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Four destroyed jets at Al Taqaddum Airport
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Very large American base in Iraq at the north and west sides of air base. You can see where the runway has been patched.

Fighters on static display in Caserta
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F-104 Starfighter on static in Denmark
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MiG-21 on static display
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At Bayreuth Airport.

P-51 Mustang ontop of The Landing Stip Restraunt and Bar
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter on static display
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Lockheed T-33 'Shooting Star'
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The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American-built jet trainer. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948, piloted by Tony LeVier. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the USN as the initially as TO-2 then TV-2 and after 1962, T-33B. Despite its vintage, the venerable T-33 still remains in service worldwide.

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In front of Jet Chevrolet.
Pictures of MIG-21s

Northrop YF-23A Black Widow II
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At the Western Museum of Flight.
The YF-23A "Black Widow II" was the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas team's entry into the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition. The four-way ATF competition pitted the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A "Black Widow II" team against the Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics YF-22A "Lightning II" team. The Pratt & Whitney YF119 engine competed with the General Electric YF120 engine. At the end of the competition, the YF-22A "Lightning II" and the Pratt & Whitney YF119 engine were the winners.
The YF-23A "Black Widow II" was a supersonic "Stealth" fighter. Along with its Stealth capabilities, the YF-23A was designed to "Supercruise". This meant that the YF-23A "Black Widow II" could cruise supersonic without the use of engine augmentation or "afterburning." The first flight of YF-23A PAV-2 took place on October 27, 1990, with Northrop test pilot Jim Sandberg at the controls.
The YF-23A "Black Widow II" PAV-2 (S/N 87-801) on display at the Western Museum of Flight is on long term loan to the Western Museum of Flight from NASA. YF-23A "Black Widow II" PAV-1 (S/N 87-800) is currently at the USAF Test Center Museum at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The Western Museum of Flight's YF-23A "Black Widow II" PAV-2 used two General Electric YF120 engines. YF-23A PAV-1 used two Pratt & Whitney YF119 engines. YF-23A "Black Widow II" PAV-2 was delivered in October 1995 to the Northrop Grumman Hawthorne facility where it underwent some preliminary repairs in preparation for formal restoration activities at the Western Museum of Flight.

F-117 Stealth Fighter
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At the Lockheed Skunkworks plant.

Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
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A legend in the sport, Don Garlits assembled a large collection of drag racing history next to his home.
About the plane seen in this view:
Naval Aviation News, Jan-Feb, 2003 by Ed Wright
What do drag racing and Naval Aviation have in common? More than you may think. Besides the fact that a dragster and a Navy jet can both travel at more than 300 miles per hour, they are related because of the work of one drag racing legend, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits.
The 1997 International Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductee owns the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Fla. He has added some muscle to his growing collection of Navy memorabilia with the addition of an A-7A Corsair II (BuNo 152650) mounted on a pedestal in front of the museum. The aircraft sports a plaque that states "it was the first A-7 to make a carrier arrested landing on board America (CV 66) in 1966."
After its retirement in 1978, the plane was mounted on a pedestal at NAS Cecil Field, Fla. When the base was later closed, it was known that Garlits was interested in obtaining an airplane for his museum, so the Navy loaned him the Corsair II for display. But his dream was short-lived when a tornado touched down and ripped the plane from its stand. The A-7 flipped over and sustained extensive damage.
Navy personnel recommended that he scrap it and offered to find him another aircraft. But because he liked this particular one and its history, Garlits decided to fix it. He explained, "I got help from the people in my shop and a volunteer from the community. We repaired, repainted and remounted the plane in its current location outside the museum. It took us nearly eight months to complete the work." He then added a special touch, a high-powered floodlight to make it stand out at night. "It is really beautiful," he said.
Garlits also has other Navy memorabilia in his museum. There is a Navy "recruiting" booth that is 25 feet long by 10 feet tall. He hands out to the public something he calls a "hero card," which shows his dragster aboard Ranger (CV 61). The card has a tear-off portion that can be mailed to request information on joining the Navy. There is also an engine from a Navy helicopter in one of his dragsters on display, as well as antique Navy recruiting posters.
Garlits got interested in the Navy after he toured U.S. military installations in Vietnam in 1971. The following year, the Navy Recruiting Command asked him to pose with his dragster for a recruiting poster. In recognition of his efforts, he was made an Honorary Navy Recruiter. The now-famous poster photo taken of Garliz "dragging" an A-7 Corsair II aboard Lexington (CV 16) appeared in the March 1972 issue of Naval Aviation News. In 1980 he was featured in Hot Rod magazine on board Ranger, where he was photographed in his dragster while "racing" an F-14 Tomcat. This photo appeared on the back cover of NANews, May 1980. A 1983 photo shoot aboard John F Kennedy (CV 67) produced a recruiting poster and another story in Hot Rod.
Naval Aviation supporters come from all walks of life. After 30 years, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits says he will continue to be an ambassador for the Navy, and he hopes his museum will help inspire young people to serve their country.

