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Ohio Air National Guard photo by Sergeant Andrew Kuhn, 19AUG2017.

In August 2017, the Ohio Air National Guard showed up at the Columbus Clippers’ Aviation Game Day event, with a baby F-16 Falcon.

Ohio Air National Guard photo by Sergeant Andrew Kuhn, 19AUG2017.

In May 2015, the Ohio Air Militia also ‘flew’ their baby F-16 in the Memorial Day parade in Springfield.

Ohio Air National Guard photo, 25MAY2015.

Oh course, it had to be ‘bombed-up’ for the solemn occasion (Memorial Day is a solemn holiday about military personnel who got killed, don’t know why the main stream news media always refers to it as a celebration).

Ohio Air National Guard photo, 25MAY2015.

Ohio Air National Guard photo by Airman Rachel Simones, 25MAY2015.

But the baby F-16 also made an appearance in South Carolina, in July 2012, when it was ‘flying’ out of Shaw Air Force Base for the U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Nicole Keim, 04JUL2012.

Kawaii: NORTH CAROLINA’S BABY C-130 GOBBLES-UP YOUR CHILDREN!

USAF WINS FEMALE RECRUITS WITH BABY C-17!

Kit Bashing

North Carolina’s Baby C-130 gobbles-up your children, Kawaii!

Image June 16, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Notice the frost on the nose, and the rest of the transporter baby. North Carolina Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Patricia F. Moran, 26OCT2013.

Will eat big children as well. North Carolina Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Patricia F. Moran, 26OCT2013.

In 2013, the North Carolina Air National Guard 145th Airlift Wing’s Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was the proud parent of a baby C-130, showing it off at a dozen shows, parades and other events during that year.

Yet more children gobbled-up by the hungry baby C-130. North Carolina Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Patricia F. Moran, 26OCT2013.

It took air-militia personnel more than five years, on their off-duty time, to birth the baby C-130. It has taken part in Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day and Fourth of July parades, and even attended air shows as far away as Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

North Carolina Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Julianne M. Showalter, 04OCT2014.

Is anything more kawaii than a baby’s butt? North Carolina Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Julianne M. Showalter, 04OCT2014.

North Carolina Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Patricia F. Moran, 26OCT2013.

Kawaii!: Baby C-17

Kit Bashing, Technology

New Tail Feathers for Oregon Eagle, B-17 Bomber style! Plus, Mini-Eagle, Kawaii!

Video January 12, 2020 Hutchins AAron

A large VFW mural honoring the 173rd Fighter Wing and its namesake, Lt. David R. Kingsley, in downtown Klamath Falls.

“We wanted to put mil-spec paint on the jet instead of the automotive paint that we dealt with last time. They don’t really make B-17 colors anymore so we had to put a special order. They have to shut down the production line and then do spray-outs and testing to make sure they are matching our federal paint standard codes.”-Master Sergeant Paul Allen

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar, 07JAN2020.

Official video report:

For Xmas 2019, Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing got a new paint job for their F-15C “Sandman” Eagle, but they had to go to Edwards Air Force Base, in California, to get it. Supposedly it’s because the paint facilities in Oregon couldn’t handled the custom paint job.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Paul Allen, 20DEC2019.

The F-15 was painted with colors as close as possible to a World War Two Boeing B-17 bomber, which required olive drab, green and grey colors with a catalyst. It also has invasion stripes and star-n-bar insignia as seen on WW-2 USAAF fighters.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar, 08JAN2020.

Relying on ground shipping services turned out to be a losing deal as only half the paint and half the catalyst was delivered. The paint supplier was located in the Los Angeles area so the team, who drove all the way down from Oregon, drove out to LA to get the orange color (as in OrANG, Oregon Air National Guard?). Turns out the paint shop at Edwards had enough of the other colors in stock to get the rest of the job done.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Paul Allen, 23DEC2019.

The paint job crew included Drew Sorlien, Tim Bodner, Cameron Curtin, Jeff Southern, and Derek Larman. It’s dedicated to Second Lieutenant David R. Kingsley, a radio operator on B-17s, killed in action on 23JUN1944, after a bombing mission over the oil fields at Ploesti, Romania. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for taking off his parachute and strapping it on a wounded member of the crew. The 173rd Fighter Wing is based at Kingsley Field, named in honor of David Kingsley.