The following pictures, taken by The Aviationist’s contributor Tony Lovelock at Nellis AFB, Nevada, during the recent Red Flag 12-2 exercise, show the F-15C 78-0509/WA-09 of the 65th AGRS (Aggressor Squadron) with a new “splinter” camouflage (first reported in October 2011).
Also attending the Red Flag in the Red Air, other 57th Wing’s Eagles in the usual brown and blue color schemes (78-0470/WA and 78-0480/WA).
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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Nice!
Ciao David,
Do you have any pictures of the Italian AMX at Red Flag?
Sure,
those I’ve published few days ago in my last article about the AMX in Afghanistan being armed soon, were taken at Nellis during the last AMX’s attendance.
Cheers
Nice!
Ciao David,
Do you have any pictures of the Italian AMX at Red Flag?
Sure,
those I’ve published few days ago in my last article about the AMX in Afghanistan being armed soon, were taken at Nellis during the last AMX’s attendance.
Cheers
LOL, the PAK FA inspired color scheme.
http://lotniczapolska.pl/i/n/067a0c9f0d7041727c67e05a0206ded7pakfa_saturn.jpg_m(250×0)
Yes, they have something in common.
Looks like a modern take on dazzle camouflage.