Northrop YF-23 'Gray Ghost'
The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 was an American single-seat, twin-engine stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator. Two YF-23 prototypes were built with the nicknames "Black Widow II" and "Gray Ghost".

MiG-29 at Nellis
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Old aircraft
On disused runway at Edwards Air Force Base.

Entrance to an underground aircraft hangar
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Entrance to an underground aircraft hangar near Berat-Kuçovë Air Base, Albania. Aircraft in sight are Mig-17s or possibly Mig-15s.

"Black Lynx" Finnish Mig-21

Incom T65 X-wing starfighter on static display
The Incom T65 X-wing is a starfighter in the fictional Star Wars universe, first seen in the movie Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. It is depicted as the primary interceptor and dogfighter of the Rebel Alliance.

2007-03-07 - FBI Agents Seize F-14 from Yanks Museum and I was there
From our brand new VGT News department....
Today I visited the Yanks Museum in Chino so I could take some pics for this group. When we arrived there were Immigration and Customs Enforcement people all over. I asked one who looked like he was in charge what was happening and he said, "We're just looking at some planes." I asked the volunteers and they didn't know.
We walked around the building and there were people crawling all over an F-14. They had just removed a panel behind the cockpit (ejection seat mechanisms?) and one guy yelled down "It all been blown out" or something like that.
One man with a gun and a badge was taking pictures of everything that was happening, the airplane ID markings, etc. I asked him what they were looking for and he said, "I'm not at liberty to say."
Here is a picture of the men working on the plane. The man to the far left is the guy with gun, badge, and camera.
By this time there were guys at the F-14, three out in the parking lot, another in the restoration building and others going in and out the Museum doors.
We eventually left. As we pulled out a large flat bed 18 wheeler had obviously gotten lost and was backing up. As it finally pulled forward again we saw a large white and blue box on it that looked like a portable office.
We drove down to the Planes of Fame Museum at the other end of the airport and as we walked in two more ICE guys were leaving. I asked the girl at the register what hey were doing there and she said they were wanting to see their F-15 [sic] and that they were probably going to take it with them. She didn't know why.
After we left there we drove further past the airport to the main gate to the flight line. I parked off to the side to take a picture of some stuff out on the flight line and as I was taking the picture through the chain link fence two SUVs pulled up behind me, a guy in an ICE shirt got out and asked me "who I was with." I said I was just passing through and he said OK and walked away. I watched him drive out to where an F-14 was now parked on the flight line along with and SUV with "Command Post" written on it and the formerly mentioned blue and white portable office.
Later this evening on arriving at home I Googled Chino and see that the ICE has seized Four F-14 Jets Seized From Private Owners with a photo of the Command Post and the blue and white trailer.
Strange day...

Vought F7U Cutlass & other static display aircraft
The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era. It was a highly unusual, semi-tailless design, allegedly based on aerodynamic data and plans captured from the Arado company at the end of World War II, though Vought designers denied any link to the German research at the time. The F7U was the last aircraft designed by Rex Beisel, who was responsible for the first fighter ever designed specifically for the US Navy, the Curtiss TS-1 of 1922.
Other aircraft:
Douglas A-4M (Skyhawk) Serial No: 158182
Consolidated YF2Y-1 (Seadart) Serial No: 135764
Grumman F9F-2 (Panther) Serial No: 127120
North American FJ-4B (Fury) Serial No: 143568
Vought F7U-3 (Cutlass) Serial No: 129642
Lockheed F-80C (Shooting Star) Serial No: 33824
Vought F-8B (Crusader) Serial No: 143806
Piasecki HUP-2 (Retriever) Serial No: 128517
Sikorsky UH-34D (Seahorse) Serial No: 145694
Bell UH-1V (Iroquois) Serial No: Unknown
Messerschmitt Me-262B-1a/U4 (Schwalbe) Serial No: Unknown
Lockheed TV-1 (Training Star) Serial No: 133824
Grumman C-1A (Trader) Serial No: 146034

Kapanese Kaiten and German Seehund midget submarines, and PBR Riverine Patrol Boat
The Kaitens were deployed from November 1944, to the end of WW II. They were normally carried piggyback to their target areas aboard mother submarines or cruisers. On a submarine deployment, the crew entered the Kaiten from the lower hatch under its belly. From cruisers, they were lowered over the side.. At approximately 8300 yards, the Kaiten was launched and cruised at periscope depth. At a distance to its target of 550 yards, the pilot would submerge to 13 feet and lock his controls for the final attack run. Three U.S. ships were sunk by Kaitens.
The Seehund (seal) was a successful coastal patrol design submarine. A total of 1,284 were ordered and 67 were built in 1944 and 1945. The Seehund was designed to be used in shallow water close to base, where reloads were available for quick turnaround and return to battle. The two torpedoes were slung externally on rails on each side of the boat. The Seehunds were credited with sinking more than 120,000 tons of Allied shipping in the final months of WW II.
There is also a Riverine Patrol Boat to the south and a blue target drone to the north (though that may be an old anti ship missile.)

