Turkey became an F-4 operator in August of 1974, when the 1st of 40 new built F-4E ordered under the "Peace Diamond I" FMS program were delivered to 113 Filo. 73-1031 shown her was part of that initial batch, joining the TuAF in May 1975. It was one of 54 F-4W's selected for the "2020 Terminator" upgrade by IAI and Turkish Aerospace as from 1999. Note the "Filo 112 - Seytanlar - 1952 - 2015" sticker on the air inlet, paying tribute to Squadron 112 (established in 1952) and which operated the F-4E since the mid 1970's until the unit stood down in June 2015.

Four Boeing E-7 AEW&C aircraft have been delivered to the Turkish AF between February 2014 and December 2015. All are based at Konya and assigned to 131 Filo. Designated the E-7T (for Turkey) and locally known as the "Peace Eagle", each aircraft carries the name of one of the four cardinal directions North (Kuzey in turkish), East (Dogu), South (Güney) and West (Bati). Note that 13-003 pictured here at its homebase during Anatolian Eagle 2016 does not yet have the 131 Filo emblem applied to its vertical fin as can be seen on more recent images.

Between June 2011 and July 2019, Jordanian International Air Cargo operated the only two IL-76MF built beside a prototype, which first flew in 1995. Compared to the standard IL-76, the MF has been stretched by 6.6 meters (two inserts of 3.3 meters each). JIAC was founded in 2004 and is fully owned by the Royal Jordanian AF. The 2nd Jordanian IL-76MF was registered JY-JIC / 360 and both have been sold to the Egypt AF in July of 2019, becoming SU-BTX/1331 & SU-BTY/1332. JY-JID / 361 shown here during Anatolian Eagle 2016 was chartered by the Royal Saudi AF to transport RSAF Tornado ground equipment.

In August of 2017, EL AL became a Dreamliner operator with the delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 (4X-EDA). The national airline of Israel currently operates 17 Dreamliners, of which four are -8 (registered 4X-ERA through 4X-ERD) and thirdteen are of the longer -9 version registered 4X-EDA through 4X-EDN (except 4X-EDG). 4X-EDK pictured here is a 2019 airframe which was delivered on June 18, 2019.

Turkey became a Hercules operator in 1964, receiving five new C-130E's which were later supplemented by three more of the same version. Then in 1991/92, Turkey received six 2nd hand surplus C-130B from the USAF, among them 57-0527 pictured here during exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016. Having been manufactured in 1958, 57-0527 is the oldest C-130 the TuAF ever operated. As from 2010, the TuAF also received six C-130E's from the Royal Saudi AF, bringing the total number of C-130 operated by Turkey to 20. The 19 remaining airframes have recently undergone a life extension program known as ERCIYES.

Pictured at the Irish Air Corps main base in Baldonnel, 277 is a 2007 built airframe and one of six AW139 operated by the small air arm. The first two (serialled 274 & 275) were delivered in 2006, followed by 276 & 277 in 2007, while 278 & 279 completed the fleet in 2008. Since June 2012, the IAC contributes one helicopter plus crew to Irland's National Ambulance Service. Initally, the IAC used an EC135 during a trial phase but now provides the much larger AW139 to the program called "Air Corps 112". which is based at the Army's Custume Barracks in Athlone.

The T-34C-1 was the export version of the Turbo Mentor and a total of 129 units were produced for the following air arms: Argentine Navy (15), Ecuador AF (20), Ecuador Navy (3), Gabon AF (4), Morocco AF (12), Peruvian Navy (7), Republic of China AF (40) and Uruguayan Navy (3). Finally, the Indonesian AF took delivery of 25 T-34C-1's (serialled LD-3401 through LD-3425) as from 1978, the last one being retired in early 2018. Unfortunately, ten airframes were lost over almost 40 years in TNI-AU service. LD-3419 shown here was put on the FAA register on July 25, 2018, becoming N80GR.

Pictured during a training session dropping and picking up rescue swimmers over Castaic Lake north of LA. Besides five S-70 Firehawks, the LACFD also operates Bell 412's, of which the 1st was introduced in 1981. The current LACFD Bell 412 fleet consists of five airframes: three of the version 412EP registered N110LA, N120LA & N14LA, plus two 1992 built 412HP registered N17LA and N18LA.

Built in 2013 and delivered to GOL on July 25 that year. GOL Linhas Aéreas began operations in January of 2001 and has since become, also by purchasing some assets from VARIG, the largest domestic airline in Brazil. With the excemption of one B767, all GOL has been operating so far are some 300 (!) Boeing 737 aircraft of the versions -300, -700, -800 and lately the MAX 8. The bulk has been the -800 Series, with about 170 units delivered in total, of which approx 70 remain in service at the time of upload, besides 55 MAX 8 and 12 B737-700.

As of September 2025, Trigana Air uses two passenger B737 in Papua for flights connecting Jayapura-Wamena and Jayapura-Dekai. One is this 1992 built -500, while the 2nd airframe is a -300 registered PK-YRA. PK-YSC has carried many registrations: initially as SE-DNK with Linjeflyg (lsd to LOT), then sold to SAS (still as SE-DNK). Next stops were with British Midland, bmi Baby and TAG Aviation (UK) as G-BVKD before it became N457US with Aero North International. Kalstar Aviation did import it to Indonesia as PK-KSP in July 2013. Next operator was Expressair as PK-TZD and now finally Trigana Air.

