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VF-4 Lightning III 389th FS

Talos5 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:38:30 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-302 Stallions

Talos5 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:54:49 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-213 1

Talos5 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:52:13 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-213 2

Talos5 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:52:04 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-14 Tophatters

Talos5 — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:39:05 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-2 Bounty Hunters

Talos5 — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:38:23 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-32

Talos5 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:04:31 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-103

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:15:08 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SEA kai

Talos5 — Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:19:00 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-31 combined

Talos5 — Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:35:25 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-153 combined

Talos5 — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:11:20 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-1A combined

Talos5 — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:41:44 MDT

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SVF-1A Wolfpack markings.

VF-4 SVF-143 combined

Talos5 — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:23:03 MDT

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Various marking schemes of the VF-4 Lighting IIIs of SVF-143 Pukin Dogs.

VF-4 Lightning III FB2012

Talos5 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:05:57 MDT

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Excerpt from VF-4 Lightning III 2012-2047: 35 Years of Service Figure A (101/299032) The VF-4 Lightning III entered service in 2012, beginning with the equipping of SVF-1 Skull Squadron, based on the carrier Prometheus and stationed at the Macross landing site on Earth. Most of the initial craft, part of the low-rate initial production order, were assigned that squadron, totalling around 20 at the time of SVF-1's embarkation on the Megaroad-01 colony mission. They were painted in a new high-visibility scheme replacing the wartime black and white and carried modified Skull markings. This picture displays the personal craft of squadron commander Hikaru Ichijyo at the time of the launch in the new scheme. Also shown is a variant scheme on the same craft shown in a broadcast a few years later for the anniversary of the launch. It is unknown to the authors currently why the plane was repainted in these colors.

VF-4 Lightning III JASDF Blue

Talos5 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:02:24 MDT

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Excerpt from VF-4 Lightning III 2012-2047: 35 Years of Service Figure G (202/304931) One of the squadrons deployed on the Megaroad-08 mission was 302 Hikotai, flying VF-4J block 30 Lightning III fighters. They were painted in a mix of overall-gray and attractive two-tone blue that proved effective in space combat.

VF-4 JASDF agg 1 tan

Talos5 — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:07:53 MDT

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Excerpt from VF-4 Lightning III 2012-2047: 35 Years of Service Figure B1 and B2: (403/189403 and 088/192088) Most long-range colony missions and planetary installations maintain a squadron of pilots with a secondary mission of providing OPFOR (Opposing Force) aggressor aircraft for pilot and gunnery training. On the Megaroad-8 mission and several others, the fighters were commonly painted in differing camouflage schemes or high-visibility schemes to set them apart from friendly craft. These two fighters display a pair of color variations of just one of the bewildering array of Megaroad-8 aggressor schemes. The blue craft displays the cobra head insignia common to many of the aggressor units deployed on colony missions, while the green and tan example was the commander’s craft and has a personal insignia, a Japanese kamon crest of a lotus (蓮) painted on the tail.

VF-4 JASDF agg 1 blue

Talos5 — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:06:15 MDT

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VF-4 Nora

Talos5 — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:38:26 MDT

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Excerpt from VF-4 Lightning III 2012-2047: 35 Years of Service Fig. E: (White 8/199302) One of the most colorful Lightnings in active service is this example from Eden. Assigned to the aggressor unit for the New Edwards Test Flight Center, this particular VF-4 is painted in a striking purple and gold color scheme with markings from the pre-Space War I Anti-UN coalition. According to the unit historian, the first commander of the squadron was a veteran of SVF-1 Skull Squadron in the pre-war years and had his personal craft painted in the scheme of an Anti-UN pilot he had flown against. When the squadron replaced it's VF-1s with new VF-4s, he painted his new mount in the same scheme and it survived after his retirement a few years later. Even after the squadron transitioned to new types, this VF-4 was maintained until it was retired in 2042 and given to the New Edwards base museum for preservation and display. As a final honor for it, one of the squadron's newer VF-22S Sturmvogel IIs was painted in the same colors.

