Simviation Forum - That's a strange looking Tornado...

Feb 10^th, 2011 at 11:59am

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One from the Lakes on Tuesday......

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Reply #1 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 12:17pm

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Excellent! You're getting rather good at this lark. Cool

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Reply #2 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 12:33pm

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Reply #3 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 4:18pm

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Great shot mic.
Now for the question, the jet nozzles.....thrust vectoring Huh

or just naked.

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Reply #4 - Feb 11^th, 2011 at 5:09am

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That looks to be an F-15E ....no thrust vectoring AFAIK....

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Reply #5 - Feb 11^th, 2011 at 5:45am

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Seems like an E and it's a Lakenheath resident. The F-15 nozzles truly are small and naked indeed! What I'm more curious about is the payload. Seems like a whole lot of AA for a ground attack aircraft?

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Reply #6 - Feb 11^th, 2011 at 10:19am

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It doesn't look like it's carrying anything more than an AIM-9 and an AMRAAM. Standard fare. Besides, a -E is still a pretty good fighter. Wink

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Reply #7 - Feb 11^th, 2011 at 3:02pm

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Superb shot, looks like someone welded the wings in place to save money on moving parts Grin

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Reply #8 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 8:23pm

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Great photo! What photo gear are you using these days?

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Reply #9 - Feb 24^th, 2011 at 7:27pm

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That is a F-15E Strike Eagle, versatile in both air to air and air to ground and the armament...well, just there for the weight feeling. See those blue stripes all along the body of the missiles? That means they are inert and not usable....mainly for the safety of everyone else cause AF pilots can get a little crazy sometimes. Grin

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