This 763 was delivered to ANA in February1991 and is pictured taxying out to rwy 34 for departure. The frame flew its whole commercial life with the airline and was finally retired in January in January 2016, ferried to Victorville (VCV) and subsequently scrapped.

This 320 was delivered to ANA in November 1991 and is pictured about to taxy out to rwy 34 for departure. The plane was transferred to Air Nippon from June 1993 until August 2004 and then flew with ANA until withdrawal from the fleet in November 2013. The frame was then ferried to Victorville (VCV) and subsequently scrapped.

Just starting a go around is this F-15DJ of the 23 Hikotai

TH-135 doing training on the Kanoya AB ramp

This -'40' was delivered to Japan Airlines in April 1975 and transferred over to JAA in October 1986. It is pictured pushing back from the international terminal and would return to JAL around five years later. The plane was retired in March 2005, ferried to Pinal Air Park (Marana)(MZJ) and susequently scrapped.

This 743 was delivered to Cathay Pacific in February1987 and re-registered B-HOL in July 1997. The plane joined PIA in April 1999 as AP-BFX and flew with the airline until it was withdrawn in June 2008. It was subsequently scrapped at Karachi (KHI) in 2011.

This was delivered to Thai in October 1996 and is pictured turning on to stand at the international terminal after arriving from Bangkok (BKK). The dark area at the bottom was caused by a ledge or parapet out with the terrace. The plane flew on with the airline until March 2008 when it was ferried to Victorville (VCV), stored as N395EF and subsequently scrapped.

This 763 was originally delivered to JAL in December 1987 and is pictured taxying out to rw34 for departure. The plane had a spell with Japan Asia Airways from April 1997 until September 2002 but then flew with JAL until September 2013 when it went to Orient Thai as HS-BKH. It was withdrawn from use in October 2017 and is currently stored at Don Muang (DMK).

This DC-10 was originally delivered to SAS in October 1974 as LN-RKA and then to Swissair in September 1989 as HB-IHP. The plane joined Northwest in January 1991 and is pictured taxying in to the international terminal. It was withdrawn from service in January 2005 and ferried to Pinal Air Park (Marana) (MZJ) for storage and scrappage two years later.

This DC-10 was delivered to Martinair in December 1976. It had two separate lease periods with Garuda and one with Philippine Airlines and it did operate for in April 1985 Martinair with small Air Seychelles titles. The plane had the honour of operating the last ever Martinair DC-10 flight and was withdrawn from the fleet in January 1995. It was converted to a tanker at Amsterdam (AMS) and joined the Royal Netherlands Air Force as T-235 in February 1995.

AMIGO flight conducts the split just after departure

C-1 402Hikotai just lifting off to start it's air display

This 707 was originally delivered to Pan Am as N457PA in October 1967. It flew for about one year for Pelican Cargo (G-BPAT) from June 1978 then joining Zambia Airways (9J-AEQ). In April 1986 it went to National Air Charters (also as 9J-AEQ) and then Trans Arabian Air Transport (ST-ALM) in Fenruary 1989. It was leased to AHK from May 1989 until October 1992 but re-registered ST-AMF upon its return to TAAT. The plane was damaged by fire during an aborted take-off at Jeddah (JED) in January 1994 but was repaired and returned to service. It has been stored at Khartoum (KHT) since September 2007.

This SR was delivered to ANA in December 1981 and was the last of its type to operate for the airline. It was withdrawn from the fleet in March 2006. It was ferried first to Pinal Air Park (Marana) (MZJ) and then to Mohave (MHV) where it was scrapped around August 2013.

This 732 was delivered to Southwest Air Lines in June 1984 and is pictured being sent off by the ground crew in typical Japanese style. The plane went to Japan Transocean Air in July 1993 and was withdrawn from in januray 2002use and stored at Naha (OKA). In August 2002 it joined Aergo Capital as N380AC and then Sky Airline in CC-CTD in February 2003. From June 2012 it joined Transporte Aereo Militar is now stored at Cochabamba (CBB) in very poor condition.

F-4EJ 301 Hikotai taxis down early on a Friday morning

This 762 was delivered to ANA in May 1985 and is pictured about to taxy out for departure. The plane was converted to -PC standard and started flying with Airborne Express from March 2002 as N793AX (then with ABX Air). In December 2009 it was converted to a full freighter and from May 2017 it joined DHL as A9C-DHO, with which it is still current.