87th FIS Retro Talon

[hawgwash]

Caught this beautiful F-106 style retro schemed T-38C from the 87th FTS out of Laughlin AFB today at Alliance. Crew were nice enough to give a tour before they departed as CARBON 66.
aIMG_2685 by Matt Ellis, on Flickr
aIMG_2673 by Matt Ellis, on Flickr
aIMG_2689 by Matt Ellis, on Flickr
aIMG_2713 by Matt Ellis, on Flickr

I'm still trying to catch the Randolph F-4 style Talon but so far, no luck.

Matt

[Gus0898uk]

Great shots, how cool is that?

[f106dart]

Love it great catch

[Punkrunner62]

Great catch and very nice of the crew to grant you access.
Cheers.

[Lamboali]

Nice scheme Matt. Could have rattled some Kodachrome off :-)

[graham luxton]

Very .nice - those F-106 squadrons had some great markings. The closest we in the UK came to seeing the Red Bulls was when the 87FIS deployed 4 of their '106's to Keflavik in 1978 to cover the 57FIS transition from F-4C's to F-4E's.

[david14]

Nice pics Matt, Alliance is very good for USAF trainers

[paddyboy]

I'm in love again

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[slogen51]

That is a beauty

[BlueBoy67]

Fantastic shots. Lovely colourscheme.

[eagle driver]

Great to see they are using some of the retro scheme,s , great set thank you.

[DanBeeden]

Magnificent markings - wow!

[Boxhill Bob]

These marks take me back to the good old days
59-0097 F-106A 87FIS at Tyndall AFB William Tell Meet in the 80s
f-106A 90097 by Bob Fernandes, on Flickr

[eagle driver]

Ooh ! F-106A now we're talking.
Bob you missed out the 0.

[Boxhill Bob]

Thanks Eagle driver Now corrected