BAC Lightning F6 XR755
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F-86H Sabre
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"King of The Cats" Grumman F7F Tigercat at Palm Springs Air Museum
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Unusual for a fighter, the Tigercat was designed for use aboard larger Midway-class aircraft carriers. Sped into production before the first prototype flew, the Tigercat was intended as a close air support aircraft in the later stages of WWII for the numerous landing operations underway in the Pacific. However, after VJ-Day, their production was halted, resulting in no Tigercats seeing action during WWII. Of the fewer than 100 built, today only six remain airworthy.

Destroyed MIG-21s at Batajnica airfield
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By: Hinkkanen.
Batajnica airfield was (and is) the main base of Serbian Migs. It was heavily bombed by NATO during the war in 1999 and much of the damage is still unrepaired.

Aircraft within Blackbird Airpark

"Jandina IV" wind-tunnel model of fighter ace Lt. Gen. Jay Robbins' P-38J
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Lt. General Jay Robbins was the The top ace of
the 80th Fighter Squadron., 8th Fighter Group ,5th Air Force.

USS Lexington - Museum On The Bay

Douglas A-4L Skyhawk
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St. Louis City Museum
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A very cool place to go in St. Louis, the interior and exterior was mostly build using recycled materials. The whole place is a work of sculptured art. And you'll see here a school bus suspended on top of the building along with old fighter planes to make up the outdoor playground.

B-17 Flying Fortress and F-4 Phantom at Mefford Field
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F-111 Static Display
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This is a beautiful static display of an F-111! (in the triangular grassy spot on US 70)

Pope Air Force Base Airpark
From top right clockwise:
C-130 41ST AS
Fairchild C-123K 'Provider' SN: 54-669
Fairchild C-119C 'Flying Boxcar' SN: 50-0128
Douglas TC-47B 'Skytrain' SN: 44-76462
Republic F-105D 'Thunderchief' SN: 61-165
Curtiss P-40N 'Warhawk' SN: 42-05702
Fairchild-Republic A-10A 'Thunderbolt II' SN: 75-0308

Aviation Heritage Park at Naval Air Station Oceana
Douglas XAD-1 (Skyraider) Serial No: 09102
Douglas A-4F (Skyhawk) Serial No: 155167
Grumman KA-6D (Intruder) Serial No: 151579
Douglas F4D-1 (Skyray) Serial No: 134950
Grumman F11F-1 (Tiger) Serial No: 141864
Grumman F9F-2 (Panther) Serial No: 123612
McDonnell F2H-4 (Banshee) Serial No: 127693
North American FJ-3 (Fury) Serial No: 136008
Grumman F-14A (Tomcat) Serial No: 157988
McDonnell-Douglas F-4B (Phantom II) Serial No: 7920
McDonnell-Douglas FA-18A (Hornet) Serial No: 162454
Vought F-8E (Crusader) Serial No: 149150

F-18 in aggressor paint as SU-29

MiG-29A "Sniper"
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This is the only modernised mig-29 in the world.
EADS, Aerostar of Romania and Elbit of Israel have also launched an upgrade, MiG-29 Sniper, which includes modernisation and maintenance of the airframe and engines, and upgrades of the avionics with new Elbit digital mission computer and weapon systems, and installation of a glass cockpit.
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/mig29/

F-14 "Tomcat", A-6 "Intruder" & Blue Angels F-18 "Hornet"
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A-4 Skyhawk & F-14 Tomcat at Veterans Century of Sentries Park
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Panavia Tornado GR.1
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XZ630