Built in 1979 for the Soviet AF, this AN-26 was sold to Trast Aero in 2009, initally becoming ER-AUR but soon afterwards 4L-UCK. In 2010, the indonesian national logistics agency BULOG (for Badan Urusan LOGistics, responsible to secure food distribution during crisis) leased this airframe to run food from Sentani to the Baliem Valley. Trast Aero was founded in 2004 and was active till 2010, when its assets were taken over by Aquiline International based in Sharja (UAE). In 2014, 4L-UCK was converted to AN-26B and registered as EY-325. It was observed falling apart at Sentani airport in 2022.

As of September 2025, four operators are using AW139 helicopters in the HEMS role in Queensland. Besides LifeFlight, CQRescue Charity and Babcock MCS Australasia, the Queensland Government operates five AW139's. The short nose of VH-ESZ - seen here returning from a post maintenance flight - reveals it as an early productions model. It's actually a 2008 built airframe, making it one of the oldest AW139's still in service "Down Under". So far, some 48 AW139's found their way into the australian HEMS market.

Cardig Air was founded in 2004 and over the years has operated ten Boeing 737 aircraft: two -200, two -400 and six -300. One - PK-BBY - was damaged beyond economical repair (BER) in Wamena on August 28, 2015, all others have been retired or sold. The only exception is this 1985 airframe, which joined Cardig Air on February 13, 2012 and still soldiers on as of September 2025, having been re-registered to PK-DJS in July of 2020. Previous operatos were Piedmont, USAir, America West and TNT Airways, the latter being the 1st operator after it got converted to freighter in 2007 (registered OO-TNK).

Alda Air was founded in 2013 and received the indonesian DGCA Air Operations Certificate (AOC) in May 2015. It currently operates three Cessna 208B Grand Caravans, among them 2017 built PK-DLT which joined Alda Air in January 2018. The other two Caravans are PK-DLA (c/n 208B5006) and PK-DLY (c/n 208B5169). Being able to transport 9 passengers or some 1200 kg of freight, Grand Caravans are popular in Papua, despite being unable to serve many of the 400+ airstrips accross the vast countryside.

The Pakistan AF became a Hercules operator in 1962 and since then has operated no less than 34 Herks of different variants, most of them sourced 2nd hand from the Air Forces of Iran, the US, Australia and lately Belgium. 4159 pictured here is a 1966 built airframe which served with the RAAF as A97-159 before being transferred to Pakistan in December of 2005. Five more ex RAAF followed (4171, 4171, 4178, 4180 and 4189). In Pakistan, the C-130 construction numbers are equal to the serial worn on the vertical fin.

This 1978 built airframe was initially registered N8296Q before becoming part of the 7th Day Adventist Church's aviation program (SDA Aviation) in Indonesia on 27 October 1980. It served the people of Papua till 2010, when it was exported to Australia and registered VH-OZA (3.). SDA Aviation then replaced it by a new Quest (now Daher) Kodiak 100, which also got registered PK-SDF. On April 9, 2014, the Kodiak crashed during take-off from SDA's homebase airstrip Doyo Baru located some 8 miles west of Sentani. Unfortunately, two of the five people on board including the pilot perished.

Associated Mission Aviation (AMA) was founded in 1959 to support the humanitarian work of the Catholic Church in Papua. AMA serves some 400 remote airstrips using PC-6's, Cessna 208 Caravan's and at least one PAC 750. PK-RCZ pictured here at its homebase in Sentani-Jayapura is the 3rd of a total of seven Pilatus Porters AMA operated since April 1998. Unfortunately, two were lost in accidents, among them PK-RCZ on August 9, 2008, some 10 days after this pictures was taken. This 1994 built airframe first flew with the Ecuadorian Army as E-195 (till 1996).

A-1318 lining up on Runway 15 in Wamena was the 2nd of five stretched new built C-130H-30's delivered to the TNI-AU in late 1980. The serials of that batch are A-1317 through A-1321 (became A-1341 in 1982). All five remain in service at the time of upload, with A-1318 being the only one of that batch keeping the original white/grey/yellow paint scheme. While other Indonesian AF Hercules have been rotated between SkU 31, 32 and 33, A-1318 has always been with Skadron Udara 31 based at Jakarta-Halim.

With Trigana Air since August 2014. See picture ID 841657 for the history of this airframe. Trigana Air dominates the hauling of airfreight from Sentani-Jayapura to the city of Wamena located in the Baliem Valley at an altitude of approx 5'500 ft / 1600 meters. In August of 2025, Trigana operated three B737 freighters to supply Wamena, the biggest city in the world only accessible by air and therefore completely depending on an air bridge. Each aircraft does 3 to 4 daily runs, each time carrying a load of some 15 metric tons.

PK-YSG joined the fleet of Trigana Air in August 2014, only some 3 month before this picture was taken. The 1988 built passenger airframe was operated by airlines like Piedmont (N357P & N585US), USAir and US Airways (both as N585US), before it got converted into a freighter for TNT Airways in August 2006 (registered OO-TNH). It briefly flew for Swiftair as EC-LTO from April 2012 before being sold to Trigana two years later. Still current at the time of upload, wearing the now more colorful latest Trigana livery, see next picture.