Two Edwards-based F-16s Spotted In Star Wars Canyon With Mysterious New Pod
Dec 05 2017 - 1 Comment
By David Cenciotti
Are you able to ID the pod carried by these two “Vipers†flying at low altitude through the Jedi Transition recently?
Few days ago we have published the photographs of an Area 51-based F-16D (86-0052) flying through the famous Star Wars canyon on Nov. 14 carrying a Lockheed Martin’s AN/AAS-42, an IRST (Infra Red Search and Track) pod carried by various aircraft (including the Aggressors’ Vipers out of Nellis Air Force Base). Two things made the sighting particularly interesting: first of all, the two-seater “Viper†(as the F-16 is dubbed in the fighter pilots community) flew in the Jedi Transition hours after another F-16D (or possibly the very same one) had chased an F-117 near Rachel, Nevada. Second, the photographs of the F-16D 86-0052 clearly proved that both pilots of the aircraft wore a Red Hats patch (for more details I suggest you reading our story here).
However, some other interesting aircraft had flown over the Death Valley few days earlier.
Read more at
https://theaviationist.com/2017/12/05/two-edwards-based-f-16s-spotted-in-star-wars-canyon-with-mysterious-new-pod/#ie76ALSIsS36Vc8W.99
