ruskiiVFaussie Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 lol, I was in the newsagency today, spotted an aircraft 2007 calendar. Browsing to the November page i think it was, lol guess what i saw?! I think this formation or flight mission whatever u call it, was called "Joint Wings" or sumthin. Pretty cool! Ahh the good ol Tomcat. People that are in the know, is this Tomcat with Skull Leader paint markings ever used for combat?? Or is this just a one off flight sorty? No, i didn't buy the calendar, this was the only highlight for me, plus the calendar was puny. Hence why the photos are super sneaky crappy mobile pics for you guys. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 (edited) lol, is that a CROOKED Skull Marking???? Damn you yamato!!! Hey thanks for shifting my topic to the right place, whoever you may be. Edited November 3, 2006 by ruskiiVFaussie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonely Soldier Boy Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I'n not an expert, but I think that Tomcat is from the "Jolly Rogers", a pretty famous squadron actually. They even shoot down some Zeros in the 1980 science fiction movie "The Final Countdown", tho' I'm not sure if they've seen any action besides that It's the same skull design of the "Skull Leader" from Macross, so it's safe to say that Kawamori drew some inspiration from the plane AND the markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Leader Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 yeah, the squadron is the VF-103 Jolly Rogers (Now VFA-103 since they converted to the Super Hornet). That picture was taken on their 2003 mediterranian cruise, I believe the two MiG-21s are croatian, but I cannot remember for certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JsARCLIGHT Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 OK, we're getting some lip about there being so many similair aircraft threads popping up outside of the Aircraft Thread so I need to start pruning these. Don't take this as a slight against these pics or this topic, please repost them in the big Aircraft thread. We just need to keep all this similair stuff in there, Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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