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F16CrewChief β B-1B with a 'DY' Tail Code
Published: 2011-06-18 17:40:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 1766; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 43
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B-1B 83-0065 assigned to the 337 BS, 96 Wing, based at Dyess AFB and seen at Luke AFB.The 96 wing was deactivated on 1 October 1993 and was then assigned to the 7 BW, the wing formerly assigned to Carswell AFB with B-52H.
The 337th BS carried a blue and white checkerboard fin cap for a few years and was the B-1B FTU. This unit is now the 337 TES (Test and Evaluation Squadron) and carries an "OT" tail code on their B-1B's.
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So cool, seeing a B-1 takeoff with full afterburner looks like something out of a drag race.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hctWrJβ¦
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I do miss that! At Luke in its heyday, we had 4 ADAF F-15 units, 4 ADAG F-16 units, oneΒ AFRES F-16 unit and one FMS F=16 unit.Β At least one or two would be engaged in night flying, so watching night AB takeoffs were common.Β I used to run jets on the trim pads as well up to full burner as seen here f16crewchief.deviantart.com/arβ¦
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at Dyess? Is that where you are stationed? Nice to meet another maintainer.
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Yup. At Dyess. It got towed to its spot about five or six years ago. I actually loaded that jet when it was active, too...and I'm still here with it.
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Can you take a picture of the jet?
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I'll try if my wife'll let me borrow her camera.
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Was it the B-1 or the B-52 which got itΒ΄s nuke cap removed...?
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The B-1 is no longer on the SIOP.
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Neat shot! Do you know what they are doing with these aircraft now?
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Dyess (7th Bomb Wing) still operates the B-1B.
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I thought there was one out there. Tks!
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Ellsowrth AFB also operates the B-1B.
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Your knowledge on all this is encyclopedic! Do you happent to know how many photos you have? (Just for curiosity's sake?)
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I really do not know! I have approx 15,000 military serials (or more) on color slides. I note just serials. I have up to eight views of one serial number in different unit marks. (for example, my jet 78-0014 [link] I have photos of it as "HL" Blue (Hill AFB with a blue band), "HL" Chex, "LF" Green, Kansas ANG, Michigan ANG (no code), "MI" Multi (Michigan ANG) and later as Isreali AF with SN 702. That counts as one serial. I traded photo's with folks all over the US and the world.
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Goodness!
I would think there's a national treasure in all that. That's amazing!
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