Lining up for departure on runway 12. From VR-61 NAS Whidbey Island, Washington State.

Taken on strength by the US Navy in June 1965, this Orion was retired to AMARC in January 1990. It was among eight P-3s bought by Brazil circa 2002; five to be upgraded by EADS / CASA in Getafe, Spain to P-3AM and the other three for spares. This one left AMARC in 2009 for upgrade and was delivered to the Brazilian Air force as FAB 7208.

1974: TOS USN. By 1977: Attack Squadron 95 (VA-95), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 1982: VA-34, NAS Oceana, VA. 1985: VA-65, NAS Oceana. 1987: Returned to VA-34. 1994: VA-128, NAS Whidbey Island. 18 October 1994: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

In 1992 the Olympic Games were celebrated at Barcelona (Spain) and VF-74 "Bedevilers" decored this Tomcat with Olympic rings when they was in a MED cruise onboard USS Saratoga at the same time.

31 Dec 1969: TOS USN. May/70: Weapons Systems, NATC, NAS Patuxent River, MD. November/70: Grumman Bethpage for modifications. January/71: VAQ-129, NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 1974: Strike Aircraft Naval Test Center, NAS Patuxent River. September/79: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. August/80: NARF, NAS Alameda, CA. Ca. October/80: VAQ-129. August/85: Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River. From July/86 to October/96: Rotated among squadrons at Whidbey. November/96: VX-23, NAS Patuxent River. June/98: VX-9, NAS China Lake, CA. By April/02: VX-23. 3 June 2010: Ferried to the National Naval Aviation Museum as the oldest active EA-6B.

1974: TOS USN. By 1977: VA-115, NAS Yokosuka, Japan. 1977: VA-95, NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 1982: VA-145, also at Whidbey. 1988: Strike University, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NAS Fallon, NV. The plane was withdrawn from service in 1995, scrapped and dumped in the Atlantic Ocean as an artificial reef.

Beautifully restored SH-2F 151312 on display in Hangar Bay One not long after its return from the Kaman Corporation in 2018. Kaman very graciously overhauled and restored the a/c at their own cost for the museum. It is currently on display in Hangar Bay One.

This H-2 was originally built as a UH-2B, later converted to a UH-2C, and finally converted to a SH-2F. 151312 was then assigned to HSL-31, where it served from 1973 until retirement in 1992. Not long after I took this photo 151312 was transported to the Kaman Corporation for complete restoration, which was finished in 2018. It is now on display inside the Hangar Bay One building.

HS-9 "Sea Griffins" Sea King over the CV-60 USS Saratoga flight deck.