JSF Plane on the Roof
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Spitfire at RAF Bradwell Bay Memorial
Photo
RAF Bradwell Bay was first used as a grass airfield in 1936 as a re-fuelling and re-arming base by fighter aircraft using the air to ground firing ranges at Denghie Flats.
Development work began on the site in March 1941. Three hardcore and asphalt runways with a perimeter track, and about 30 dispersal points sharing twelve Blister hangers. Several buildings, a Bellman type steel hangar and many Nissen hut sites were constructed to house nearly 2000 personnel. Bradwell Bay was the only fighter airfield that was fitted with FIDO, a fog dispersal system to clear fog away from the runway by burning thousands of gallons of petrol to lift the local air temperature. This work was completed in April 1942 the station was handed over to No.11 Group of Fighter Command.
On the 17th April 1942 the first squadron arrived. This was a Canadian manned squadron (No.418 City of Edmonton, Intruder Squadron) flying twin-engine Boston aircraft that were painted all over in matt black. In August 1942 they were joined by the British 23 Squadron flying Mosquitoes.
The airfield was constantly being used by aircraft in distress or short of fuel, due to its position near the English Channel. Regular emergency visitors were bombers such as Lancasters and Halifaxes, particularly before the special emergency landing runway was brought into use at Woodbridge.
In August 1944 three squadrons of Spitfires, formed the Bradwell Fighter Wing. Which was soon operational, providing escorts for Lancaster bombers engaged in missions in support of allied invasion forces on the Continent. The wing also played a part in escorting the Airborne Forces paratroop operations to Arnhem in September.
In late February 1945 the Spitfire Wing departed, being replaced by two Mosquito day fighter squadrons. Bradwell bay was also home to No.278 Squadron, from April 1944 to February 1945 flying Walrus, Anson, Warwick and Spitfires. Their Air Sea Rescue services were much in demand over the channel.
The airmen`s local pub was The Cricketers Arms. Pilots from the base left their autographs on the ceiling of the bar, but these regretably were painted over when the pub was modernized.
RAF Bradwell Bay closed on the 1st of December 1945. The site was used for the development of one of Britain's first nuclear power stations.
Today the control tower and several of the buildings survive. The line of the main runway is marked by a row of connifers On one corner of the airfield is a memorial to the crews lost or missing.

Half Of An F-16 In A Box On A Roof
?

Military Aircraft on Display at Camp Robinson
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Bell UH-1C Iroquois
Lockheed F-104A Starfighter
McDonnell F-4C Phantom II
McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo
North American F-86D Sabre
North American F-100D Super Sabre
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
Republic F-105F Thunderchief

Missile and plane ?
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By: dda.
Not sure... Pointed trunk, perhaps.

Hawker Hunter F.6A

Black Cat

P-51 Mustang
On static display at Kirtland AFB.
The North American P-51 Mustang was a successful long range fighter aircraft which entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of World War II.
The P-51 was used mostly as a bomber escort, in raids over Germany; it was a key factor in the defeat of the German Luftwaffe and, by the middle of 1944, gave the Allies complete air superiority over Germany. It also saw significant service against Japanese air forces in the Pacific War, and was the main fighter for the United Nations in the early stages of the Korean War. The P-51 was replaced by jets in Korea but remained in service with some air forces until the early 1980's.
The definitive version of the single-seat fighter was powered by a single two-stage supercharged V-12 Merlin engine and armed with six .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 machine guns.

Northrop YF-17 "Cobra" Prototype #1
Two prototypes of Northrop's Air Combat Fighter design were built in 1973-74. YF-17 "Cobra" Number 1 is at the Western Museum of Flight, Hawthorne, California. YF-17 "Cobra" Number 2 is at the US Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida. YF-17 "Cobra" Number 1 made its first flight at Edwards AFB on 9 June 1974 with Northrop Chief Test Pilot Hank Chouteau at the controls. It went supersonic in level flight, without afterburner, on its second flight.
Both YF-17 "Cobra" prototypes were employed as F-18 demonstration vehicles in the 1976-1979 time period. They were flown by pilots from NASA, the US Navy, the USMC, and foreign countries. Between 1980-1985, both the YF-17 "Cobras" remained in a preservative cocoon state at the Northrop Palmdale, California facility.

"Manny's Menace" Republic F-84C Thunderjet
A descendant of the P-47 Thunderbolt, the F-84 was an in-flight refuelable fighter bomber and the last straight wing subsonic fighter produced by the US. The F-84 set the American speed record of 611 mph in 1946. During the Korean War, US F-84 pilots flew 86,408 sorties and delivered 55,987 lb of ordnance. There were 355 F-84’s lost to enemy guns in the Korean War. The F-84G was the first aircraft flown by the Air Force Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds, in 1953.
The F-84C “Thunderjet” is a single seat (pilot sitting ahead of the wing), straight wing, sub-sonic fighter. Production of the “C” model began in May of 1948. Features of the “C” model are its tri-cycle landing gear, wing tip fuel tanks, 6 x .50 Cal. machine guns, and the Allison J-35 turbojet rated at 4,000 Lbs. thrust. The ribbed canopy was retrofitted as an in-service modification; photos of F-84Cs, as built, indicate that early F-84s had clear canopies. In all, 191 “C” models were constructed.
The aircraft at the March Field Museum is serial number 47-1595. It was manufactured by Republic Aviation in Farmingdale, New York and delivered to the Army Air Force on 10 December 1948. It served in the Aerospace Defense Command and Air Training Command until retired in November 1953. Our F-84C was used at the Glendale College, Glendale, Ca., as a technical instruction airframe for 27 years before being donated to the March Field Museum in 1982. This aircraft is on loan from the USAF.
According to the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA/RSA), Maxwell AFB, AL, the museum’s F-84C has the following history:
The F-84C, s/n 47-1595, was manufactured by Republic Aviation, Farmingdale, NY, and delivered to the USAF on 10 Dec 1948. Its assignments were:
Dec 1948 - To Robins Air Materiel Center
Jun 1949 - To Republic Aviation, Farmingdale NY
Oct 1949 - To 33rd Fighter Wing (ADC), Otis AFB MA
Apr 1950 - To 116th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), Geiger Field WA
Jan 1951 - Unit transferred to ADC
May 1951 - To 113th Fighter-Interceptor Wing (ADC), New Castle AP DE
Jun 1951 - To 148th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ADC), Dover AFB DE
Nov 1951 - To 127th Pilot Training Wing (TC), Luke AFB AZ
Jan 1953 - To 3600th Flight Training Wing (TC), Luke AFB AZ
Feb 1953 - To 195th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (ANG), Long Beach AP CA .
Nov 1953 - Dropped from USAF inventory as surplus

