The 8th Fighter Wing has completed its project to paint four F-16s with heritage tail flashes. The final aircraft represents the 8th Operations Group.
Airmen assigned to the 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance shop work together to apply stencils for the tail flash of the 8th Operations Group’s F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 22, 2022. Tail flashes are exemplary of the unit pride and heritage across the Air Force, and help the maintainers, who repair these aircraft, as well as the pilots who fly them, connect with the Airmen and missions of the past. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)
The other tail flashes are for the 80th and 35th Fighter Squadron, and the 8th Fighter Wing flagship.
An 8th Operations Group F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares to take off from Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 4, 2021. The 8th Operations Group consists of two units – the 35th and 80th fighter squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mya M. Crosby)An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, taxis to the end-of-runway at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 21, 2021. The 80th Fighter Squadron stands ready to conduct counter-air, air interdiction, close air support and forward air controllers missions in both day and night conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mya M. Crosby)An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 35th Fighter Squadron lifts off of the flight line at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 27, 2021. The 35th FS moved to Kunsan AB in 1952 as an F-4 Phantom unit, and later received F-16s in 1981. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Adkins)
