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| Keywords: DN-ST-85-08601.jpg A right side view of an Israel Aircraft Industries F-21A Kfir young lion aircraft of the U S Navy fighter squadron VF-43 Twenty-five modified Kfir C1s were leased to the US Navy and the US Marine Corps from 1985 to 1989 to act as adversary aircraft in dissimilar air combat training DACT These aircraft designated F-21A Kfir had narrow-span canard foreplanes and a single small rectangular strake on either side of the nose which considerably improved the aircraft's manoeuvrability and handling at low speeds The 12 F-21 aircraft leased to the US Navy painted in a three-tone blue-gray ghost scheme were operated by VF-43 based at NAS Oceana Virginia USA In 1988 they were returned and replaced by the F-16N The 13 aircraft leased to the United States Marine Corps were operated by VMFT-401 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Arizona In addition to the blue-gray painted aircraft the USMC also had some F-21s painted in Israeli colors and desert flogger schemes These aircraft were replaced by F-5Es when the F-21s were returned in 1989 Defense Visual Information Center photo DN-ST-85-08601 http //www dodmedia osd mil/Assets/Still/1985/Navy/DN-ST-85-08601 GIF 1985-03-10 US Navy Service Depicted Navy F-21A Kfir Fighter Squadron 43 United States Navy Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 PD-USGov | ||||
