Delivered to the USAF on 20 December 1978, flew most of its carrer with the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing from Holloman AFB (NM), and is seen here as the wing-bird during a deployment to Gilze Rijen. Apparently the Eagle enjoyed the Netherlands as it arrived as RETRO54 at Soesterberg for service with the 32nd TFS from8 January 1992 onwards. After the Wolfhounds, it was moved to the 101st FS and then went into storage at 309th AMARG from 1 October 2007. It received inventory code FH0179. On 31 March 2021, it the aircraft was moved to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) for scrap.

ex G-14-136, G-BHPH, 7Q-YMA, N7009X. Became 9M-AZT, N491AS, C-FYSQ, N52LH

Operated by 23F

For me, this is probably my all-time star visitor at Leeuwarden!

HI-515CT enters Miami's customs apron, where it will park for about 20-30 minutes to settle customs affairs, before continuing to the cargo aprons. This procedure was followed by almost all foreign cargo flights arriving at Miami. This "City of Santo Domingo" (built 1956, ex USAF 54-173) ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off Puerto Rico after an engine fire during take-off on 5 April 1990.

HI-515CT has just landed on 9L (Miami's piston runway), and is now taxiing to the ramp in front of the customs building. This Connie (built 1956, ex USAF 54-0173) was lost after take-off from San Juan, PR on 5 April 1990, when it ditched into the Atlantic Ocean.

HI-548CT seconds before touchdown on runway 9L. Thanks to Dominican carriers such as this one Miami saw a wonderful revival of Connie operations during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This particular Connie was delivered to the USAF in 1956 as 54-0183, and was written off while in storage at Santo Domingo on September 22, 1998, when a C-46 Commando collided into it during Hurricane Georges.