An F-16 picture with something weird...

[elite marksman]

Yes, even if the aircraft were veiwed from the first angle, I would see a shadow. There should have been a shadow on the scoop, or the two vertical fins on the underside. It is too improbable for the sun to be in such an angle that no visible shadows are produced.

[expat]

EDIT, RDAF -16s dont have the gold-tinges bubble, but the warshot/smoke pod combo doesnt make sense. And you can tell its a warshot, notice the missile is white, not blue.

You can not tell that it is a "war shot" from the colour. Blue "weapons" are drill and do not fly as a rule fly. They are used to train OTR  crews in the loading of weapons.

The side winder ACQU unit has to fly with a real seaker head for the system to work so that the pilot would see the HUD info and get the growl of a lock on. What you can see is the first 20 cm of a real head bolted onto a sidewinder size tube to represent aerodynamics and weight.  Also we are talking about a European Air Force, not what the US Air Force does.

Matt

[ChuckMajik]

I don't know. Looks like a shadow to me.
And if that is a shadow, which it most certainly is.
Then you wouldn't see any other shadows on the starboard side of the Falcon from that angle.

[Mobius]

You can also see shadows above the intake.

[Theis]

EDIT, RDAF -16s dont have the gold-tinges bubble.

Sure about that?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0393431/M/

Cheers Theis

[ChuckMajik]

You can also see shadows above the intake.

Yes, there too.

[elite marksman]

The aircraft still just doesnt look right. I can't really explain it, its just one of those things.

[Hagar]

The aircraft still just doesnt look right. I can't really explain it, its just one of those things.

This is an official RDAF photo, also featured on a book cover. It all comes down to the question that has already been pointed out; what possible reason would they have for faking it? If anyone wanted to fake a shot like that why would they bother adding the missile?

Caption to the original from the link Theis posted. http://www.f-16.net/gallery_item20719.html

Danish F-16A, #E-188, going ballistic. This photo is also used on the cover of the book "Vikings in the Sky" by Carl Bjerredahl and Capt. BJ Casello. [RDAF photo]

PS. The problem with the modern craze for editing photos is that nobody believes anything any more, even when it's genuine.

[Felix/FFDS]

F-16s are fakes - they're just modded F-86s...

[F-16Viper]

F-16s are fakes - they're just modded F-86s...

>:( >:( >:(

My veiw of your hellcat has changed imensly...

>:( >:(

[-sam-]

There is absolutely nothing faked in that picture !!!
It

[F-16Viper]

I'd say it's impossible to say what altitude this photo is at. Somewhere around 30000ft wouldn't surprise me, particularly if the vertical climb is being held for the photographer...

Ahh, but it's not quite verticle... its a little backwards

[Sobby]

that is a dummy Maverick missile on the wing tip. Not a smoke pod and not a Aim9

[Theis]

And Elite Marksman, how can you be the judge of, if RDAF F-16's have Gold canopys or not?
You don't even live in Denmark, you havn't even seen a RDAF F-16 before in real life, do you?
And funny enough, I found a picture of a RDAF F-16 with a gold canopy..
And you never answered to that new evidence..
Why is it so hard to accept, that it's not only USAF F-16's that have gold canopys??
And why the F*ck is it so damn hard to accept, that this picture is real???

[Mobius]

that is a dummy Maverick missile on the wing tip. Not a smoke pod and not a Aim9

Nope, wingtip mounted sidewinder, or an electronics pod used for various things in practice air-to-air combat.  Only Sidewinders and AMRAAMs can be mounted on the wingtips.  Mavericks can only be attached to the two most inboard pylons.

Scroll down to "F-16 installation":
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_armament_article4.html


Sidewinder loadouts:
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_armament_article1.html