On Aug. 12, ten Minnesota Air National Guard F-16CJs belonging to the 148th FW “Bulldogs” from Duluth International Airport arrived in Morón, Spain.
The two flights, respectively using the radio callsigns “Cube 21-26” and “Cube 31-36”, are enroute to Kandahar, in Afghanistan.
Among all the aircraft involved in the deployment (91-0336, 91-0388, 91-0341, 96-0082, 96-0081, 91-0391, 91-0405, 91-0406, 91-0408, 91-0409) “Cube 31”, the example serialled 91-0391, sported a brand new dark grey paint scheme (with seemingly shades of gold).
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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The grey paint scheme looks IMHO the same as on the F-35A for the USAF.
The grey paint scheme looks IMHO the same as on the F-35A for the USAF.