Friday late afternoon arrival.

From 552nd AW&CW.

USN Orions used to look really smart - and then sadly in came low-vis grey and toned-down markings.

From 384th Bomb Wing, based at McConnell AFB, Kansas. Friday arrival for Air Tournament International.

From VMGR-452, although the unit's "NY" tail code appears to have been painted over on the starboard side of the fin (but can still be read).

Thursday arrival for the weekend show.

There was no International Air Tattoo at Fairford in 1992, instead a replacement event, known as Air Tournament International, was held at Boscombe Down. This B-52 was a Thursday morning arrival.

Under the hood of the Pitts Model 12 you will find a Vedeneyev M14P radial engine. Seen here during maintenance at Boscombe Down. The hood lies protected by blankets on the hangar floor.

Sold as C-GMBU in December 2019.

The 379th Bombardment Wing was based at Wurtsmith AFB (MI). Buffs from the squadron were flown on missions against Iraq (1990-1991) and staged out of Prince Abdullah AB in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). These planes were part of the 1708th Bombardment Wing (Provisional), a provisional wing formed from B-52s out of Barksdale, Castle, Wurtsmith, and others. The planes arrived at dawn on the first day of the air war. This plane flew 14 missions out of Jeddah. During the Gulf War, 379th Bomb Wing aircraft carried the "Triangle K".

The 379th Bombardment Wing was based at Wurtsmith AFB (MI). Buffs from the squadron were flown on missions against Iraq (1990-1991) and staged out of Prince Abdullah AB in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). These planes were part of the 1708th Bombardment Wing (Provisional), a provisional wing formed from B-52s out of Barksdale, Castle, Wurtsmith, and others. The planes arrived at dawn on the first day of the air war. This plane flew 14 missions out of Jeddah. During the Gulf War, 379th Bomb Wing aircraft carried the "Triangle K".

This MiG went to the Slovak Air Force on 1 January 1993. It was there assigned to 81. Kridlo Sliac and later modified to MiG-29AS.

This Tu-134AK was delivered to the MAP LII Zhukovski in 1984. It was assigned to the Gromova (Gromov Flight Research Institute). The Tu flew in an Aeroflot colour scheme and became RA-65927 with LII Zhukovski in June 1993. Gromov Air took over the aircraft and it acted as a VIP aircraft for the Russian Federation. The aircraft was transferred to the Central Rear Customs Authority (TsTT) in 2007. As the TsTT could not afford such an expensive aircraft it was transferred to the Russian Customs in military use and it received serial RF-65927 in 2008. It was last noted at Vnukovo in early 2021.

The serial of this 1992 built Flanker is 27595, but this did not appear on the aircraft. The aircraft is based at Zhukovsky. Current (2022) status is unknown

This Fulcrum was withdrawn from use by the Czechoslovakia Air Force in 1994. It was transferred to the Czech Air Force on 1 January 1993 but remained in storage at Ceske. The MiG-29 was sold to Poland as 56 on 17 January 1996.

This Fitter went to the Czech AF following the split of the Czechoslovak Republic on 1 January 1993. The aircraft crashed on 18 March 1993 some 5 kilometers south-east of Jihlavy (Czechia) The pilot ejected on time and survived the incident.

This is former DDR-FSA. It was manufactured in Mar'89 and delivered to Marxwalde air base in Apr'89. It was allocated serial 144 in the East German Air Force. It became 11+01 on 3 Oct'90 within the Luftwaffe and flew as such up to Jun'96. It was ferried without titels to Vnukovo on 21 Feb'00. It was reregistered RA-85092 with MVM trading on 25 Sep'00 and canx the same date and leased to Iran as EP-MBL with Iran Air Tour. The Tu-154M was reregistered again to EP-MCE with Iran Air Tour on 24 Jun'05. On 3 May'08 it was first reported as EP-EKC with Eram Air. Seen stored at Tehran since jan'12.

This Tornado flew for the first time on 13 January 1982 and was delivered to the Royal Air Force on 18 July 1980. It was retained by BAe Warton for mainly weapons trials. It made its last flight on 17 March 2004 by QinetiQ crew for Stormshadow trials. The Tornado was withdrawn from use and stripped for spares up to early 2005. It was then preserved at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington from 27 April 2005 onwards.