My second encounter with this bird as I saw it in Singapore in January 1995, which was a very exciting visitor then, albeit in the pouring rain. So, at least I got a decent shot of it over 20 years later...

I only spent a short time in approach, but luckily the beauty landed. Most airfields in Myanmar have the capacity to house some fighter aircraft. And although Yangon Intl houses transport units, usually a couple of F-7 and MiG-29 are detached here.

During a combat deployment against ISIS in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, F-16A J-631 was deployed to Jordan to fly missions over Iraq and Syria. Here, the Viper is seen in that dusty environment, equipped with AIM-120 AMRAAMs on its wingtips and a GBU-12 Paveway II underneath its right wing. J-631 is a Fokker built F-16A (FMS 80-3631, Fokker c/n L-128), it made its first flight on 25 Mar'83, was delivered to the KLu on 2 May'83 and assigned to 311sq. Late '83 the F-16 was transferred as F-16A(R) to recce sqn 306sq. It was modified to AM in 2000. It is stored at Volkel since Aug'20.

During a combat deployment against ISIS in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, F-16A J-136 was deployed to Jordan to fly missions over Iraq and Syria. Here, the Viper is seen in that dusty environment, equipped with AIM-120 AMRAAMs on its wingtips and a GBU-12 Paveway II underneath its right wing. J-136 is a Fokker built F-16A (FMS 85-0136, Fokker c/n L-232), it made its first flight on 30 Jul'87, was delivered to the KLu on 31 Jul'87, was modified to AM in 1998.

During a combat deployment against ISIS in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, F-16A J-515 was deployed to Jordan to fly missions over Iraq and Syria. Here, the Viper is seen in that dusty environment and taking off for another anti-ISIS mission, equipped with AIM-120 AMRAAMs on its wingtips and a GBU-12 Paveway II underneath its right wing. J-515 is a Fokker built F-16A (FMS 87-0515, Fokker c/n L-277), it made its first flight on 29 Mar'90, was delivered to the KLu on 3 Aypr'90, was modified to AM in 1998.

During a combat deployment against ISIS in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, F-16A J-624 was deployed to Jordan to fly missions over Iraq and Syria. Here, the Viper is seen in that dusty environment, equipped with AIM-120 AMRAAMs on its wingtips and two GBU-12 Paveway IIs as well as a single GBU-54 JDAM underneath its wings. This is a Fokker built F-16A, it made its first flight on 30 Nov'82, was delivered to the KLu on 6 Dec'82, was modified to AM in '99 and withdrawn from use in Apr'20. The F-16 was sold to Belgium as 'LB-061' where it acts as an instructional airframe at Kleine Brogel.

During a combat deployment against ISIS in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, F-16A J-136 was deployed to Jordan to fly missions over Iraq and Syria. Here, the Viper is seen in that dusty environment, equipped with AIM-120 AMRAAMs on its wingtips and Small Diameter Bombs underneath its left wing. J-136 is a Fokker built F-16A (FMS 85-0136, Fokker c/n L-232), it made its first flight on 30 Jul'87, was delivered to the KLu on 31 Jul'87, was modified to AM in 1998.

Final livery

Air Berlin took over this A330 from Evelop in non-standard basic white livery, re-registered a few days before getting Air Berlin titles

Missing tail logo

Iron Maiden's "Ed Force One" departing Dusseldorf to Munich for the band's next concert. The aircraft is flown by lead singer Bruce Dickinson.