Aircraft was sent to AMARG April 1994

One of a pair of Thunderbolts flying in support of HH-60G Pave Hawks and a HC-130J during a simulated rescue operation off Miami South Beach at the Hyundai Air & Sea Show 2024. This aircraft was built in 1981 as an A-10A. It was converted to an OA-10A and in 2006 to an A-10C. The aircraft served in Afghanistan during Op Enduring Freedom. It wears the FT "Flying Tiger" tail code of the 23rd FG.

This former 184th TFS Super Sabre is technically still a F-100F although it is already painted in the QF-100 colors. The aircraft arrived at AMARC on 25 September 1979, it received inventory code FE604, and is seen here when it was about to leave for Tracor Flight Systems Inc., Mojave (CA). Only a few days later it was seen at Mojave (see AirHistory Photo ID 266460). With Tracor it was modified to QF-100F. It was later assigned to the 475th WEG at Tyndall AFB (FL). It's fate is unknown to me, but most probably the aircraft was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.

Flew a couple of missions from Leeuwarden before returning to RAF Mildenhall.

"JAYHAWK 11" F-16D Kansas ANG arriving on a Saturday afternoon

On the apron together with 66-0223

In the woods near the village of Best (NL) a museum called 'Bevrijdende Vleugels' (= Wings of Liberation) reminds us of the liberation of The Netherlands. The museum had two well-restored Dakotas parked outside in the markings used during the invasion. Both carry a fake serial, "290321" on this one is in fact the birth date of Jan Driessen, the founder of the museum. In real life this aircraft was USAAF 43-2022.

Photographer Umberto Birindelli

Stripped of many parts, and its serial incorrectly written as 55-1773 with a thick marker on the tail, the F-100F is awaiting maintenance for departure to Tracor Flight Systems Inc., Mojave (CA). The Super Sabre arrived at AMARC on 3 May 1979 and departed on 12 February 1990. It returned to service as a QF-100F with the 475th Weapons Evaluation Group with 63773/409 at Tyndall AFB (FL). It's fate is unclear, but it was most probably written off in 1991 as a target drone.

This 106 was delivered to the USAF on 30 Sep'57, was on loan to Convair as a test a/c, flew from Edwards AFB (CA) up to mid-'58. Rebuilt to JF-106A in '60, It became a TAC Conventional to Vertical instruments test a/c with Convair in early 1961. From Aug'61 it had a normal Fighter Interceptor Squadron career in the USAF. It arrived at AMARC on 20 Jul'87 for storage, and departed for American Electronic Laboratories, East Alton (IL) on 5 Feb'90. Cvtd to QF-106A for 82nd ATS (code AD-111) at Tyndall. It crashed on its first Not Under Live Local Operator (NULLO) flight at White Sands on 27 Jan'95