F-106A and T-33A on static display
Minot AFB
Convair F-106A 'Delta Dart' SN: 56-460
Lockheed T-33A 'Shooting Star' SN: 58-466

Airplanes on static display at Disney MGM Studios
In the area where lots of props are parked but I have never seen these there.

F-4S Phantom II

McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo on static display
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic military fighter flown by the USAF and the RCAF. Initially designed as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command, the Voodoo served in a variety of other roles, including the fighter bomber, all-weather interceptor aircraft and photo reconnaissance roles. Reconnaissance Voodoos saw extensive service during the Vietnam War.
Using the reinforced airframe of the F-101C, the RF-101C first flew on 12 July 1957, entering service in 1958. Like the RF-101A, the RF-101C had six cameras in place of radar and cannons in the reshaped nose. Unlike the RF-101A, the RF-101C retained the ability to carry a single nuclear weapon on the centerline pylon. One hundred and sixty-six RF-101C were built, including 96 originally scheduled to be F-101C fighter-bombers.
The RF-101C saw service during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was sent to Vietnam in 1961, becoming the first USAF jet aircraft to serve there. RF-101C saw heavy service during the Vietnam War, losing the first F-101 in November 1964 to ground fire. From 1965 through November 1970, its role was gradually taken over by the RF-4C Phantom II. In some 35,000 sorties, 44 aircraft were lost — 31 to anti-aircraft fire, five to SAMs, one to an airfield attack, six to operational accidents, and one in air combat to a MiG-21 in September 1967. The RF-101C's speed made it largely immune to MiG interception. In April 1967, ALQ-71 ECM pods were fitted to provide some protection against SAMs. Although the Voodoo was again able to operate at medium altitudes, the added drag decreased the speed enough to make RF-101 vulnerable to MiGs and thus requiring fighter escort.
After withdrawal from Vietnam, the RF-101C continued to serve with USAF units through 1979.
In service, the RF-101C was nicknamed "Long Bird;" it was the only Voodoo to see combat. [Wikipedia]

U.S. Naval Museum of Armament and Technology
The U.S. Naval Museum of Armament and Technology at China Lake was established when the Secretary of the Navy signed out SECNAVNOTE 5755 on 12 May 2000. The museum is a showcase for past and current Center products and programs and provides an amenable environment for briefings and presentations to off-Center visitors.
The Museum contains one of the finest publicly accessible collections of tactical air weaponry and technology anywhere. The display collection ranges from WWII rockets to cutting-edge guided missiles and includes familiar items like Sidewinder, Shrike, and Tomahawk alongside weapon systems that can be seen nowhere else—Agile, ACIMD, Bulldog, and Advanced Bomb Family (to name but a few). Videos covering China Lake projects and history may be viewed there as well.
Outdoor exhibits include the Polaris missile and historically significant aircraft such as the XF4D-1, F11F, and a restored HH-1K helicopter gunship. Exhibits to be added include NTA-4F, A-7E, HH- 1K, F-111B, QF-86, DF-8L, RA-5C, AV-8A, A-6E, and F/A-18A ("Hornet 1") aircraft; several significant range instrumentation and target items; and a tribute to the Center's Search-and-Rescue (SAR) teams, including a UH-1 SAR helo.

F-14 at NAS Ft. Worth
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F-14 on static display at Naval Air Station Fort Worth, which used to be Carswell AFB.

Moldovan Air Force MiG-29

MIG on static display at Kabul International Airport
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Jets on static display at Luke AFB
F-104, Phantom and more.

