's WeApons School...
and my contribution to the thread...
This was a pic I snapped, taken at (you guessed it) Nellis in March '06.
Sounds like a good explanation to me ... kinda blows my whole time-tested theory @ how I identify Air Guard units -- but then again, mebbe not -- as these aren't Guard -- they're active.My friend's dad who was an Intel O with the 57th @ Nellis some years back told me it was used because of its association with the AF's WeApons School...
and my contribution to the thread...
This was a pic I snapped, taken at (you guessed it) Nellis in March '06.
Xtndr50boom
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Is the blivet the baggage pod? If so, what's the big deal about each aircraft having his own? Does the Navy/MC do XCs differently?
Classic Air Force (no slight intended as I've heard this before):....you mean you don't have your own? Doesn't everyone?
We never had ONE, there was a coverted drop that was passed around from squadron to squadrn. Same thing with CATMs. In high tempo DACT during FFARP (now SFARP), sometimes jets had to taxi in from prior hop and ordies would grab CATMs and load while you were waiting to go up to last minute. We had to become expert at packing things behind ejection seat under canopy (until two guys were killed in a horrific inadvertant ejection incident).