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| F16 Over Bosnia |  |
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4 F-16's on Interdiction / Combat Air Patrol. Each one fully 'tooled up'
in a 'swing fit', fitted with 4 x AIM9L Sidewinder Air to Air Missiles.
2 x 500lb HE (High Explosive) bombs. ALQ 131 ECM Pods and
underwing fuel tanks.
The Scenario:
Just below the jets and in the bottom right of the print,
4 Serb Galebs have just bombed a target and are heading back to friendly airspace.
The F-16's have been vectored to intercept and are awaiting clearance from E-3 AWACS
to attack. On this particular day, the aggressors got away.
However, 'life follows art', and on 26th March 1999 on day 3 of the Kosovo Air War.
During Op 'Allied Force' and just as this print was being handed to the Dutch Air Force.
A Dutch F-16 from 322 Sqn, flying from Amendola Air Base in Italy,
succesfully engaged and shot down a Serbian Mig 29 in a very similar scenario