Description
MiG-29 Fulcrum A, German Air Force Fighter Wing 73 “Steinhoff,” 2003 “Farewell USA” Tour MULTIPLE SHEET SET! This jet has a beautiful stylized American flag on one side and a German flag on the other. The unit will transition to Eurofighters in the near future and this scheme is in honor of their last trip to the US in Fulcrums. From May to July, 2003, Staffel 731 of JG 73 “Steinhoff” sent seven MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters on their final deployment to North America. Home based at Laage Air Base near Rostock on Germany’s Baltic coast, the unit will transition to Eurofighters later in 2003. One jet, 29+10, was painted in a special scheme to commemorate the occasion. A stylized flag of the unit’s home country, Germany was painted on the starboard side of the fuselage and wings, and a stylized American flag was painted on the port side. The flag sections flowed from the front fuselage on each side onto both the tops and bottoms of the wings. Only one jet was painted in this scheme. This final deployment went from Burlington, VT, on 8 May 2003, to Eglin AFB, FL, for Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) as well as AA-10 Alamo and AA-11 Archer live fire exercises over the Gulf of Mexico. Their MiG-29s departed the US for the final time on 7 July 2003.
