A Dragon Lady from the 9thRW at Beale AFB,Ca., is returning from another classified mission.

Scrapped in 2012;

This 707, FMS serial 68-11074 (first flight 6 Nov'68, is former Luftwaffe FBS BMVg serial 10+04 (del 18 Nov'68). Withdrawn 4 Nov'96. Stored Hamburg. Flown to Naples on 13 Jul'98 for modification. It arrived at Geilenkirchen in Dec'99 with the NAEW&CF as LX-N20000. Used by NATO as a trainer for E-3 crews and relieved the operational AWACS fleet in training flights. It received USAF designation CT-49A in Dec'03. On 26 Sep'11, the NATO said goodbye to the venerable aircraft when it was flown over to Ingolstadt Manching (Germany). Since then, the airframe is in use as a ground trainer.

In a splendid condition, this oldy, first flight 20 December 1974, delivered as 1002 to the Royal Oman Air Force on 29 January 1975, this BAC One-Eleven was a true highlight at the RIAT 2007. The aircraft was re-serialled to 552 and was withdrawn from use on 10 March 2009. It was moved to the Masirah fire training school, that was not good news for the aircraft.

That's how you do a take-off, close together, full afterburner! F3 ZE168 made its first flight on 31 October 1986 and was delivered the RAF and assigned to 229 OCU on 18 November 1986. It served most F3 squadrons within the RAF and made its last flight on 24 March 2011 from Leuchars to Leeming. It was then stored at Leeming and eventually scrapped by March 2015. Its cockpit section was saved, which was sold to a private owner on Isle of Wight. That section them moved to Jet Art at Thorpe Wood by September 2016. Last reported as sold to a private owner in North Yorkshire.

Ex Warton test serial ZK124. First flight 17 April 2007. Delivered to India on 4 September 2008.

This Danish Mk90B was delivered to the RDAF in July 2004 and started to fly with the SHT which was redesignated to Esk 723 on 1 January 2011. The Lynx was withdrawn from use on 15 December 2017 and is since reported for sale. It was last reported as stored at Karup in April 2021. Check the C-27J in the back-ground, that just has left the RIAT showground.

Assigned to 15 HEB and pictured during its fine take-off from the RIAT 2007. The Turbo Let was once Soviet registration CCCP-67676 with Aeroflot and became S5-BAD in the Slovenian Air Force in service for its government on 18 August 1994. It was reserialled to L4-01 in September 1997.

Sadly written off on 1 October 2008 after a mid-air-collision with Super Etendard serial 38. The accident occured during a four aircraft formation manoeuvre in the oblique plane. Numbers three and four hit eachother with serial 49 crashed into the water some fifteen kilometers north of Roscoff (France), the pilot did not survive. The pilot of serial 38 managed to eject and survived.

This marvelous looking Brazilian Herc participated in the static display of the RIAT 2007. The aircraft is here seen, just before its long leg back home. The aircraft was delivered to the Brazilian Air Force in November 1968, was modified with Search and Rescue equipment and redesignated to SC-130E in 1988. De difference is clearly seen as it has a window in side door. The workhore was withdrawn from use on 31 October 2016. Initially stored at Galeão air base (Brazil) and then sadly sold for scrap on 17 May 2017.

This Lynx took the skies for the first time as a HAS3S on 23 Aug'88. It was delivered to the Royal Navy on 7 Sep'88. The Lynx was later modified to HAS3CTS and then to HMA8 (as pictured). Resignated after modifications to HMA8SRU. The helo was withdrawn from use on 23 Mar'17 and stored at RNAS Yeovilton. It was moved to Middle Wallop on 11 Apr'17 and cannibalized. In May'18, the Lynx was offered for Foreign Military Sales. Then it was seen stored at St.Athan in early 2019. Sales were not succesfull, so the Lynx was moved to Hayward and Green Aviation at Woodmancote for preservation by Nov'19.

This special Black Cats paint Lynx madse its first flight as a HAS2 on 23 June 1980 and was delivered to the Royal Navy on 23 July 1980. It was later converted to HAS3, and then modified to more difficult designations as HMA8DSP, HMA8ACS, HMA8DAS (as pictured) and eventually to HMA8SRU. The Lynx was moved to Middle Wallop and stripped for spares in early 2015. Then dumped at that location in early 2016. ELuckily, the helicopters was noyt scrapped, it was moved to St.Athan and then shipped to USA for preservation at the Pima Air Museum, Tucson (AZ) by early 2018.

This stealth fighter was accepted by the USAF on 22 October 1982, and was eventually withdrawn from use in 2007 and stored at Tonopah. It is here seen at the static, proudly wearing the "Fighting Forty Niners" (refering to the 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, NM) markings on its tail.