F-16AM E-190, one of only six Block-10 Fighting Falcons of Fighter Wing, was painted a NATO compass rose on it‘s fin to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NATO on April 4th.
Noted on 08.04. at Fighter Wing during a very nice day were the following Esk 727/730 F-16AM/BM:
F-16BM ET-022 (Have Glass V), ET-198 and ET-613 (Have Glass V) plus 692 of RNoAF (still in tiger colours) and FB24 of Belgian AF (in OCU special colours). All five flew two missions each (the morning mission took off from 9.35-10.06h, the afternoon from 12.45-13.00h).
E-008 and E-609 (Have Glass V) departed on 9.35h as QRA "Moon Beam" and they came back after their usual terrific 2 hours an 15 minutes with one belly tank only.
F-35A of Esk 727 active were L-007, L-008 and L-009. All flew one mission in the morning.
T-17 T-414 of FSNSK also did one mission.
Visiting were FinAF/TukiLLV Learjet 35A LJ-1 of 2.Flight and PC-12/47E PI-02 of 4.Flight.
As can be seen the training of Ukranian pilots is in full run with mostly F-16BM of all three air forces are active. The Belgian F-16 made several approaches. The QRA exchanged at least one of their F-16 as E-008 went off after it´s mission and E-597 came as a replacement. Possible another one of the QRA was exchanged.
After the signing date at Skrydstrup on 16.04. with F-16BM ET-199 painted in FAA colours it was announced that Argentina will get obviously 16 F-16AM (all Block-15), all eight Block-15 F-16BM (ET-022, ET-197, ET-198, ET-199, ET-612, ET-613, ET-614, ET-615) and a Block-10 GIA for Grupo Aéreo 6 de Caza at Tandil. The handing over is planned for early-2025.
Noted here on 18.04. and on a very active day were the following Fighter Wing/Esk 727/730 F-16AM/BM:
Taking off from 9.47 to 10.13h were:
E-074, E-611, ET-198, ET-613 (Have Glass V) and ET-614. On 10.35h E-017 and E-609 (Have Glass V) performed an Alpha Scramble as QRA "Moon Beam". E-008 departed clean to Karup with two smokers on the wing tips for one or two Flying Displays there with display pilot TEO. It came back in the afternoon.
Also flying were Esk 727 F-35A L-008 and L-009. Of the international force RNoAF F-16BM 692 (tiger camo) and Belgian F-16BM FB-24 (OCU special camo) flew in the morning, plus F/A-18C HN-440 of HävLLv 11 (still with HävLLv 21 markings on the nose).
The afternoon mission departed from 12.41 to 13.27h and comprised off:
F-16AM/BM E-004, E-598, E-601, E-611, ET-198 and ET-613 (Have Glass V) and F-35A L-007, L-008 and L-009.
RNoAF 692 and Belgian AF FB-24 also flew plus HävLLv 11 HN-427 and HN-440.
Flying once in the morning was FSNSK T-17 T-414 while in the afternoon EH-101 Merlin Mk.512 M-512 of Esk 722 flew.
All together 26 fighter missions were flown by three types of four nations!
Another F-16AM planned for a Have Glass V repaint should be E-024, noted at Aalborg today. When this will rolled out in many weeks it will be quite shortlived in Flyvevabnet service.
