was in 94th at klfi in early eighties...our jets were spotless at the time, wheels painted white after each flight...even before brakes had chance to cool off!! the bird used for static display was not just washed each time, but was almost always repainted completely for vip static displays(slowest jet in the squadron due to all the extra paint! no kiddin!!) when they rolled the phase bird out, it was quite marked up...not for long though! when i was there, the 48th was transitioning to the "A" model eagles and were really never as "bright and shiny" like the first fighter`s. of course, all this was well before real world "senarios of the major kind" we have now...

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