Fire guard at the 1970 Armed Forces Day at Upper Heyford

Thunderbirds display team

Thunderbirds - taxiing out to commence their display

This Super Sabre of the 77TFS/20TFW flew in the formation display at the Armed Forces Day, Upper Heyford, 1970 with its tanks attached

Thunderbirds ship # 4 was the slot machine that always caught the exhaust soot from the rest of the formation. Back in 1960 a decision had been made to allow the tail of #4 to remain black, although never painted as such. The Thunderbirds graduated to the heavy Phantom from the F-100D in 1969 and relinquished them in favour of T-38's in 1974 after a break thanks to the 1973 oil crisis. 66-0291 went into storage at Davis Monthan in 1991 as an NF-4E after test use at Edwards and removed for scrap 5.11

This Texas ANG KC-97 is in its element demonstrating the air refuelling role with an F-4D of the 81st TFW from Bentwaters. She was broken up in the DM boneyard during the 1990s.

Operated by 10 Wing of the Belgian Air Force.

Electronic Warfare version of the B-66. Operated by 39 Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron of the 52 TFW based at Spangdahlem. Displayed at the 1972 Upper Heyford open house.

Lead ship of the Thunderbirds team which went to war as a regular F-4 in Vietnam a year later. Now preserved on a plinth at MacDill AFB, FL, in camo with 56th TFW code 'MC'

Displaying its original 77th TFS tailcode of 'JT' before the 20th TFW adopted 'UH' for all three squadrons ('JR' and 'JS' were the other two former codes used), this swinger has just landed after its show. Crashed in Turkey, 1990

A Lightning of the Wattisham TFF (Target Facilities Flight) streams her chute on landing after a demonstration at the Upper Heyford Open House. Retired in 1973 and displayed for a time at Wattisham's gate, this aircraft is now preserved at Woodhall Spa, repainted into her original 111 Sqn colours, complete with black/yellow tail. XM192 was the 24th production Lightning, and subject of the first Airfix kit of the type

After Canadian service as 104755, flew with 334 Skv from Rygge between 1973 and 1983. Nowadays preserved in immaculate condition in a collection at Kjeller airfield, 20 km east of Oslo