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In Norway, there is a tradition for the airforce to fly a particular formation along the country each December. It is called Julestjerne (= Yule Star). It is also known as julestjerneflyging or Julestjerna. Today (Friday 13-Dec-2019), there were 23 F-16s in the formation that flew over where I work. I've never seen so many at once! :)

 

I managed to get a a photograph (not so good, given the camera in my mobile-telephone).

 

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Try doing that, all you DCS F-16 pilots! ;)

 

 

 

 

Also, a bit further up the sund, they dispensed flares, causing quite a cascade of light. it looked very nice. (And the sound of the flyby was rather neat too!)

 

As I mentioned, it is an old tradition. Here is an old video from the 60's:

(the formation is about 25 seconds in).

 

As far as I know, it has been done with F-35s, F-86s and F-16s (as per what I saw today). Not sure about other types... maybe the F-5.

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