Eielson AFB Heritage Park

Naval aircraft on static display
At China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station

Chance Vought F4U Corsair
Picture
Actually it is a Goodyear built FG-1D donated back to the United States from the El Salvador Air Force in 1969. See the blurb near the bottom of the More Info Link.
The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter aircraft that saw service in World War II and the Korean War (and in isolated local conflicts). Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. The Corsair served in some air forces until the 1960s, following the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in history (1940 - 1953). During World War II, it was the fighter the Japanese feared the most. The US Navy counted the average kill-rate as for every F4U shot down, 11 enemy aircraft were shot down. It had a turbocharged engine, which made a whistling sound when it was in the air. The Japanese nicknamed it "Whistling Death".

F-14 Tomcat BuNo 162592 (painted as BuNo 160403)
Two of the most famous F-14 headline making events occurred during the Reagan Presidency. On 8/18/81, early in President Reagan’s 1st term, two F-14s from the VF-41 Black Aces flying off the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) shot down two Libyan Su-22 "Fitters" over the Gulf of Sidra. The second event had a similar outcome. In the final days of the Reagan administration, two F-14s from the VF-32 Swordsmen shot down two Libyan MiG-23 “Floggers" on 1/4/89. To honor these events in the Reagan Presidency, the Reagan Presidential Library obtained an F-14 for display on the library grounds. Unfortunately, the actual aircraft involved in the shoot downs were not available so the F-14 obtained by the Library was painted to represent BuNo 160403 flown by the late CDR Hank Kleeman and LT David Venlet in the 1981 event.
The actual Tomcat displayed at the Library is BuNo 162592. This aircraft was delivered to the Navy 1/22/86 and served with VF-1, VF-21, VF-154, and finally the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (formally TopGun).

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a two-seat, twin-engined supersonic long-range all-weather fighter-bomber originally developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Aircraft.
The Phantom remained in production from 1958 to 1981, with a total of 5,195 built, and was used by the U.S. military from 1960 to 1996, serving with the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps as well as the Navy. It was used extensively by all three U.S. services operating in Vietnam, ending the war as the principal air superiority fighter for both the Navy and Air Force, as well as being important in the ground attack and reconnaissance roles.
The Phantom continued to form a major part of U.S. military air power throughout the 1970s and 80s, being gradually replaced by more modern aircraft such as the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon in the U.S. Air Force and the F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Hornet in the U.S. Navy. It remained in service in the reconnaissance and Wild Weasel roles in the 1991 Gulf War.
The Phantom was also operated by the armed forces of 11 other nations. Israeli Phantoms saw extensive combat in numerous Arab–Israeli conflicts, while Iran used its large fleet of Phantoms in the Iran–Iraq War. Phantoms remain in front line service with seven countries, and in use as an unmanned target in the U.S. Air Force.

Outdoor exhibits at Camp Mabry
Part of the Texas Military Forces Museum
F-4C Phantom Jet and F-86D.
Just north are three helicopters flown by the Army Guard, including the "Cobra" gunship and the UH-1M (first gunship used in Viet Name).

Defense Supply Center Philadelphia

F-14 Tomcat at Deland Naval Air Station Museum

Edwards AFB's Century Circle
The Century Circle display features a restored 18-foot high and 28-foot wide control tower and six Century Series aircraft, the F-100, F-101, F-102, F-104, F-105 and F-106.
The six Century Series fighters on display are USAF historical property on loan to the AFFTC Museum from the National Museum of the USAF. Two ofthe aircraft, the YF-100A and the TF-102A, served long test careers at Edwards AFB. The other four - although never assigned to the base - are examples of types that were.
The central control tower was used at Edwards for over 35 years, serving as witness to some of the world's most astonishing aviation feats, including man's first flights exceeding Mach 3, 4, 5 and 6; the first Space Shuttle tests and returns from space; and maiden flights of over 65 aircraft. The interior of the tower is slated for restoration in the future.

NASA TAV-8A Harrier
Two seat trainer variant.
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1/GR.3 and the AV-8A Harrier are the first generation of the Harrier series, the first operational close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with V/STOL capabilities. The Harrier was the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many that arose from the 1960s, and the only truly successful V/STOL design period until the development of the F-35 Lightning II in the early 2000s.

IAR-93 "Vultur"
The second prototype of the IAR-93 fighter.

