Lovely low approach to runway 06L at Volkel. FMS serial 80-3617 and Fokker built F-16A Block 15 with line number L-100. The Fighting Falcon was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht on 14 June 1982. It was modified to F-16AM in 2000 and damaged during an exercise at Cold Lake (Canada). The F-16AM slipped in the snow off the taxitrack and dropped down into the wet ground. Its nose wheel broke down which resulted in damage to the intake and the expensive ALQ-pod. Aircraft was repaired and redelivered to the KLu. It was eventually sold to Chile as 741 and delivered on 4 April 2011

FMS serial 80-0623 and Fokker built F-16A Block 15B with line number L-113. It was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht on 25 October 1982. Started to serve 311sq and later 323sq and 312sq. In 2002 it was modified to F-16AM. In 2007 transferred to 306sq and started as a solo-trainer from Springfield (OH). It returned in 2010 with 322sq and was sold to Jordan as 238, delivered on 1 September 2017.

Delivered to the KLu on 17 October 19oct70, and sold to Turkiye as 3021 on 31 May 1990.

FMS 81-0876, is a Fokker built F-16A Block 15R with Fokker line number L-192. It was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht on 1 April 1985. It served 312sq (as pictured), 315sq, 312sq, 311sq, saw combat action over Afghanistan. Was later assigned to 322sq, and was used during operations near Libya in 2011. It was offered for sale in 2013 and left for Jordan as 245 on 2 February 2018.

Two 5 Stormo Starfighters left Volkel this day. They were here for a pre-exchange. This MM6815 was built by Fiat Aviazione/Aeritalia as F-104S (S=Sparrow) and delivered to the Aeronautica Italiana in early 1973. Unfortunately, the Sparrow crashed at the approach of Trapani-Birgi after it went out of control at low level and dove into the water, killing its Tenente pilota Michelangelo Trimarchi on 12 November 1996.

This aircraft was written off exactly two years later on 19 October 1989

Delivered to Pan Am in March 1985 and later flew with Philippine Airlines as F-OHPA before conversion to a freighter in November 1999. Subsequently flew as OO-DLI with European Air Transport on behalf of DHL and EI-OZH for Aero Contractors. Registered to Southern Aircraft Charters in January 2014 as N833JM and placed into storage at Sanford Fla. Although painted in Transcarga colours in 2014, the aircraft has remained in store at Sanford for many years.

Ex N11UP & N11BT this aircraft was first registered in Australia in 1975 and withdrawn from use in 1990