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-96

Talos5 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:23:24 MST

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SVF-96 Fighting Falcons

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-202 CAG

Talos5 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:22:32 MST

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SVF-202 Superheats

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-153

Talos5 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:53:36 MST

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SVF-153 Blue Tail Flies

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-154 b

Talos5 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:52:38 MST

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SVF-154 Black Knights

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-154 a

Talos5 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:51:53 MST

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SVF-154 Black Knights

VF-4 SVF-151 retro 1

Talos5 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:54:16 MST

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SVF-151 Vigilantes retro scheme

VF-4 SVF-31 low-vis

Talos5 — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:48:15 MST

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Low-visibility markings of SVF-31 Tomcatters

VF-4 Lightning III WWII USN Three-color blue

Talos5 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:28:47 MDT

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SVF-103 Three-color blue USN scheme

VF-4 Lightning IJNAA WWII Green

Talos5 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:42:08 MDT

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8th Hikotai

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-101

Talos5 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:51:44 MDT

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SVF-101 Grim Reapers

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-2

Talos5 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:51:00 MDT

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SVF-2 Bounty Hunters

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-142

Talos5 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:50:03 MDT

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SVF-142 Ghostriders

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-33 Black Tail

Talos5 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:15:50 MDT

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SVF-33 Starfighters Black tail variation

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-33

Talos5 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:08:46 MDT

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SVF-33 Starfighters

QVF-4 Ghost Lightning SVF-103 drone

Talos5 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:51:37 MDT

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Target drone, ex-SVF-103

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-225

Talos5 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:45:57 MDT

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SVF-225

VF-4 Blitzen III NJG-71 Yellow

Talos5 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:43:48 MDT

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2 Jagdstaffen Neujagdgeschwaden 71

VF-4 Blitzen III NJG-71 Red

Talos5 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:02:26 MDT

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Neujagdgeschwader 71

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-1 FB2012 black

Talos5 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:52:14 MDT

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SVF-1 Skull Squadron, Megaroad-01 black alternate scheme

VF-4 Lightning III SVX-4 Ferris

Talos5 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:38:40 MDT

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SVX-4 Evaluators Ferris test scheme

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-111

Talos5 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:32:14 MDT

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SVF-111 Sundowners

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-51

Talos5 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:24:08 MDT

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SVF-51 Screaming Eagles

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-1A

Talos5 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:50:56 MDT

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SVF-1A Wolfpack

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-114

Talos5 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:50:55 MDT

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SVF-114 Aardvarks

VF-4 Lightning III SVMF-214

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:52:46 MDT

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SVMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron

VF-4 Lightning III SVMF-224 Tiger

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:51:29 MDT

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SVMF(AW)-224 Bengals Tigerstripe special

VF-4 Lightning III DYRL Skull Hikaru

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:44:59 MDT

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SVF-1 Skull Squadron, marked for production of movie "Do You Remember Love?" Hikaru Ichijyo colors

VF-4 Lightning III DYRL Skull Kakizaki

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:44:55 MDT

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SVF-1 Skull Squadron, marked for production of movie "Do You Remember Love?" Hayao Kakizaki colors

VF-4 Lightning III DYRL Skull Max

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:44:50 MDT

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SVF-1 Skull Squadron, marked for production of movie "Do You Remember Love?" Max Jenius colors

VF-4 Lightning III DYRL Skull Roy

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:44:45 MDT

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SVF-1 Skull Squadron, marked for production of movie "Do You Remember Love?" Roy Focker colors

VF-4 Lightning III Vandy 1

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:36:10 MDT

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SVX-4 Evaluators black scheme

VF-4 Lightning III Compass Ghost

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:06:40 MDT

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Compass Ghost Scheme

VF-4 Lightning III Mod Lightning

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:06:34 MDT

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Mod Lightning Scheme

VF-4 Lightning III SEA

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:05:32 MDT

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South-east Asia scheme

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-31

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:04:41 MDT

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SVF-31 Tomcatters Hi-Vis

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-103 Sluggers brown

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:41:25 MDT

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SVF-103 Sluggers brown scheme

VF-4 Lightning III Angel Birds

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:40:28 MDT

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Angel Birds flight demonstration team

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-103 JR White

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:39:51 MDT

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SVF-103 Jolly Rogers white variation

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-103 JR Yellow

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:39:50 MDT

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SVF-103 Jolly Rogers yellow variation

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-143 Pukin' Dogs

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:39:49 MDT

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SVF-143 Pukin' Dogs

VF-4 Lightning III SVF-84 Vagabonds

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:32:24 MDT

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VF-4 Lightning III SVF-103 Sluggers grey

Talos5 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:32:24 MDT

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