Iraq Air Force Sukhoi Su-7BM at Nellis

F-105G "Wild Weasel"
Wild Weasel is a nickname for aircraft of the United States Air Force tasked with the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (or SEAD) mission. The name derives from Project Wild Weasel, originally developed by the Captain Bill McGuigan, Naval Aviator, of the US Marine Corps, the first development program for a dedicated SAM-detection and suppression aircraft. Originally named Project Ferret, to denote a predatory animal that goes into its prey's den to kill it, the name was changed to differentiate it from the code-name "Ferret" that had been used during World War II for radar counter-measures bombers.
In brief, the job of a Wild Weasel aircraft is to bait enemy anti-aircraft defenses into targeting it with their radars, whereupon the radar waves are traced back to their source so that the Weasel or its teammates can precisely target it for destruction. A simple analogy is that if you're playing tag in the dark, you can shine a flashlight into the night to see where your opponent is, but as soon as you do so, your exact location is revealed, and he or his friends may tag you before you get a chance to tag them.
The Wild Weasel concept was originally proposed in 1965 as a method of countering the increasing North Vietnamese SAM threat, using volunteer crews flying the two-seat F model of the F-100 Super Sabre. However, the F-100F Wild Weasel I, while an effective airframe, had first flown in 1956 and did not have the performance characteristics to survive in the high threat environment.
The Wild Weasel role was then passed in the summer of 1966 to the EF-105F Thunderchief. The F-105 Wild Weasel II was a better platform for this role and was equipped with more advanced radar, jamming equipment, and a heavier armament. The Wild Weasel II F-105F was eventually replaced by the Wild Weasel III variant; 61 F-105F units were upgraded to F-105G specifications.

DP-2E Neptune & P-3A Orion
These aircraft were retired from active duty and placed on display while Moffett Field was still an active Naval Air Station.
DP-2E 128393 spent the last eight years of its operational life with VC-8, supporting drone operations out of NAS Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico. It was transferred to Moffett Field in 1978, where it was stricken from active duty on November 22, 1978 after flying 7601 hours in US Navy service. Once a common sight, the P-2 Neptune is becoming a rarity, with only a few preserved on static display.
P-3A number 150509 was the 35th of 157 “A” models produced, with the first delivery taking place in 1961; Moffett Field’s P-3 was accepted by the Navy on May 1, 1963. The aircraft’s first fleet assignment was with VX-1 at NAS Key West, Florida, where it served from 1965 through 1972. In the early 1970s this aircraft was also operated by VP-68 at NAS Pautuxent River, Maryland. While later models of the P-3 continued to roll off the assembly line in the mid-1970s, this early P-3A served on with a number of patrol squadrons including VP-65 at NAS Point Mugu in California, VP-69 at NAS Whidbey Island in Washington, and VP-67 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Static display aircraft at Camp Dodge

Grumman F-14 Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing aircraft. The F-14 was the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006. It later performed precision strike missions once it was integrated with the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night LANTIRN system.[1] The F-14 was developed after the collapse of the F-111B project, and was the first of the American teen-series fighters which were designed incorporating the experience of air combat in Vietnam against MiGs.

F-4 Phantom II and F-101 Voodoo

Gloster Whittle Replica, England's first Jet
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Replica of the UK's first Jet flying in 1941.
In 1946, the first prototype (Serial W4041) was placed in the Science Museum in Central London, where it is still exhibited. A full-size replica has been placed on an obelisk on a roundabout near the northern perimeter of Farnborough airfield in Hampshire as a memorial to Sir Frank Whittle. A similar full-size model is on display in the middle of a roundabout at Lutterworth in Leicestershire (pictured below) where the aircraft's engine was produced.

Jets on static display
At Fairchild AFB.

F-4, A-4B and A-7 on static display
Douglas A-4B 'Skyhawk' SN: 142106
Vought A-7B 'Corsair II' SN: 154443

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A former Illinois Air National Guard plane on display in Ehlert Park.

Blue Angel F-11F on static display
BuNo 141851
Recently moved to the front gate.

US Navy Douglas TA-4 Skyhawk trainer
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was an attack aircraft originally designed to operate from United States Navy aircraft carriers. The aircraft was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company (later McDonnell Douglas) and was originally designated the A4D under the US Navy's pre-1962 designation system.
Fifty years after the aircraft's first flight, and having played key roles in Vietnam, the Falklands and Yom Kippur wars, some of the nearly 3,000 Skyhawks produced remain in service with several air arms around the world, including active duty on a carrier.
The A-4 Skyhawk was introduced to a training role in the two-seat TA-4J configuration replacing the TF-9J Cougar as the advanced jet trainer The TA-4J served as the advanced jet trainer in white and orange markings for decades until being replaced by the T-45 Goshawk. A

F-86 on Static

Fresno Yosemite International Airport

Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star
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The Shooting Star was the first USAF aircraft to exceed 500 mph in level flight, the first American jet airplane to be manufactured in large quantities and the first USAF jet to be used in combat. Designed in 1943, the XP-80 made its maiden flight on Jan. 8, 1944. Several early P-80s were sent to Europe for demonstration, but WW II ended before the aircraft could be employed in combat. This one, without its distinctive tip-tanks, is living in someone's back yard in Lakewood, Washington, not far from McChord Air Force Base. Must have missed the runway.

Spitfire in the backyard
Full-scale replica Spitfire on display in aviation artist Barry Wallond's back garden.

