Aircraft facelift

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

John Gross applies a coat of black paint to the underside of the F-111 fighter on display at Carl Miller Park as work continued to beautify the city's military memorial June 12.

Headed by the local Lion's Club, the all-volunteer project aimed at giving the vintage Air Force jet a needed facelift.

To get the aircraft ready for a fresh coat of paint, volunteers washed the jet June 8 with sections of the aircraft masked the following day. It took several days to fully repaint the two-seat aircraft. Similar fighters previously served with the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base.

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WOW, is that enviromentally safe and where is his mask and breathing equipment...... Just making a comment, please do not respond and get bent out of shape!

-- Posted by Yankeezz on Wed, Jun 19, 2013, at 8:47 AM
A big thank you to the Mountain Home Lion's Club, John Gross and the many other volunteers who donated time, effort and supplies to make this project a great success.

Best wishes,

-- Posted by Albert Clement on Wed, Jun 19, 2013, at 9:00 AM

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