Colorful F-16

Cool! But the rudder stripes should be Blue-White-Red (Front to Back). I
can not connect the light blue fuselage with any aircraft operated in the
Korean War. It would seem to date from the 1930's when it was used on
P-6E's and P-26's among other types...
Jack G.

Jack G wrote:
Cool! But the rudder stripes should be Blue-White-Red (Front to Back). I
can not connect the light blue fuselage with any aircraft operated in the
Korean War. It would seem to date from the 1930's when it was used on
P-6E's and P-26's among other types...
Jack G.


You are right you can read about it on the Airforce site the jet
represents the Squadron from the date of its inception to today so the
tail is right for the timeperiod it represents. Each color and each
style from the first to today is on he jet I love it.

http://www.af.mil/photos/media_searc...G.x=0&btnG.y=0

No, the tail is not right for the post WW I time period.

United States Army aircraft had tail stripes standardized with the blue
stripe closest to the rudder post, followed by white in the center and red
at the trailing edge. In 1926 this was changed to a single blue stripe 1/3
of the rudder chord in width with 13 alternating red and white stripes (7
red, 6 white), as used on the flaps of the F-16.

The link to the Airforce site only shows the picture and a very short
description concerning the colors. After searching on the Airforce site I
couldn't find any description of the used colorscheme.
I tend to believe several other guys here who state the colors are wrong for
the rudder. It could have probably been a misinterpretation of black & white
pictures from that era in which red would have been mistaken for blue.
But still it remains quite a colorful plane. :-)

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Jack G wrote:
Cool! But the rudder stripes should be Blue-White-Red (Front to Back).
I can not connect the light blue fuselage with any aircraft operated in
the Korean War. It would seem to date from the 1930's when it was used
on P-6E's and P-26's among other types...
Jack G.


You are right you can read about it on the Airforce site the jet
represents the Squadron from the date of its inception to today so the
tail is right for the timeperiod it represents. Each color and each style
from the first to today is on he jet I love it.

http://www.af.mil/photos/media_searc...G.x=0&btnG.y=0