A-7D Corsair II, F-84F Thunderstreak, and an F-100D Super Sabre

F-84F Thunderstreak

McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II
The F-4 was designed in 1958 as a company venture by McDonnell Douglas to meet future needs and it turned into the greatest post World War II fighter ever built. Considered by some the fastest, most versatile and effective aircraft ever built. The F-4 was initially designed as an attack bomber without internal weapons. The Phantom carried a greater bomb load than a B-29, yet was an effective fighter shooting down 106 out of 137 Migs destroyed in the Vietnam War. Israel has used F-4’s in all of its major confrontations, at one time shooting down over 70 Syrian aircraft without a Phantom lost. The F-4E was flown by the US Air Force Demonstration team The Thunderbirds from 1969 through the mid 1970’s. F-4E’s were also flown as aircraft known as Wild Weasels and were active in the Persian Gulf War.
RF-4 recon aircraft have a longer nose order to carry optical, infrared and forward looking radar. Over twenty foreign countries have flown the F-4 as standard front line combat aircraft and the Phantom can match the latest designed fighters in almost every performance category.
More than 1,200 F-4’s have been stored at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) at Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson, Arizona. Most of these stored aircraft will eventually be expended as target drones like the F-86’s, F-100’s, and F-102’s before them.
In 1962, the USAF began equipping the Tactical Air Command with the F-4C, similar to the U.S. Navy F-4B. In 1964, an improved version, the F-4D, was introduced. Large numbers of C and D Phantoms flew in Southeast Asia between 1966 and 1973.
This F-4C aircraft, serial number 63-7693, was manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft, St. Louis, Missouri, and delivered to the USAF on 1 Feb 1965. It has served with 8th TFW, 479th TFW, 431st TFS all at George AFB between 1965-1967; 8th TFW at Ubon, RTAFB, Thailand, in 1967; 366th TFW, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, 1967; 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing, Luke AFB, AZ, in 1971; 1633rd TASG, Ontario AP, in 1982. This is one of the F-4’s flown by the late Capt Dean Paul Martin, USAF Reserves, who was killed in the crash of an F-4. He was the son of famed entertainer Dean Martin. This aircraft is on loan from the USAF.
According to the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA/RSA), Maxwell AFB, AL, the museum’s F-4C has the following history:
F-4C, s/n 63-7693, was manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft, St Louis, MO and delivered to the USAF on 1 Feb 1965. Its assignments were:
Feb 1965 - To 8th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), George AFB CA
Nov 1965 - To 479th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), George AFB CA
Apr 1966 - To 431st Tactical Fighter Squadron (TAC), George AFB CA
Feb 1967 - To 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing (TAC), Nellis AFB
12 May 67 - To 479th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), George AFB CA
30 May 67 - To 8th Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), Ubon RTAFB Thailand
Nov 1967 - To 366th Tactical Fignter Wing (PACAF), Da Nang AB SVN
Feb 1968 - To Ogden Air Materiel Area UT
Mar 1968 - To 4453rd Combat Crew Training Wing (TAC), Davis Monthan AFB AZ
Apr 1971 - To Ogden Air Materiel Area UT
Aug 1971 - To 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing (TAC), Luke AFB AZ
Apr 1977 - Unit becomes 58th Tactical Training Wing
Nov 1982 - To 163rd Tactical Air Support Group (ANG), Ontario AP CA
Mar 1984 - Unit (163rd Tactical Fighter Group) transfers to March AFB CA
May 1987 - Dropped from USAF inventory by transfer to museum or school.with total of 5,123 flight hours

A-10 and F-4C on static display

Blue Angels Grumman F-11 Tiger
The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger was a single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. Originally designated the F11F Tiger in April 1955 under the pre-1962 Navy designation system, it was redesignated as F-11 Tiger under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.
The F11F/F-11 was used by the Blue Angels flight team from 1957 to 1969. Grumman Aircraft Corporation made about 200 Tigers, with last delivered 23 January 1959.

Thunderbolt, Warhawk, and Corsair

Dassault Mirage IIIC

Saab 37 'Viggen'
The Saab 37 Viggen (Thunderbolt) was a Swedish single-seat, single-engine, short-medium range fighter aircraft and attack aircraft, manufactured between 1970 and 1990. Several variants were produced to perform the roles of all-weather fighter-interceptor, ground attack, and photo-reconnaissance, as well as two-seat trainer variants.

T-33 Shooting Star + admirers at Jackson County-Reynolds Field

Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II

Static display at NAS Whiting Field

Aircraft at Nadarzyce airfield
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From the left Mig-23, Mig-21, Mig-15 or 17, PZL TS-11 Iskra and a helicopter, looks like static display formation.

Danish Air Force Republic F-84G Thunderjet
Stored behind the Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum. Spoiled by graffitti and apparantly in a bad condition.
The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered cancelling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D model and the design matured only with the definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft.

CFB Borden Airshow 2006

Fighters on Display
At Tulsa Air National Guard Base - F-86D Sabre, F-100D Super Sabre, A-7D Corsair II, F-16 Fighting Falcon