During the coarse of the conversion the 179th FS also gave up its requirements for Detachment 1 at Tyndal AFB. They joined several other aircraft that had been sent to AMARC by the 179th FS over the years. Most of the ADF's were retired straight to AMARC wearing the unit tail flashes. Towards the end of 2003 the 'Bulldogs' began conversion to the F-16C/D block 25. Two USAF F-16A ADF's #81-0783 & #81-0799 from the 179th FS during a CAP mission over the Eastern seaboard of the United States in support of Operation Noble Eagle on February 28th, 2002.
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The constellation 'Little Bear' was dropped and a tail code adopted. During this transition the units tail flash was also changed. Due to these role requirements, the base also had to be renovated. Live bombs were dropped for the first time in March of 2000 during a training exercise. Proficient in the air-to-air mission, the 179th FS had to be brought up to speed using the F-16 for mud moving using both guided and unguided bombs. To fit the needs of a newer global environment and shrinking air force in the United States, the squadron dropped the air superiority role and became a general purpose unit. Detachment 1 was an alert status mission based out of Tyndal AFB, Florida. A few years later in October of 1995 the unit was tasked with a permanent detachment duty. Starting on March 17th, 1992 the 179th FIS was renamed the 179th Fighter Squadron. The early markings included Duluth written on the tail as well as an image of the constellation 'Little Bear' which is also better known as the 'Big Dipper'. On March 10th, 1990 the 179th Fighter Intercept Squadron received the first ADF variants of the F-16 to take over for the F-4D. added a black band in the canopy with a line of brass rivets, with their normalsġ79th Fighter Squadron Viper History modified the intake edge panel to be curved as like the references, with their normals
added new particulars like brass looking pitot, brass looking antennas, gloss paint for other sensors ecct
a new roughmets that reproduce the "have glass" effect That livery was requested by Bexter, that help me in many references based from real pilots and real ground crew: thanks a lot! Also I added a lot of details, that make this livery as close as possible to the references. That's was a really hard, because wasn't easy to reproduce a realistic have glass effect, and that was a real challenge for me.
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This is a provisional livery of the Minnesota ANG, 179th Fighter Squadron, Serial 91-0336
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