| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 277 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon |
| Aircraft Version: | General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon |
| Licence-built by: | Fokker |
| C/n (msn): | 6K-6 |
| Operator Titles: | Norway - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 332 Skv |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Kabul - Hamid Karzai InternationalMap |
| Country: | Afghanistan |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: OAKB IATA: KBL Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | January 2006 to March 2006 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 322245 |
| Photo Comment |
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Blasting away from the Kabul runway, topped of with live GBU air to ground bombs, most probably a filled 30mm canon and air-to-air Sidewinders, this Norwegian Viper starts a new mission to fight Taliban. One could think "why Sidewinders, as there was no air-to-air threat over Afghanistan"... the clarification is that the wing stress is decreased with the attachment of Sidewinders. The Norwegians shared the deployment within ISAF with the Dutch F-16s and together they formed the "first Netherlands / Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4", or in short 1 NLD/NOR EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-4." as this was the actual unit of the aircraft during the deployment. This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 10 January 2021, and has since been viewed 303 times. |