This F-4C just arrived at Mather AFB (CA) from March AFB (CA) when this picture was made. The California Air National Guard Phantom was retired from the 196th TFS and parked at the 323rd Fighter Training Wing platform. It was some months later preserved at this location as a motivation boost for the USAF students of the Training Wing. From 1998 onwards, the Phantom is preserved at San Luis Obispo (CA).

Parked at a busy training platform of the 323rd Flying Training Wing at Mather. This Tweety was sold as part of the US Foreign Military sales program to Bangladesh as 72335 in December 1995. The T-37B served the Asian country up to 2016. From December 2016, the aircraft is preserved at a parade ground at Shamshernagar AB.

After serving the 323rd FTW (as pictured), this Tweety was transferred to the 12th FTW ('VN' tailcode) at Vance AFB up to the mid-ninetees. It then started a career as an instructional airframe at Autry Technology center, Enid (OK). Since July 2006, the T-37B is preserved on a pole at this location.

This Huey was delivered as an UH-1H and served the 126th MedCo within the California Army National Guard. The Huey was converted to UH-1V and became after military service N379SD from 11 February 2008.). The UH-1V was transferred to the US Department of State Air Wing as HY-03 and subsequently sold to Colombia as EJC-403. Before delivery is was modified to UH-1H-II. In October 2009, the Huey was reregistered to PNC-0743.

A nice short Huey! Once built as UH-1C, it was later converted to M. The helicopter was withdrawn from use in 1988, its fate is unknown.

A California Army National Guard Kiowa with sun-protection. The OH-58A was after its military career transferred to the civil market as N103WC with edgefield Aviation LLC, Northwest Mountain (OR).

This C-12D Huron replaced a T-42A Cochise (see my picture of 65-12730) within the California Army National Guard. The aircraft is seen here prior an engine test. The Huron was transferred to the Arizona ArNG in 1995 and later to the Richmond ArNG before it was retired to AMARC with inventory code 4C029. The aircraft arrived at Davis Monthan on 19 September 2017 and was transferred to HVF West on 17 August 2018 and was soon after this date scrapped.

A California Army National Guard Huey at the Mather platform. The helicopter was after its Army career transferred to the US Department of State Air Wing, probably as 446.

This T-43A flew first on 15 Jan'74 and was delivered to the USAF on 28 Jan'74. After a career with the 455th FTS, it was assigned N5175U with EG&G (known as Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc., a United States national defense contractor). In Aug'89, the T-43A was transferred to the 58th ALS/86th FW at Ramstein AB (Germany) for VIP services. From Jan'94 it was stored at Phoenix, went to San Antonio (TX) late '97 and was assigned to the 310th AS ('HW'), later on with the 6th ARW. The T-43A was stored at AMARC as AA TH0003 from 28 Sep'01 onwards and eventually scrapped by Aug'18 by HVF West.

A military Beech 56TC Baron was designated in the US Army inventory as T-42A Cochise. Here you can see the aircraft serving the California Army National Guard. It was retired some months after this picture was made, and was replaced by a C-12D (82-23783). The Cochise was sold on the civil market and is currently flying from Bennett (CO) as N50780, still in the US Army colours.

This T-43A flew first on 2 Jul'74, it was delivered to the USAF on 12 Jul'74. The Gator was assigned to the 455th FTS, part of the 323rd FTW. After the Wing ceased operations, the T-43A went to the 558th FTS ('RA') in '96, later to the 562nd FTS ('RA'). It was retired to AMARC on 25 Sep'97 (AA TH0002) up to 03 Mar'99. It was selected for NT-43A conversion and was seen at Goodyear (AZ) for modification of radomes on nose and tail from Mar'00 to Feb'01. It is now a sneaky and rarely seen radar test bed.

11405 was one of 19 modified 737-200s in use with the USAF for training navigators. The T-43 was retired by the USAF Air Education and Training Command in 2010 after 37 years of service. They were initially assigned to the 455th Flying Training Squadron, part of the 323rd Flying Training Wing of the Air Training Command (ATC) at Mather AFB (CA). The 323rd was inactivated in 1993. 11405 made its first flight on 19 October 1973 and was delivered to the USAF on 4 November 1973. It was reited to AMARC on 19 April 2005 and received inventory code TH0005. It was scrapped by August 2018 with HVF West

73-1155 leading a flightline of T-43A Gators. The modified 737-200 was used by the USAF for training navigators. The USAF had 19 on strength. The T-43 was retired by the USAF Air Education and Training Command in 2010 after 37 years of service. They were initially assigned to the 455th Flying Training Squadron, part of the 323rd Flying Training Wing of the Air Training Command (ATC) at Mather AFB (CA), plus two additional aircraft assigned to the Colorado ANG at Peterson AFB (CO) to support introductory air navigation training for cadets at the USAF Academy. The 323rd was inactivated in 1993.

This Cat was delivered in the late 1984 and saw a long career with many US Navy squadrons, including VF-31, VF-33, VF-101, VF-74, VX-9, VF-103, VF-32 (as pictured) and was stored at AMARC on 20 April 2005. The F-14B Upgrade was assigned the AMARC inventory code 1K0182 and it was scrapped at Tucson on 20 July 2007.

After serving the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis, this Fighting Falcon was transferred to the Thunderbirds aerial display team (1993-2010). The aircraft was then transferred to Sheppard AFB (TX) and continued as an GF-16C instructional airframe. In the background, an unidentified Tactical Fighter Weapons Center marked F-16C is seen.

This F-14B-145-GR (fy86) was built as such and delivered to the US Navy in the early 1990s. It served VF-74, VF-142 (AG-203), VF-143 (AG-112), VF-102 (AB-114), VF-32 (AC-112, as pictured, check the AIM-54 underneath the fuselage) and VF-101 (AD-110) before it was retired to AMARC on 12 December 2004. It received inventory code 1K0164 and was scrapped by July 2007.

A multi F-4E of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing from Seymour Johnson AFB (NC) during its landing at Nelli AFB (CA). The multi finstripe shows the fintip colours of all Phantom squadrons based at Seymour Johnson. The Phantom was retired from service on 11 June 1991 when it was stored at AMARC as FP0692. Early 2021, the Spook was still parked in that desert storage area.

The Swordsmen CAG bird just after its landing at the HST. The F-14B Upgrade was deliverdd to the US Navy in April 1988 and was stricken from US Navy service on 29 September 2005. This Cat survived the scrapyard, was stored at homebase NAS Oceana (VA) up to 2007 and was moved to East Berlin VFW (Pennsylvania) for preservation.

This F-14B-145-GR (fy86) was built as such and delivered to the US Navy in the early 1990s. It served VF-74, VF-142 (AG-203), VF-143 (AG-112), VF-102 (AB-114), VF-32 (AC-112, as pictured, check the AIM-54 underneath the fuselage) and VF-101 (AD-110) befiore it was retired to AMARC on 12 December 2004. It received inventory code 1K0164 and was scrapped by July 2007.

This green Spook was assigned to the 704th Tactical Fighter Squadron as part of the Air Force Reserve. The squadron was inactivated on 27 September 1996, when the USAF operations at Bergstrom ended. This Phantom was retired to AMARC on 27 June 1990 and received inventory code FP520. The F-4E was removed from storage on 30 March 2006 and entered the QF-4E program via BAE Systems Mojave (CA). The F-4E received code AF-307 and was written off with the 82nd ATRS on 15 November 2014.