KNZY/NAS North Island March 2023 MIL/civ

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KNZY/NAS North Island March 2023 MIL/civ

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Came in directly overhead, so I didn't see any MODEX and/or sqn marks


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4 drop tanks + Cobham buddy refueling stores on centerline


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lo-vis sqn markings? Hoping it was sun angle or paint issue and not deliberate


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Contrast with jet above: one less ALQ-99 jamming pod and no HARM
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Re: KNZY/NAS North Island March 2023 MIL/civ

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Nice shots again!
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A Caribou in the wild!? What an awesome catch!

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Anyone know the background of that Caribou?
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Re: KNZY/NAS North Island March 2023 MIL/civ

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Glad to hear everybody likes the Caribou. I missed it in the scanner, but looking at the photo it is clearly a part of Rampart's 'Kahuna' fleet. Rampart has had her for about 2 years, but she just came out to North Island 2 days before I shot this photo. One of less than half a dozen Turbo Caribou converted by PEN Turbo (although supposedly PEN has a couple dozen DHC-4s in storage that they may convert if they can find buyers). This page (https://www.airhistory.net/registration/N302PT) says she is ex-Kenyan AF.
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Re: KNZY/NAS North Island March 2023 MIL/civ

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It usually lives at Marana (KMZJ) I think?
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SBGrad wrote: 20 Mar 2023, 15:46 Glad to hear everybody likes the Caribou. I missed it in the scanner, but looking at the photo it is clearly a part of Rampart's 'Kahuna' fleet. Rampart has had her for about 2 years, but she just came out to North Island 2 days before I shot this photo. One of less than half a dozen Turbo Caribou converted by PEN Turbo (although supposedly PEN has a couple dozen DHC-4s in storage that they may convert if they can find buyers). This page (https://www.airhistory.net/registration/N302PT) says she is ex-Kenyan AF.
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