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Originally Posted by Blazer
A USAF F104C Starfighter about to refuel during the 'NAM war. As you can see, it's camoflaged.
The F104 model I'm building is the F104 G model which was never operated by the USAF but was a selling succes in Europe where the majority of the airforces who flew them had them camoflaged. |
This is ancient history to me (and probably most of you) but weren't there some "inconsistencies" found in the way Lockheed handled the sale of those Starfighters to the European countries?
But back to that camoed 104C. I wonder how much the top end of that thing was lowered with that rough looking camo paint and the refueling probe. I can't imagine Kelly Johnson had that look in mind for them.
One of my brothers flew USAF fighters for most of his career. He always said that there was a VERY noticeable difference in the performance of a clean jet compared to one that was dirty.
If you now what I mean.