This aircraft was bailed from the USAF to Lockheed for use in Operation Hourglass, as part of the Electra program. Although the Allison 501D engine was proving reliable, Lockheed flew the aircraft for 30 days on a carefully planned 'airline' schedule in order to test its durability for commercial operations, which involved much longer operational days and multiple daily flight cycles, than the engine had thus far experienced in military use. Photo from Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

This F-4G was later converted to QF-4G and was lost as such on 23 May 2000.

90th TFS, 3rd TFW with eight F-4Es were deployed from Clarke AB, Philippines to RAAF Base Pearce October 1978-November 10978. While they were here they carried out dissimilar Air Combat Exercises with A-4Gs from 805 NAS. The aircraft carried a variety of underwing ECM depending on the sortie flown. We were asked not to "zap" the ECM gear, the external tank surface was the popular choice for the "zaps" also just behind the intake lips.

The second B-47 prototype, first flown on 21 July 1948. The photo is assumed to have been taken early on because of the yellow 'US Army Air Forces' bowser. Airframe survives, moved to the Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards AFB in 2016. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This F-16B was delivered to the USAF in '83 and delivered to Shaw AFB 363rd TFW. It then served Homestaed AFB with the 309th TFS before it was transferred to the 194th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in May'89. From Mar'92, the unit lost its interceptor designation. Early '92, the dual was transferred to the 159th FS of the Florida ANG and in late '95 to the 111th FS of the Texas ANG. On 18 Oct'95 it was stored at AMARG with inventory code FG0336. It was transferred to Ogden ALC and modified for a sale to Jordan (as 235) in December 1997. It was then sold to Pakistan on 27 April 2014 as 14627.

This Phantom was just withdrawn from service when pictured in August 1989. It was prepared for preservation at Fresno.

Ca.1/71: TOS USAF and assigned to the 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC. 10/72 to 1/73: Deployed to Thailand for combat in Vietnam. 1976: 356th TFS, 354th TFW. 1977: 355th TFW, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 1979: 125th TFS, 138th Tactical Fighter Group (ANG), Tulsa ANGB, OK. 1988: 124th TFS, 132 TFG (ANG), Des Moines, IA. By 1990: 174th TFS, 185th TFG (ANG), Sioux City, IA. 1993: AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 6/95: Displayed at Faulkton, SD.

This unmarked Falcon shows an unusual presentation of the USAF serial. It flew from 1984 onwards with SW, HL tailcodes before it was transferred to the 194th Fighter Interceptor Squadron California ANG at Fresno in Aug'89. After its career with this squadron it served the 111th FIS/FS and was stored at AMARC with inventory code FG0393 from 04 Nov'96. It was transferred to Ogden ALC in '02, modified to ADF, delivered to Italy's Aeronautica Militare as MM7262 on 6 Jun'03. It returned to the US after the leasecontract ended and was stored again at AMARG. It entered the QF-16 programme in Jan'21.

Pictured at the static of the Edward AFB open house in 1999, this 194th Fighter Squadron "Griffins" F-16D. The 194th is a unit of the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing (144 FW) and based at Fresno Air National Guard Base (CA). The F-16C/Ds replaced the F-16A/Bs of the 194th in 1995 and were subsequently replaced by F-15C/Ds from 2013.