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Working on a profile for the Blacksnakes. Does anyone know if the squadron emblem will be painted on the fuselage? The photos I have don't show any, but I'm not sure the photo reference I have is of a completed aircraft. Here's what I have so far..

What you have is the completed standard Blacksnake jet. That's the way all of the standard jets will be painted I believe. You may have used my pictures for this since it was cleaner than the other snake nose jet was at the time so it was the one I took a bunch of detailed pictures for modellers. We only have two painted so far...too busy with acceptance and flying for now.

The \"163FS\" jet (82-0661) has a squadron patch behind the roundel, and 163FS going up the leading edge of the tail. I'll see if I can get pics of it tomorrow. We have Guard Drill this weekend and I'm working it. It was the featured A-10 in December's \"Combat Aircraft Monthly\" magazine.

Oh, and we don't fly with the LASTE pod, but it does look good.

Here are a couple pics I took in November for a Veterans Day flyover...




You can kind of see 661's tail behind 944's.

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SoWW #2485
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Do you mean pave penny?

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Cool. I can lose the pod, that's easy. Yes, I think they WERE your photos I used...they were exactly what I needed! I wish I had photo walkarounds like that for every squadron (especially the old ones...quality photo coverage in the pre-digital days is pretty sketchy).

Salute!

Weasel,
are your other jets still in their old squadron markings or did they strip them bare?

WTF?

Coach

All other jets were stripped of squadron markings, teeth (Moody's) and tail flash. They're coming to us from Hill with just the tail number and "IN" on them.

Yeah, Pave Penny...my bad. I'm not a pointy head, just a crew dawg.

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SoWW #2485
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BTW Fritz, I showed your artwork to the CC of 944 today...told him when I took the pics originally that I'd make him famous...lol. He's wondering if he could buy a copy of that if you could get any in print since it's his jet.

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SoWW #2485
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But, you know, it's just not the Hawg without the Pave Penny. Kinda like taking the gun off.

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