Luke F-16 gets heritage paint in celebration of AETC’s 80th Anniversary

The 310th Fighter Squadron’s newly painted F-16 Fighting Falcon is towed to the flight line Jan. 19, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Structural maintainers applied a paint scheme to match that of the World War II era 310th Fighter Squadron’s “Passionate Patsy” Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in celebration of the Air Education and Training Command’s 80th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David Busby)

Luke F-16 gets heritage paint in celebration of AETC’s 80th Anniversary

The 310th Fighter Squadron’s newly painted F-16 Fighting Falcon sits on display Jan. 19, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The 56th Corrosion Control Unit maintainers recreated the paint scheme in honor of the 310th’s legacy and in celebration of the Air Education and Training Command’s 80th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David Busby)

Luke F-16 gets heritage paint in celebration of AETC’s 80th Anniversary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Klein, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron low observable aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, preps an F-16 Fighting Falcon for repainting Jan. 9, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Structural maintainers applied a paint scheme to match that of the World War II era 310th Fighter Squadron’s “Passionate Patsy” Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in celebration of the Air Education and Training Command’s 80th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David Busby)

Luke F-16 gets heritage paint in celebration of AETC’s 80th Anniversary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jarred Crecraft, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron low observable aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, and Senior Airman Brandon Wright, 56th EMS low observable aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, paint the tail of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft Jan. 13, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Structural maintainers applied a paint scheme to match that of the World War II era 310th Fighter Squadron’s “Passionate Patsy” Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in celebration of the Air Education and Training Command’s 80th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David Busby)

Luke F-16 gets heritage paint in celebration of AETC’s 80th Anniversary

Published Feb. 7, 2022
By Senior Airman David Busby
56th FW/PA

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE—Airmen from the 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron prep and repaint an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft Jan. 13, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Structural maintainers applied a paint scheme to match that of the World War II era 310th Fighter Squadron’s “Passionate Patsy” Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in celebration of the Air Education and Training Command’s 80th anniversary.