It’s the end of an era. I never really worked on 10s, other than occasionally blocking one in at Yokota and being around them at Travis, but they were great to fly on and everyone I talked to who worked them seemed to like the plane (unlike a certain airframe whose nickname rhymes with dread).
This isn’t an entirely new phenomenon — yokels have been shooting at planes for a long time. When I was stationed at Dover AFB, we’d occasionally find a bullet hole in the empennage, presumably fired by someone who didn’t know how to lead an aircraft, even one as large as a C-5, on approach.
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Tail No. N45366, Production Year: 1943, Currently with Inland Empire CAF (KRAL)
When I joined the Air Force over 30 years ago, the F-15 was already an "old plane" — it's amazing to see this design still producing new models all these years later. One of the most successful airframes in US military aviation history [image or embed] — Pauliegon (@paulie.cool) Jun 6, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Nice view out the window leaving Dulles. Looong day of flying, still not done
Flying out of ONT today. Long day ahead. Nice mural at the airport in terminal 2