I went for a modern take on the Spitfire theme for my M3W in the form of the A10
![[Linked Image]](https://i.ibb.co/Jprj09X/374-FE86-F-51-B7-4-C7-E-BDC5-56685246-B23-D.jpg)
SP = Spangdahlem (where it was based at the time, the A10’s have all since left Germany but I saw some overhead in Lancaster a couple years ago!)
AF = Air Force (as opposed to the US’s other military branches)
81 = Fiscal year it was put into service (and my birth year)
983 = Last 3 digits of the serial number.
A little creative license was taken with the shark face as this particular aircraft never had it I believe, but many others did.
![[Linked Image]](https://i.ibb.co/hmg56WL/D26-ED0-D2-7-B02-456-B-896-C-22-F03-DB455-D4.jpg)
And just to have them all in the same post...
![[Linked Image]](https://i.ibb.co/2y7kzWq/4703-E93-F-753-F-4063-A29-B-8-E389-F55-CF23.jpg)
Plus, the A10 goes BRRRRTT, and the M3W goes BRRRRPP. Close enough
