Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series, HA3818, F-16I SUFA, No. 107 Squadron, "Knights of the Orange Tail", July 2006.
The first 50 Lockheed F-16I Sufa (Storm) for the
IAF arrived with tail numbers in the 400 series and were assigned to the 119th
and 253rd Squadrons.
The 52 aircraft of the second wave came with tail numbers in the 800
series. In July 2006 the 107th Squadron (Knights of the Orange Tail) received their first F-16I’s
followed by 4 more aircraft two months later.
The 107th Squadron was formed in 1953 equipped with
Spitfires. The F-16I has CFTs (Conformal Fuel Tanks) and a dorsal spine avionics compartment.
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