Smart looking F-5 taxis out on a Saturday morning

CYLON F-5E taxis to runway 26

This Skyhawk was possibly stored at the platform of NAS Fallon as it is reported in Navy documents as scrapped in October 1988 (a year before this photo was taken). The modex 13 was already wiped out and another 13 (BuNo 153488/NJ713) was also seen that day.

NJ-(7)03 was seen at Fallon, possibly stored. After VFA-127 used, the former USMC Skyhawk was transferred to the adversaries of VF-126 at NAS Miramar and was coded NJ-626. After VF-126 use, the aircraft was preserved as modex 50 at Miramar from November 1995. The aircraft was eventually returned to Fallon and preserved there as NF-401 in the air power park of Fallon from February 2006.

This great coloured Skyhawk was returned to basic white/orange colours within the Naval Training Command as A-765 with TW-1/VT-7 from February 1992. The Skyhawk went into storage as AMARC as 3A0858 from 9 September 1999.

Stored at AMARC/AMARG with inventorycode 3A0750 from 17 March 1994. The last user of the aircraft was VF-126 as NJ-615 from jun92.

This beauty was once delivered to VC-7 at NAS Miramar and stored in the late seventies at AMARC with inventory code 3A527. The aircraft returned to service via Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF) Pensacola (FL) and assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 127 "Cyclones" at NAS Fallon where it started to fly in this striking colour scheme with code/modex NJ-702. After VFA-127 was disestablished (March 1996) the aircraft moved to NAS Miramar again to operated with Fighter squadron (VF) 126 "Bandits" as NJ-600, NJ-623 VF-126 before it went to AMARC (again) as inventory code 3A0748 in March 1994.

Adversary Skyhawk of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 127 "Cyclons" at homebase Fallon. The squadron ws once established as Attack Squadron (VA) 127 on 15 June 1962 at NAS Lemoore (CA). It was redesignated VFA-127 on 1 March 1987 and eventually disestablished on 23 March 1996.

VFA-127 F/A-18A flying from NAF El Centro in the aggressor role against a couple F-14 squadrons during a FFARP

CYLON F-5E taxiing in for the static line.

A twin-seat Skyhawk of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 127 "Cyclones" at the ramp of homebase NAS Fallon. The adversary aircraft is even in rest closely and aggressively observed by its opponent in the back-ground, a VF-143 "Pukin Dogs" F-14A Tomcat.

There are striking color schemes and... there are striking color schemes. This one belongs to both categories I think! A-4F NJ-700 of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 127 "Cyclones" at homebase NAS Fallon. The hot rod was stored with 309th AMARG at Davis Monthan from 14 September 1992 onwards with inventory code 3A0679. Sadly, the airframe did not survive its storage period as it was scrapped by Fritz Enterprises in January 2005.

An A-4F of Strike Fighter Squadron 127 "Cyclones" prepared for a new mission over the Fallon ranges. This airframe once served the Blue Angels as number 4, and arrived with VFA-127 early 1989. Already before VFA-127 was disestablished on 23 March 1996, the A-4 was transferred to the Naval Fighter Weapons School (NFWS) at Miramar and served as code 54 from '91 to '92. Then it was transferred to Fighter Squadron 43 "Challengers" at Oceana with code AD-25. From Apr'94 onwards the Skooter was stored at AMARC where it was eventually scrapped in Jan'05 'Bullet/Elk', 3A0766 AMARC arr 7apr94/07jan05

CYLON 23 F-5E just about to touchdown on runway 26

'CYLON 40' F-5E VFA-127 taxis back to it's line

Upon arriving at the NAF on a Saturday in mid-January, I was surprised to see the most aircraft I had ever seen on the airfield. VFA-127 happened to be one of the visiting units and they brought several of these nicely camouflaged Hornets.

The 1992 NAS Miramar Air Show also featured two F-5E Tiger II Aggressors. Both belonged to VFA-127. Here you see the 741539/24.

A F-5E Tiger II Aggressor belonging to VFA-127 at the 1992 NAS Miramar Air Show.