Polish F16C/D aircraft at RAF Mildenhall

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Polish F16C/D aircraft at RAF Mildenhall

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A small selection of images of the visiting F16s from Poland, there are lots more on my Flickr pages.

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Polish AF F16C by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16C by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16C 4043 by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16D by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16C by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16C at RAF Mildenhall by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16D at RAF Mildenhall by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16D at RAF Mildenhall by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16D 4081 at RAF Mildenhall by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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2 Polish AF F16C 4043 and 4054 by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16C 4061 by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Beautiful shots :clap: Love the viper :rock:
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What a stunning set of photos, great to see, what a week you have had, open invite to the Heath and these,well done you old lucky git :clap: :clap: :biggrin:

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Good set but especially like no 8.. good catch

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redbearing wrote:What a stunning set of photos, great to see, what a week you have had, open invite to the Heath and these,well done you old lucky git :clap: :clap: :biggrin:

Thanks Rob, I'll put some Lakenheath pix up later in the week, theres loads to process yet!

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Nice set Nigel do like shot 3 and 6 head on ! :clap:
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I know Ive said it before, but the paint scheme used on the Polish Vipers is fantastic, they really look bad ass.

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Superb photographs of the Polish F16 at Mildenhall

The 2nd and the last shot are my favourites

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Real nice, all of them, wish I could have got there :smile:

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I've seen many PLAF F-16 photos but these are totally superb. Number 8 is my pick

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Many thanks to all for the comments.
Bartek, your comment is a real compliment, thank you very much! :clap:

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I was begining to wonder if anyone had captured these, you can always count on this forum to come up with the goods....

Really great images Nigel.

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Thanks for the comments so far, here's a couple more, I have quite a few left to edit!
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Polish AF F16C 4061 RAF Mildenhall by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Polish AF F16C 4054 RAF Mildenhall by Nigel Blake, on Flickr

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Totally stunning Nigel :drool: Only had the pleasure of listening to them as they tracked northbound with the tankers.
Hope your already on with your next batch of edits :clap:
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Blimey Nigel. They're a bit nice. They do look mean. Grrrrr

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They certainly look smart all tanked up like that Nigel!

Hopefully they will pop in on there way home and drag some sunshine along with them.

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Thanks Kenny and Paul. Really surprised I didn't see you there Paul!

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nigelblake wrote:Thanks Kenny and Paul. Really surprised I didn't see you there Paul!


I may well have been had I not been in Poland. :grin:

Hope you are keeping well mate.

Cheers,
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Wow - excellent pictures! Particularly like the head on pictures - #9 and #13.

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BatmanIX wrote:I may well have been had I not been in Poland. :grin:

Hope you are keeping well mate.

Cheers,
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You were in Poland, what a lame excuse!! :lol: :lol:

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Too hard to pick a favourite. Superb coverage of the Polish F16's mate.

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