Photo by Joop Dionet

KC-135A during the last days of the 22nd Bomb Wing. By October 1982 the 22nd was transformed into an Air Refueling Wing as it divested itself from the last of it's B-52D's and began flying the newly acquired KC-10's along with the assigned KC-135's.

A-10 farewell. We will miss!!!

On display at the Museum of Flight. Nieuport had reached the design limit of the Nieuport 17, doing away with the V-strut sesquiplane design for the Type 28 which had wings of almost equal proportion braced by parallel struts. It was powered by a Gnome 9N rotary engine. Around 300 Nieuport 28s were built, mainly used by the U.S. Army Air Service due to their availability. This aircraft is displayed in the markings of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt of the 95th Aero Squadron with its "Kicking Mule" emblem on the fuselage. Pres. Roosevelt's son was killed on 14 Jul 1918 in aerial combat over France.

89TFS F-16A departing on a Desert Flag mission. Aircraft was scrapped April 2021.

This C-17A was delivered to the USAF on 9 December 2009. It had quite a journey to Gilze Rijen. On 25 August it had picked up two factory fresh Dutch AH-64Es (serials Q-47 and Q-49) with Boeing at Phoenix-Mesa (AZ). Just after take-off it went broke, so it flew to homebase McChord (WA). After repairs, it crossed the USA and the pond and arrived at Prestwick (UK) on the 26th. At that location it went tech again. Stayed there up to the 28th and eventually arrived at Gilze Rijen with the fresh delivery. It is seen here departing Gilze Rijen as REACH280. It went for Souda air base (Crete, Greece)

Mig Killer F-4D taxying in front of the photographers at the TAM press call. (Tony Lloyd photo)

"ARRIS 24" C-17 on airshow practice day

Taxying for departure back home after a night stop returning from a detachment to the sandpit. In company with 3 others.

Taxying for departure back home after a night stop returning from a detachment to the sandpit. In company with 3 others.

Taxying for departure back home after a night stop returning from a detachment to the sandpit. In company with 3 others.

Taxying for departure back home after a night stop returning from a detachment to the sandpit. In company with 3 others.

The 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron (TRTS) trained RF-4C pilots. The squadron was inactivated on 30 September 1989, the RF-4C was being withdrawn from its inventory. The squadron was reactivated at Offutt AFB (NB) as the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 July 1994 and is currently operating secretive RC-135 Cobra Ball aircraft. After the inactivation of the 45th TRTS, this 397 was transferered to the 196th Reconnaissance Squadron at Fresno. It was retired and moved to Nellis AFB (NV) in August 1993 and served from that moment as an instructional airframe. Current status?

Tough to see its serial due to its lizard / European I colour scheme, but 69-0357 is marked with "67TRW" (Tactical Reconnaissance Wing) on its tail. The recce Phantom was retired to AMARC on 28 September 1992 and received inventory code FP896. The aircraft was selected for the QRF-4C program and was moved on 24 March 2010 to BAE Systems, Mojave (CA) for conversion. It received 82nd ATRS code AF-379 and was shot down as a drone on 13 March 2012.

Technicians at work, no idea what kind of system is attached to station eight (Underneath the guy with the white shirt). 66-8813 was retired from operational service on 28 March 1989 when it arrived at AMARC. It received inventory code FP232 up to 12 August 1998. It was sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor (MI) but was scrapped at Tucson (AZ). The 704th "Outlaws" flew Phantoms from 1981 to 1991 and was upgraded to F-16A/Bs in July 1991 and to the F-16C/D in 1994. The squadron was inactivated in 1996.