Few Warbird pics from RIAT 2024

[FAR148]

There were a few warbirds there...








To see more photos(mostly modern stuff)look here https://anadventureinawesome.com/2024/1 ... riat-2024/

Happy Holidays,
Steven

[AG pilot]

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing!

[phil65]

Nice photos, thanks for sharing..

https://anadventureinawesome.com/2024/1 ... ousel-5889

So some countries are still using the F-4 as a front line fighter ?

Phil

Last edited by phil65 on Mon Dec 16, 2024 10:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[JohnB]

Nice photos, thanks for sharing..

So some countries are still using the F-4 as a front line fighter ?

Phil

Phil

Yes, those are Greek aircraft. They've had upgrades and will be around for a couple more years.
That longevity has got to be a record among Western types.
It will eventually be broken by F-15s I suspect.

South Korea recently retired the Phantom, so not many left.

[Hooligan2]

Turkish AF still flies a few I think, plus the Iranians.

(Hunter is still sorta still going, certainly several civilian owned ex Swiss examples operated with UK military serials providing "aggressor" training for RAF - see 'em pop up on ADSB occasionally.)

[JohnB]

Another aircraft just three years younger than the Hunter and older than the Phantom, don't forget the A-4 Skyhawk.
Still plenty around doing contract work.

[FAR148]

Thanks everybody. Here's phour Phantom pics










Thanks again,
Steven

[Lynn Allen]

Well done and thank you for sharing these photos.

Lynn

[Hooligan2]

Another aircraft just three years younger than the Hunter and older than the Phantom, don't forget the A-4 Skyhawk.
Still plenty around doing contract work.

Indeed, apparently A-4s are occasionally seen operating for the USAF here in the UK, but I've never seen one - an indictment of how few airshows I've been to in recent years! Used to see the Flight Systems F-100s regularly and recall them when they were still serving with the Danish AF! Come to think of it, I've never seen an A-4 airborne that I recall...

(I noticed recently that one of the Falcon 20s flown in the UK on defence contract work by Flight Refuelling or whatever they are called now, is one of the original aircraft bought by Fred Smith when he set up Federal Express fifty plus years ago...)